Crab Curry with Coconut was the dish that made me realise I had been rushing seafood my entire cooking life. I first had a version of this at a small …
-
-
The cork leaves Arjun’s hand with a sound somewhere between a gunshot and a giggle, and for half a second nobody on the terrace breathes. Then the foam comes, racing …
-
Bhagara Baigan came into my regular rotation because my husband asked for it, specifically. Not a general request for something Hyderabadi or something with brinjal — he asked for this …
-
Spinach Mushroom Quiche was the first thing my colleague Priya and I genuinely disagreed about in the kitchen. She insisted the crust needed to be blind-baked with weights before the …
-
Somewhere between October and February, a small hard green fruit shows up on every roadside cart and in every subziwala’s basket across India, and something in the collective memory switches …
-
Stuffed Vegetable Paratha came into my regular rotation because of a very specific request. My nephew, who visits most weekends, went through a phase of refusing plain rotis entirely. He …
-
Mutton with Potatoes is one of those recipes I kept coming back to not because I planned to, but because the craving would just arrive. Midweek, usually. Something about the …
-
Corn and Cashew Nut Curry was not something I grew up eating — it came to me sideways, through a Thai-influenced cookbook I picked up at a sale years ago. …
-
Spaghetti with Eggplant was not something I got right the first time. My earliest attempt ended up soggy and slightly bitter because I skipped the salting step, thinking 30 minutes …
-
Walk into most Indian homes at dinnertime and you will find a small plate sitting quietly at the edge of the thali. A few rings of onion, a wedge of …
-
Lunch just got over on a Sunday afternoon, sambar, rice, a quick poriyal, maybe some curd on the side, and the kitchen looks like it survived a small battle. The …
-
Thai Duck Curry with Tamarind came into my life at a small Thai restaurant in Bengaluru that has since shut down, which makes me glad I asked the owner how …
-
The first sign that Ganesh Chaturthi has arrived in a home isn’t always the clay idol travelling home on someone’s shoulder, balanced carefully past the potholes. More often, it’s the …
-
Kheerer Chop has earned its place in my kitchen for one simple reason: it uses up a large quantity of milk in a way that feels genuinely worth the effort. …
-
Ragi Dosa is one of those recipes I got badly wrong the first time and kept making anyway. My original mistake was treating the batter like regular dosa batter — …
-
Chapat is one of those recipes my mother-in-law made for special Sunday breakfasts, and I watched her fold each golden pancake into neat quarters before stacking them on a plate. …
-
Paneer with Spinach is the dish my mother used to make on Sundays when we had time to stand at the stove and stir the spinach until it thickened properly. …
-
Achari Murgh Kabab came into my rotation after a visit to a roadside dhaba near Amritsar, where the cook was threading marinated chicken onto skewers over a charcoal pit. The …
-
There is a particular kind of silence that falls over an Indian dinner table the moment a child spots methi in their sabzi. It is not a loud silence. It …
-
Thai Sweet Dumplings first caught my attention at a street market in Chennai, oddly enough, where a vendor was selling Southeast Asian sweets alongside traditional Indian snacks. I bought one …
-
Corn and Peas Curry showed up in my kitchen about five years ago when I was trying to use up frozen corn cobs that had been sitting in the freezer …
