Salmon and Avocado Salad was not something I grew up eating, but it has quietly become one of my most-cooked weeknight meals over the last few years. My husband thinks …
-
-
Mangalore Spicy Drumsticks came into my life through a colleague from Udupi who brought a tiffin box of this to office one afternoon, warm inside its steel container, smelling of …
-
Qorma Shahi entered my regular cooking rotation because my brother-in-law asked for it before a family dinner and I had never actually made it before. I said yes, obviously, and …
-
Sri Lankan Chicken Curry is one of those recipes I kept circling back to during a particular patch of winter a few years ago, when I was craving something with …
-
Malaysian Chicken Satay Skewers started as a craving I could not quite shake after eating a plate of them at a small Malaysian stall during a trip years ago. That …
-
Papeta ma Gosh is the recipe my neighbour Ruksana asked me to write down after she tasted it at a small gathering I hosted last winter. She kept saying there …
-
Chicken and Sweet Corn Fried Rice came into my regular rotation because my husband started requesting it every time we had leftover rice sitting in the fridge. He is not …
-
Dry Fish Pickle came into my regular rotation because of a specific and persistent request from my husband, who grew up eating something similar at his aunt’s table in Kerala. …
-
Peshwari Naan is one of those recipes I kept coming back to just because I could not stop thinking about the filling. There is something about that coarse grind of …
-
Paneer Capsicum Masala was the dish that taught me not to skip the grinding step. The first time I made it, I was rushing and just stirred the onion-tomato mixture …
-
Chicken Marsala entered my regular cooking life because my husband kept ordering it whenever we went to a certain Italian-style restaurant in the city, and after the fourth or fifth …
-
Jahangiri Paneer Labaabdar came to me through a cooking workshop I attended years ago at a small culinary school in Delhi, the kind of place where the instructor actually cooked …
-
Stuffed Savoury Bitter Gourd earns its place in my kitchen for a very practical reason: I almost always have bitter gourd sitting in the fridge longer than I planned, and …
-
Gobi 65 is one of those recipes I kept coming back to not because of any particular occasion, but because of a craving I could never quite shake after having …
-
Duck Curry has caused more arguments in my extended family than almost any other dish. My mother’s side insists the vinegar is non-negotiable, because without it the coconut milk turns …
-
Brinjals baked in Vegetable Sauce came into regular rotation at home because my husband kept asking for something he could eat with just toasted bread and call it a full …
-
Grilled Tofu Curry landed in my regular rotation because my sister-in-law asked me to cook something for her that had no meat but still felt like a proper meal, not …
-
King Prawn Pulao is the dish my brother-in-law requests every single time he visits. Not biryani, not a curry — this. He made the request so many times that …
-
Skate and Spinach Salad came into my regular rotation on a weeknight when I had skate wings sitting in the fridge and completely no plan. I had been buying skate …
-
Paneer Egg Peas Kurma was not something I got right the first time. My original version had the coconut going in too early, and by the time the peas were …
-
Caramel Custard takes me straight back to the school tuck shop where I first had it — served cold in a small steel bowl, wobbling slightly as it was set …
