Baingan ka bharta is one of those dishes that have a love-hate relationship with people. While some love this dish, others fret at the idea of having it in their next meal. Some even find it extremely ...

Bengali cuisine is a diverse amalgamation of a variety of dishes. If you are not Bengali but want to explore the cuisine, here is a dish that must be on your must-try bucket list. This dish stands out ...

Vegetables dressed with pungent mustard oil and raw onions — bhorta is an emotion every Bangladeshi can connect to. It never fails to astonish me how a hand-pressed ball of three ingredients ...

This traditional Bengali combination of sticky mashed spuds, onion, chilli and spices punches way above its weight. But is there a definitive version? Bhorta is, Kolkata-native chef Asma Khan explains ...

What’s Bhorta 🥣 Bhorta (also spelled bharta) is a classic South Asian comfort dish made by mashing simple ingredients like fish, vegetables, or lentils with spices, onions, and mustard oil 😍🔥 It’s ...

From being an indigenous, rural staple to featuring on restaurant menus, the humble Bengali ‘bharta’ has made quite the journey A ‘masoor dal bhorta’ and (right) ‘nona ilish bhorta’ from the kitchen ...

What does it take to be the quintessential Bengali? Some would say it is the celebrations that help us connect with our roots; most others would suggest the values and the etiquette and love for ...

I am so grateful to the political journalist Ash Sarkar for this new love in my life. Up until now, I had thought the fish finger found its greatest expression in a fish finger sandwich, which for all ...

Bok Bok Books has scooped Bhorta Bhorta Baby, a baby board book about the traditional Bengali dish bhorta, by Jumana Rahman and illustrated by Maryam Huq. Rumana Yasmin, founder of the Middlesbrough ...