Soan Papadi
Sugar syrup has always been fascinating for me (being the sweet tooth that I am,) but I’ve always had the worst luck with it. Back home when making sweets, you always boil down sugar to a string consistency so I’ve never really used a …
Author: Priyanka Sivaramakrishnan
Kudampuli Egg Curry
Guys, guys, guys! Have you ever cooked with kudampuli before? I honestly had my mind blown yesterday. It’s tangy like a tamarind and smoky like a fine bottle of peaty whiskey. Now, I truly know what Nash (owner of the incredible Dosa Kitchen, VT) was …
Soya Curry
My paternal grandfather was a strict disciplinarian, a quality he picked up in the navy. He liked to wake up at 5am, do his exercises, take a shower, dress in his white shirt, dothi, and a freshly powdered face. He then would neatly chop up …
Pesarattu (Peh-sa-rhet-too)
Growing up, pesarattu was one of those rare healthy meals that I didn’t just enjoy, but enthusiastically asked for as well. It was not made often as it was not my dad’s favourite, but perhaps it is the sporadicalness of the meal that made me …
Charcoal Dum Biryani
How’s everyone enjoying the Summer? Ni and I moved countries in the dead of Winter, so my perception of it has been long and unending and my desperation for sunny days was reaching its peak (My husband, however, cannot wait for the leaves to turn …
Blueberry Muffins
I love ‘going down to the basics’ with everything I do in life. It makes any issue I face, a little less intimidating. It’s actually been drilled into my life ever since childhood. I remember gruelling lessons in math with my dad, where I’d earn …
Egg Fried Rice and Mushroom Curry
I moved out of my parents’ house when I was 17 to go away to college. While I had the training in the kitchen thanks to my mom, I had no kitchen or to be honest, the inclination to cook. As most people who stayed …
Midnight Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Midnight Snacking. Who can resist the temptation? As a child and as an adult, my will power against midnight snacking, is zilch. Well, to be honest, once I discovered that even the great Nigella Lawson is lured by the riches of the fridge at night, …
Kerala Fish Fry
I was born into a vegetarian home, but was raised as a non-vegetarian by my dad. He started eating fish and meat when he moved to the city of Cochin to get his undergraduate degree. My grandfather, of course, had no idea and I think, …