You can hardly separate a Bengali soul from aam or mango. Right from the beginning of the summer season, be it aam lassi or aam doi, the scorching heat brings an undeniable craving for something cold ...

Quintessentially referred to as tok dal or aam dal, it makes for a classic meal during the hot afternoons in Bengal. Add the mango slices, sugar, some salt and mix. Add a little water and close the ...

Soft chhena, ripe mangoes, and delicate aromas come together in Mango Sandesh, one of the most loved seasonal Bengali desserts. Prepared using fresh paneer-like chhena blended with mango pulp, this ...

Our summer meals are incomplete without the sweet and sour mango chutney (aam ki chutney) on the side. It is very popular in Bengali cuisine too, however, in other seasons, Bengalis whet their craving ...

As we huff, puff and pant in the heat of summer, a small solace for every Bengali living in Kolkata is that these sultry months are also mango season. Baskets of green kancha aam have been in the ...

This is the season for green mangoes. Before the yellow, juicy and luscious varieties fill the markets, raw mangoes have already started appearing across Kolkata bazaars. Besides chutney, nothing ...

My first encounter with the word “aam tel’” wasn’t in my own kitchen, but through the West Bengal series “Indubala’s Bhaater Hotel”. In my corner of Bengal, we always called it aam’er achaar’er tel -- ...

New Delhi: From ‘langra’, ‘fazli’ and ‘laxmanbhog’ to ‘mallika’, ‘amrapali’ and the golden hued ‘himsagar’, a wide range of varieties of mangoes are up for grabs at the ongoing Bengal Mango Mela here.

Enjoy a healthy Aam Doi recipe featuring Bengali ripe mango yoghurt. This no-oven dessert replaces sugar with jaggery, offering a nutrient-rich summer treat. You can hardly separate a Bengali soul ...