Locomotoring

Whenever I am home in Kolkata, I invariably find myself setting my spoon and fork aside to eat with my fingers. Invariably, my fingers get stained with turmeric. The staining used to bother me, but it doesn’t anymore. Turmeric is a force of nature, it will stain anything and everything and I am now old enough to admit graceful defeat.

I am convinced that Bengali cuisine is meant to be consumed with one’s fingers. Let me attempt to illustrate with a few examples.