Mar 11
I asked mom to get some red chillies for a dish I wanted to make a few days ago. She bought me a whole bunch of red birds eye chilli. I used it for the Basa and then for the margarita and still it wouldn’t get over. So made a Thai sweet chilli sauce from …
Jan 23
I recently joined a group of amazingly talented chefs #chefsacrossboundaries where we challenge each other to learn, grow and share our culinary knowledge. This month the theme was regional recipes and the uber talented Sujatha Arun gave me her recipe of Sakkarai Pongal to attempt. The recipe is relatively easy and the finished dish is …
Jan 22
This Sankranti, I knew I wanted to make something for the festival. Asked around in my family and the response everywhere is that we don’t make anything regional specific for Sankranti. Hmmm, change of plan. Plan B – decided to focus on Til as that’s the star ingredient during this festival. Looked up – til …
Jan 21
While on the hunt for regional recipes this Sankranti, I stumbled upon a little gem. Belagavi Kunda. My roots are from Mangalore and I have been attempting different dishes from my hometown recently. During my research, I have been uncovering some treasures from Karnataka. Read about Belgaum’s Kunda and how famous it was. Strangely had never …
Jan 21
A chance meeting with a girl called Nidhi S Raj on a Facebook forum forged a bond for life.Met her recently where we exchanged a secret ingredient amongst friends and guess what – I got her beautifully wrapped package of dried rose petals. We had a week to make something with this ingredient and I …
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