Ghost Chilli-Rubbed Roast Beef
Who am I in terms of food? What do I cook and what do I like to eat? These questions bothered me plenty when I …
Poultry & Meat
South Indian Style Chicken Liver Pepper Fry
You can be a breast person or a leg-lover. A few may even be wingmen or women. But you can be sure nobody wants to …
Shepherd’s Pie With Rosemary-Scented Potatoes
I have a memory. A cold winter evening in a small town in Bihar, North India in the early 1980s, Mom, Dad and me sitting …
Chicken and Plantain Moqueca
Summer is early and the rains are reluctant. Chameleon-like, green plantains change colour in less than twelve hours as I think of ways to cook …
Coffee and Paprika Rubbed Grilled Chicken
Rain on the phone in another continent, leaks into my ear, a hypnotizing drip-drip slowly flooding my brain. Drowned memories float up. Striped paper boats …
Steamed Soy Chicken With Spinach-Stuffed Rice Paper Rolls
Garish weddings, cakes groaning under sugar sculptures, pancake and blue eye shadow, bling and blow-dried beehives, melodramatic soaps and mushy greeting cards crammed with pink …
Karwar Prawn Biryani
A special prawn and rice dish for Sundays, holidays and even dinner parties. Ever since I picked up Pratibha Karan’s Biryani, my husband and son have …
Spinach, Lamb and Vermicelli Lettuce Cups
Why does lettuce always end up being the sidekick, like Robin? Something that you throw in to make up the numbers or fill empty spaces. …
Coddled Eggs with Foie Gras
How I wish I could eat my eggs done this way everyday. You’ll say the same once you’ve tried these deceptively simple yet luxurious eggs. …
Cauliflower Broccoli Bacon Gratin
Cauliflower is not my husband’s favourite so it’s always a challenge to primp it up and make it attractive. This cauliflower-bacon gratin is adapted from …