Thamma once made this for me on Christmas when I refused to eat Phulkopi. This was back in the 1980s. Very recently I had a craving for this particular delicacy. Calling a few relatives back in Bengal and exploring the family amongst the previous generation of mamis and kammas led me to the recipe very…

Veggies and Bongs are inseparable. After I shifted to Gujarat in 2003, I observed over the years that there weren’t many options when it came to green vegetables. Even the fact that the people here understood and even today they do the same that Bongs eat only Fish 🐬. A big green papaya was initially…