Mom’s Rice Cooker Mutton Keema Pulao (Goat Mince Pilaf)
Mom makes a mean mutton keema pulao. She’s fast, unfussy and does not follow recipes. Her repertoire of pulaos (pilafs) and biryanis is extensive yet …
Rice, Grains, Noodles & Pasta
Creamy Oat Bowl With Shiitake And Prawns
Glue. That’s what a bowl of oats meant to me growing up in boarding school. At breakfast, I could turn the bowl of porridge over …
Handvo – Savoury Indian Lentil Cake
My husband was never interested in cooking. In food, yes but not in how it got on his plate. But he would compensate by making …
Chicken and Rice Ball Bowl with Chilly Garlic Mustard Greens
I wanted a bowl of calm. A spoonful of a Zen garden with limpid, darkly-soothing pools of elegantly standing lily pads and gracefully gliding, vermilion-flashing koi. …
Smoked Turkey and Rice Noodle Salad
Having survived a smothering by skies saturated with endless columns of cumulonimbus that almost caused a repeat of the Great Flood, I spent the first …
Roasted Red Peppers and Goat Cheese Risotto
Remember cheese cubes? They were all the rage in the eighties – little creamy rectangles neatly encased in shiny foil wrapping. Growing up in India …
Rice Noodle and Skinny Meatball Soup
So, determined to end this tug-of-war, I decided to give a little to get a little (in simple terms, a healthy compromise). From my side …
Mushroom and Beef Vietnamese Rolls
I like to keep things simple. But it’s not easy in a world that wants to complicate life with more. Going out for ice cream …
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 …
Pineapple Fried Rice
Spring has begun behaving like summer now, with the mercury regularly hitting the mid 30s (but I’m not complaining). After putting up with two bone-aching …