In my previous post, I gave you a fresh spin on the classic dal dhokli, a dinner staple made with leftovers from lunch. In…
We don’t believe in wasting food in India. What had once been a pragmatic necessity – there could be no leftovers, because there were…
What’s the go-to dish in your home when you don’t want to think about what to make? For me it is the chilla, and…
Here in Tamil Nadu, while the Tamil New Year is still months away in April, we celebrate a festival full of joy, renewal and…
As a child, I was fascinated by the gingerbread man. Who was this entity that was half-story and half-food? Christmas in Chennai was not…
We would clamber up the sitaphal tree, pluck one right off the branches, and in our greedy delight not even check whether the fruit…
When it comes to Indian street food, the first and last word is always “chaat”. Yes, the vendors of sundal and cotton candy on…
Standing at that quaint tea shop in Kolkata that early November morning, I realised that the city had been awake for hours. We were…
As I write this in the days after Diwali, the home and the kitchen table are empty. For a few days, the house was…