A bit of spice and a whole lot of lime
Behind the bookstore in Bangalore, where I used to work part-time during law school there was a restaurant called called Empire, it’s actually a chain well known for being open late in the night (so you can imagine the Sat night crowds,) but more …
Having never seen snow until two years ago, I absolutely love snow storms and boy, have we been having our share up here in the North East! Not more than four days have passed when we had sixteen inches of snow and already …
I love Kerala cuisine. Perhaps, it has to do with the fact that I was born there, or spent every Summer of my childhood with my grandparents in a small, beautiful village called Thondikulam in Kerala. Everything you might’ve heard about Kerala’s plush …
Y’all know the story of my salted caramel cupcake, where in my first year at graduate school, I entered a cupcake competition and made cupcakes for the first time in my life. They turned out so soft and fluffy that I didn’t care I …
This is the second best thing I’ve ever made with chocolate, the first being chocolate cake. I know, I know, everyone has a really good go-to recipe for chocolate chip cookies, this is mine. The weekend before last, we decided to switch it up …
When I was young, I used to stay with my cousin over the weekends and his mother would offer to make sunny side up (which she so adorably called “bullseye”,) and to be honest, I was really icked by the idea of a runny …
There is an episode of cooking with Nigella Lawson where she makes a box of honeycombs to take to a dinner. Just the presentation where she grabs a bunch of shards in her hand and stuffs it into a tissue lines box, the honeycombs …
Being from India, I use clarified butter (ghee) in a lot of my cooking and after couple of years of buying expensive bottles from the Asian store, I finally had the good sense to make it at home. When I think about it, I’m …
What is your comfort food? The one that you make when you are not feeling well or missing your loved ones or when you’ve had a bad day and just want to curl up with your dinner and a book. Mine is rasam and …
This one’s a crowd pleaser, people! If you ever want to boast about cooking Indian dishes, this is the recipe for you. Cubes of cottage cheese soaked in a vibrant, spinach gravy, smoked to perfection, just like the way it is done in dhabas back …