Why Londoner Ilish ??? The name was suggested by a friend and it appealed to me, as I am in the process of making Ilish-er Biryani this weekend !!No reason for me to choose the name otherwise. But I do have to find out the reason behind my friend's suggestion though. Writing is not my forte, after some of you have read my blog you might not want to return again, but its an attempt at writing. Please pardon me my grammatical errors and punctuations marks.
My English teacher though always appreciative of my essays in school or the contents of it, never really could give me the full marks for it as my grammar and punctuations sucked !!! A very mediocre, less than mediocre student at most times, she was always wondering where I got stories from. My mother, in order to teach my younger brother and I bengali in our younger days, got us hooked on to reading 'Betal' i.e. Phantom comics in Bengali. The reading habit became an addiction soon and everything I found readable, was read up. All magazines and comics that came into the house was in Bangla, my mother made sure of that. Thus my awesome essays came to the notice of my English teacher !!!
Ilish, as we all know, is the king of fishes, where the Bengali's are concerned. A friends husband, an excellent cook, had the other day cooked up some Ilish Biryani, the pictures of which she put up on the net. Me being a foodie, had to try cooking the Biryani !! Well still haven't been able to try my hand at it yet, but the coming weekend seems to be a good time to try it. My mother makes wonderful Ilish-er bhaape which is my favourite. Another favorite of mine is the Ilish with potatoes and eggplant, courtesy me! Ilish is and always will be my favorite fish.
Keeping it simple and writing from my heart is not always easy, but I will try. Happy reading or boring, please let me know :)
My English teacher though always appreciative of my essays in school or the contents of it, never really could give me the full marks for it as my grammar and punctuations sucked !!! A very mediocre, less than mediocre student at most times, she was always wondering where I got stories from. My mother, in order to teach my younger brother and I bengali in our younger days, got us hooked on to reading 'Betal' i.e. Phantom comics in Bengali. The reading habit became an addiction soon and everything I found readable, was read up. All magazines and comics that came into the house was in Bangla, my mother made sure of that. Thus my awesome essays came to the notice of my English teacher !!!
Keeping it simple and writing from my heart is not always easy, but I will try. Happy reading or boring, please let me know :)
