When I was a little girl, the month of Aadi in Chennai meant music being blared from temple speakers and a general atmosphere of…
Being born and brought up in Chennai into a traditional Gujarati home has given me a more expansive way of thinking, which is what…
There I was in the freezing cold of the Berkshire mountains in Massachusetts, USA, telling my friends and family back home that I was…
The very first recipe I learnt from my mother was the foundation of all Gujarati meals: the humble yet hard-to-perfect roti. Or as we…
When I was a girl, the full moon known as Sharad Purnima, marking the end of the monsoon, was a special occasion among a…
Having lived in Tamil Nadu my whole life, the traditional local cuisine has always been a part of me. Millets were a staple in…
What does summer look and feel like in your city? Here in Chennai, temperatures have been crossing 40 °C (104 °F) – and we’re…
The dessert du jour is the chia seed pudding – fuss-free, and usually requiring very few ingredients. If you’re like me, you’d have gotten…
Do you ever have that feeling, returning from travels or even just from a demanding day, that you simply must bake something that makes…