The Bengali Dinner Party Yasmina Khan Danny D Verified
Yasmina had just lost her mother, Runa. The family matriarch, the keeper of the bhorta (mashed vegetable) recipes, the woman who could silence a room with a single raised eyebrow. In the wake of her death, Yasmina’s siblings flew back to Dhaka. Her cousins scattered to Manhattan and Melbourne. And Yasmina was left in a silent house in Shoreditch with a pantry full of spices and a husband who didn’t know the difference between jeera (cumin) and jira (a spice blend).