The Big Fat Lentil Wedding
It was a morning of a date which is quite unclear in my memory. I woke up to the rising sound of traffic and the fluttering of pigeons eternally stuck in the...
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It was a morning of a date which is quite unclear in my memory. I woke up to the rising sound of traffic and the fluttering of pigeons eternally stuck in the...
For an outsider flipping guidebooks (swiping in our case) and capturing countless images, the Andalucían city of Seville is a perfect destination. It offers...
I have learned over the years that when I make up my mind on something, it is very difficult to change it. It is extremely tough for me to displace deep rooted...
I often come across people who hate cooking. I believe that cooking is a life skill, something as important as cleaning your wardrobes every week, maintaining...
Over the past year or so nothing as intrigued me more than the appearance, sudden rise, and equally sudden demise of certain eateries in Mumbai. Places like...
All of us imagine and keep designing some colourful imaginations once in a while. People imagine future scenarios, their possible adventures on travel, or a...
Continued from Episode I: What to eat in Varanasi? where I touched upon a range of desi delicacies. In this part I will cover a bit of what I learned about...
I often come across as a slightly lost and confused kind of a person. Be it my extreme hyperactivity levels, or slightly irritating ability to connect random...
The moment I landed in Delhi last month, I messaged couple of my friends stating that I felt a certain disconnect with this city. Yes there are things that I...
In terms of eating and exploring stories around food, this has been a relatively weak year. But the weekend which just went by, I think I did some justice to...
I had got this Black Dog bottle from United Spirits for review. I thought I will cook something special for a special guest on a special evening to go along...
Angelic Prawns, Devilled Chillies, and lots of EGB!!! My journey across Sri Lanka flipped me through a variety of experiences, but the ones which stood out...
Coffee? Vodka? Caramel? The first whiff of the drink had me confused, and a bit curious. My sense of smell was elevated, probably as a result of my blindfolded...
I got an opportunity to interact with Chef Sergi Arola this weekend at Arola, JW Marriot, Mumbai. Chef Arola is visiting the country and HT Café organized this...
When: 5:30 PM-7:30 PM, 15th Dec, 2012 Where: Khau Galli, Ghatkopar (E), Starting Point: Achija Restaurant Inviting you for a street food tweetup at Ghatkopar...
An Indian wedding is an eclectic mix of bright colours, fading traditions, emerging stupidities, and extreme pandemonium. It is difficult to single out the...
Continued from Part I… Slowly and steadily the flavors of Shimla were building on me, or probably building a better me. The daily dose of the forgettable...
I hadn't realized how close we were to our hostel. I looked at my watch, it was around 7:30 PM, but it felt like it was 11 already. The Shiv Temple which stood...
Last year during my visit to Rajasthan on the occasion of a friend’s wedding, I had an elaborate interaction with Rajasthani Cuisine. I respect the cuisine for...
Anything. Simply, anything. Amidst all the chaos and confusion of Varanasi, food is one thing which instills some sense of order, with its simple yet...
For most of us the definition of the weekend means going southwards in the city to explore the various interesting treats the new cafes in Bandra have to...
रविवार का था वोह दिन, जब रह ना पा रहा था भोजन तकनीक के बिन. यह दिन का हसने का, मिलने जुलने का, संगणक और इन्टरनेट से बाहर निकल, हर व्यक्ति विशेष से मिलने का....
Some dishes are not recipes. They are rituals. Dal tadka is one of them.
The more I understand wine the more I start noticing the human side of it. It can narrate stories- of its lineage, of the farms it belongs to, of the winemaker...
How about listening to locals talking about their life and aspirations while sipping a chai and dipping a Parle-G; or sharing a drink with an unknown traveler...
Years ago when I was a kid, I had accidentally discovered and realized the existence of Alcohol. I had stumbled upon a bottle of Whiskey, while looking for...
Few weeks back, I joined a bunch of interesting people for an extremely engaging and mazedaar discussion on food. The discussion was accompanied by a lovely...
In purely structural aspects Macaroons are reminiscent of cream filled biscuits one used to have as kids. It was fun to lick the cream off and then munch on...
Indore is my kind of place: vibrant, extrovert, loud, confused about its future, and yet rooted to memories it has grown with. Despite being known across India...
रविवार का था वह एक आम सा दिन, दूरदर्शन पर चल रहा था चंद्रकांता, कैसे रहते लोग कड़क सी चाय के बिन. चाय के साथ था कुछ खस्ता, रस्क, और नमकीन, पर जब घर आई कचोरी और...
Today I received an article from a friend of mine, Where did conversation go? No where. It talks about the "about-to-die" habit of having conversations. It...
My fascination with Bong food goes back to my good old childhood days, where [Durga Puja and Navratri used to be my favorite festival. Khichdi at Durga Puja...
[Through Simple Cooking for MBAs or SCM I want to share a bit of whatever I try out in kitchen, you can ping my roomie, it tastes decent :), and its easy to...
Plum cakes, those brilliant ones which Anthony uncle used to bring to our house on Christmas when I was a kid, mostly all of us had it during Christmas season...
Consider a pack of peanuts, crunchy roasted salted ones, the kind of which are awesome with alcohol, or the kind of which come from Bharuch in Gujarat, not...
Have you ever noticed Bhartiya Railway- “Aapki Sewa main” (Indian Railway- In Your Service) written in small circles on the berths in railway coaches. The only...
Comes from my conversations with few buddies... mix of their and my incidents :) As a Kid having a cold drink was fun. I still remember the time when my dad...
सबसे अच्छी चाय कभी किसी कैफ़े में नहीं मिलती। वो सड़क के किनारे मिलती है।
An excerpt from the conversation between Pushpa and Urmila(Bindiya Goswmi) from the 1979 Hrishikesh Mukherjee classic GolMaal. Pushpa: Le Dahi Vade kha le...