So why is this about New Market and Nizams? Because this one is about wafting memories that have since floated down from the legendary open market in Kolkata, right down to the suburbaness that is Andheri West. This one is about the memory of singing along with Shahrukh in his Main Koi Aisa Geet Gaoon,…
Peeling Garlic
I love using garlic in my cooking - but peeling it is an onerous, odorous task! The smell of the garlic stays on your fingers for a few days, and this can be unappetizing when you are eating laddoos, for instance! The standard way to quickly peel garlic can be googled - check it out on…
Potato
My dad had, long back, told me this tale of Shahjehan, when he was dumped in jail by Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb had given the cook instructions that his dad be served only one vegetable and one dal for the entire time that he was in jail. Imagine, only one veg and one dal for the rest…
Easy on the starters..
So I always had this funda about starters... should be nice, bite sized, mostly non-veg (since I am one, and many of our friends and family too), must be interesting looking.... Hors d'oeuvre ... such a fancy name, conjuring fancy images in my head..... As a result everything depended on me being creative, spending hours shopping…
For starters…
And so it finally begins! Only a rough idea at the moment of what is cooking, the ingredients not all in place, and certainly not sure of how much to add of which, or when. Only hope, the hope that something palatable turns out eventually, the hope that people like it, and the hope that…
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