Nuchi Nebu Nonka
Weaving stories from memories and my Calcutta kitchen.
Author: Rusha
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You know how you sometimes start cooking with a very clear plan and a very calm mind – and then halfway through, you realise you’re incapable of leaving ‘good enough’ alone? That was me today. I genuinely meant to make butter chicken. No twists. No ideas. Just the good, dependable kind that doesn’t ask questions…
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The Dish That Reminds Me Who I Am There are days when I want to cook something that tastes like honesty. Not sweetness, not comfort, not nostalgia—just the truth. The kind that clears your head (and your nose), makes you think through, and leaves an everlasting impression. On those days, I reach for mustard. I…
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I didn’t grow up eating copious amounts of kumro shedhho. In fact, in our house, it was almost a non-entity—a dish that existed only in theory, spoken of with mild disdain. “Kumro shedhho? Eto nishpran jinish keu khay?” my mother would say, half-laughing, half-genuinely confused why anyone would voluntarily eat something so bland. My father…
Nuchi Nebu Nonka 