Food Stages of Grief
1. Denial. Full Indian meal, all the sides and condiments. This isn’t happening. Everything can carry on as normal. I can cope. I can. Cope. I ruin the roti and the subji I make is both bland and burnt. 2. Bargaining. Essentials: 4 hr ghee, slowly caramelised french onion soup, plum and apple crumble with…
Quest for the Ultimate Brownie
Growing up, one of our family life’s certainties was that my brother absolutely and categorically did not have a sweet tooth. This made baking for him extremely difficult as he often refused the more sweet or elaborate desserts I made. He did, however, like brownies. Thus ensued my many year relationship with perfecting the perfect…
“Recommended” Ingredients?
You’re Indian now, quantities don’t really exist. The majority of Indian recipes on this site will use a “recommended” ingredients list. This is because home-cooked Indian food isn’t like some other cuisines: where if you don’t fold in the egg whites correctly your soufflé won’t rise, or your panna cotta will absolutely not set if…
The importance of Indian sweets, or, my great-grandmother’s mishri
We Indians eat a lot of sugar. When I say a lot, I really mean a lot. With English desserts, sugar is often disguised in the form of cakes and other carb-based vehicles that mask the sheer amount of butter and diabetes that’s gone into the production. Indian sweets do not even try. Jalebi is…
Proper Indian Tea
I published this tongue-in-cheek recipe on Imgur about a year or so ago. It was, in part, the inspiration for this website so I thought it was only fitting I post it here for your amusement. I’ve edited it slightly from my original. Please take the mock-outrage as intended. My sympathy goes out to all…
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Steaming Chai 