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In the 8 years that I have been blogging, I have worn many hats—I have taught cooking, manufactured food products for sale, designed food products for retail brands, drawn up menus and recipes for food manufacturers and restaurants, photographed and videographed food in various avataars, and I write about food as much as I can. […]
[ Continue Reading... ]Amma learned how to make dinner rolls from a Tarla Dalal book. They used to be pretty but a tad yeasty–thanks to the substandard domestic yeast available three decades ago. She kept bettering the craft, and the shapes you see me make today are the exact same ones that Amma made then. When I was […]
[ Continue Reading... ]It’s been a while since I posted a recipe video. A few days ago, we finally got down to shooting a casual one as we cooked up an evening snack. Calzones. Folded pizzas. Take a look! This simple dish is quickly becoming the family’s favorite for a lazy Sunday brunch because it’s a nice alternative […]
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It’s been breads, breads, and breads for a while now. Let me start with the highlights: 1. I did a feature for BBC Good Food India–the March issue carries six of my favorite bread recipes (focaccia, multigrain loaf, Nutella pull-apart rolls, dinner rolls, everyday white loaf, and pita) and a small article on the science […]
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Ghee. That quintessential Indian fat that must make an appearance as a cooking medium or condiment at every authentic Indian meal. I don’t know what arguments I should make in order to prove that it is a healthy fat, but what I can tell you is what a tremendous difference a mere half teaspoonful of […]
[ Continue Reading... ]The sweltering Indian summer brings with it the greatest bounty of fruits–mangoes, lychees, cashews, melons, jamuns, and other juicy fruits that make the heat bearable. I can eat fruit for every meal in the day if I have my way. I hate it, though, when people insult fresh, good fruit by cooking it to death. […]
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