If there was an award for the most popular snack, not chef, the samosa would emerge a worthy winner. Its…
I was on a vegan cruise on the Ganga recently, aboard a ship called the Ganges Voyager owned by the…
As India and Greece renew their civilisational ties with renewed purpose just now, it is apt to look at how…
One of the most nuanced heritage cuisines of India is Avadhi — and though it is also one of the…
Regardless of whether you are still buying tomatoes, switching to purees which contain just around 40 per cent of the…
In Edinburgh, where, this summer, more Indian travellers are visible than ever before, one attraction --- apart from all the…
Mango and jackfruit are both indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. In our home in Lucknow, the two marked the beginning…
From the most delicate gyozas in Gion, to the fun izakayas of Hiroshima—a city that has transformed its tragic past…
I was in London recently, curating a food pop up around India and UK ties in the run up to…
With interest in India’s culinary culture at an all-time high, it is now amply clear to audiences both domestically and…
Of the many Holi delights that you may have indulged in recently, the oldest is possibly the malpua. Malpua is…
At Shaharnama, a literary festival supported by Rajasthan Tourism and the Prabha Khaitan Foundation, where I was a speaker recently…
Last week, viewers of Shark Tank India would have seen a rather unusual pitch win—by a Delhi restaurant chain, Daryaganj,…
Plant Proteins is a big trend the world over today with an increasing number of millennial and Gen Z consumers…
This Makar Sankranti, the harvest festival marking an end to winters as the “sun enters Capricorn”, and celebrated all over…
The three Magi as they are called are an important part of all Christmas Nativity traditions, and often described as…
Amongst all the Colonial powers that established rule in India, the earliest to arrive and the last to depart were…
Right in the heart of Singapore’s busy commercial district, home to many highly-paid expat Indians these days, is Lau Pa…
Before the generic laddoo, barfi, fusion chocolate-, coffee-, raspberry-, blueberry-laced mithai that we are now forced to confront on festivals…
One of the most common mistakes people, particularly foreigners not particularly acquainted with the diversity of Indian cuisines, make is…
As England, and some of the world, has stood riveted by the rituals of mourning around the death of queen…