Every year, the arrival of the harvest festival brings the sweet aroma of Patishapta, a traditional Bengali dessert, to Ishani Banerjee's home.The recipe for this simple delicacy, passed down over generations, represents rich, nuanced familial ties and maternal love.
Made using cashewnuts and rose syrup, the Matroni often features on a consoada— a rare Christmas tradition of sweet and savoury snacks innate to Portuguese-Indian households in Kochi.
Riya Behl and family (Nikita, Charmaine and Marie Rosario)
Passed down over generations, Riya and Nikita’s grandmother’s recipe for coloured cake is now a family tradition, fostering bonding and invoking memories.