For all you Garfield fans here is a recipe you would love. It’s also my son Arjun’s favourite Italian dish. So let me get to it. I have used the dried lasagna sheets instead of the frozen one which are an alternative. The sheets are probably the trickiest part of the dish and following the...
While I write recipes of food we have had in different parts of the world, I keep surprising myself at the rich and diverse diaspora of food we have in the different parts of our own country. Here is one such local traditional street food from Gujarat. Honestly, the Dabeli needs quite an...
Many of you would have heard of the more famous cousin of this recipe, the Dhokar Dalna which is made with ground lentils and select spices. The Dimer Dhoka (steamed egg cake curry) is a variation of the original recipe and much simpler to execute. The entire grinding process which is quite...
This is a popular and widely available north Indian chicken dish. As the name suggests, you can definitely find this on the menu card of the numerous Dhabas dotted along the highways. I was pleasantly surprised to find that this dish is not loaded with cream, spices, nuts etc. which tend to make...
This is a simple vegetarian recipe with a south Indian touch. As we all know soya chunks are rich in protein. The challenge is making this healthy meal tasty. So after experimenting with a number of combinations, I was happy with this recipe which the family enjoyed and I wanted to share it with...
When we were growing up in Kolkata, any celebration worth its salt whether it was a wedding or a Poila Boishak feast, was incomplete without the quintessential Chicken Chaap. Who can forget the mutton rezala and chicken chaap of Shiraz, Nizam or Golbari. Mouths watering already? On Poila...