Grapes chutney with coconut milk Writing a food blog is a complicated and difficult business because it’s hard to find new inspirations and invent new recipes every day. But on some days magic makes itself and genius happen. Also, on these very days, words are elusive and hard, apparently. Anyway, long story short, I was…
What is goat curry? Goat curry is basically small cuts of goat slow-cooked or pressure-cooked in a gravy made with onions, tomatoes, garlic, and aromatic spices. There are as many varieties of goat curries in India as there are dialects and more. That is to say that there is no one way of making it….
What is chicken curry? A polite reminder that Chicken curry is nothing but chicken in a simple tomato and onion based gravy. The word ‘curry’ by no means is a singular representation of Indian cuisine. Every Indian recipe is NOT a curry. Even this chicken curry recipe is not universal. Everyone has a different version…
What can I say? This is the queen of authentic Bengali cuisine and therefore needs no introduction. Boal is a large steak-y fish very popular in east India. Boal can be cooked in a variety of ways, but this mango boal is one of the best Bengali fish recipes.
How to make the best bhapa Ilish? Probashe (overseas) when it rains and floods like monsoons in Kolkata, complete with the smell of damp kadam phool (possibly imaginary) and numerous potholes that developed on the roads overnight, and you discover kola pata (banana leaves!!!) in your local grocery for the first time ever in the history of not-living-in-India, and you…
What is “chilli chicken”? The Indian Chili chicken or Chilli chicken is an Indo-Chinese dish––crispy batter fried nuggets of chicken cooked in soy sauce flavored with garlic and ginger and a whole lot of fresh Thai green chilies. It can be either dry chilli chicken to be had as an appetizer or hors d’oeuvres, or…