There was a time when I thought that once my children had grown up and had gone away for their higher studies, my job…
My son who lives abroad often tells me how much he craves home food, or Indian food in general. As I do for all…
Garam masala is one of India’s quintessential spice blends, a staple of the Punjabi kitchen and popular in the north of the subcontinent. Traditional…
Mango is, as cliché as it sounds, truly the king of fruits – in India at least, if not the world. It’s amazing how…
Aloo poori used to be a regular dish served in daily meals throughout India. That’s how I remember it. Increasingly, I notice that it…
I shared one version of muthiya in my recipe for turiya muthiya shaak recently. In that dish, the muthiyas were small, deep-fried dumplings which…
Indian sweets aside, my experiences of desserts while growing up consist largely of two particular treats: one was ice cream, and the other was…
Ridge gourd, a water-based vegetable known in Gujarati as “turiya”, happens to grow abundantly all year-round in Tamil Nadu. Here, it is called “peerkanga”.…
As mentioned in my previous post, strawberry compote is a versatile topping that can be used on a wide range of desserts. After sharing…