In summer when the temperature and humidity make life quite difficult, the thought of cooking meals becomes quite unbearable. But we have to...

Bhetki Paturi is a very common and well known Bengali preparation that you would find on restaurant menus and at homes too. Though paturi is...

Moni went to the Dadar Catering College in Mumbai for a short term cooking course that they offered for housewives. My brother and I were o...

Ras is a thin stew-like gravy that's a big part of the Parsi everyday repertoire. These are fairly simple and light with no heavy s...

It's no secret that I'm very fond of pork. My first real exposure to pork beyond cold cuts was at a sizzler restaurant in Pune c...

It's no secret that I love pork and it's no secret that I like to wing it when I'm cooking. It's how I've cooked al...

The machh'er jhols and jhals of Bengali cuisine are a veritable wonderland with some elaborate and some ridiculously simple preparat...

Roast chicken is something I make really often. It's easy to do and the variations are unlimited so one never gets bored. So onc...

Chichinge or snake gourd is one of my favourite veggies and, in fact, the hubby is quite fond of it too. But I only knew one recipe ...

Cooking rajma well depends largely on the rajma beans themselves, on how good they are. I have struggled to cook rajma to that magi...

Jhols are thin stews that a big part of the repertoire of any decent Bengali cook. From the rojgere or sadharon (everyday or ordinary) ...

As my journey of exploration into Bengali cuisine continues I'm impressed again and again at the sheer simplicity of most of th...

A couple of weeks ago I made a spicy, coconut-y Kerala Pork Fry for a pop up. It was delicious and I was lucky to have found a good reci...

It was one of those days when breakfast outside has been a sore disappointment and I was feeling irritable and in dire need of comfo...

After two trips to Sri Lanka it goes without saying that my pantry is well stocked with Sri Lankan spices! A few days ago as I looked th...

Sunday Malvani Chicken Among the myriad blends of masalas that I got for the Masala Day Spice Swap was a Malvani Sunday Masala sent b...

Chicken cutlets figure at the top of my brother's list of favourite foods - and not just any cutlets, but those made by us at Katy...

I love choriz. The Goan variety - full of spices and flavour and nuggets of fat. Among porky ingredients it's my favourite and I fo...

After the recent Hokus Porkus Piggy Bag event we did I had random leftover ingredients that weren't enough to be used on their own...

There's a special place in my heart for food from Assam and the rest of the North East. With all sorts of vegetables and lots of v...