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 …
A bit of spice and a whole lot of lime
General
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 …
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 …
Momos at Home
Unlike most law schools, mine was tiny. We shared the one building with highschoolers and had one floor with one door to enter. If the principal forgot the key, we didn’t have classes that day, just like that. I studied with the same class of …
Pizzas at home
I first saw Ni at the graduate school yard sale in his trademark green jacket, his eyes screened by the sunglasses, his hands full of bounty he had just picked up for a steal, walking alongside my new neighbour, Vamshi. I walked towards them, preparing …
Stuffed Brinjal
My father has never been a man of change, a trait that I seem to have inherited, in spades. He takes the same route to work (refusing to listen to my mom’s suggestions of a shortcut,) he likes the same single-malt scotch, goes to the …
Paneer Pot Pie
When sitting at home all the time, it is possible to be exhausted with cooking, especially when you have to break your day to make lunch. Personally, “What should we have for lunch?” is the most dreaded question I could be asked, which is why …