What We Cook When We Miss Home

The first time I cooked chicken er jhol (Bengali chicken curry) alone in my new apartment, in a new town in a new country, it arrived at the table ferociously spicy and unapologetically watery - choices made deliberately, if not wisely. As a lifelong advocate for more jhol (broth) with everything, I wanted heat, chicken and soupiness with the right amount of rice in every bite. Perhaps it was a…