We love Dosa, but since it is not our staple food, we do not have the gadgets to make it easily. Unlike a South Indian household we do n...

Foods like nalli nihari made our stay in Hyderabad oh so enjoyable. One of the delights was to drudge through the insane evening traff...

We had a steady stream of guests over the holidays. Especially to cater to the palate of our local friends I chose this mild kebab, which ...

Old Hyderabad is littered with small bakeries that along with cakes and biscuits serve this mind blowingly spicy, yet yummy Chicken and Gob...

I learned to make this when I used to live in Hyderabad from a neighbor. It makes good use of bread when the expiry date comes knocking. W...

Biriyani is just a name for traditional Indian way of cooking meat and rice. How it is cooked and what is added varies drastically across I...

I had heard a lot about the Andhra Palak Ghosht from my friend Devyani. I didn’t realize how good it was until she made it once for me. I t...

We have had our best Hyderabadi foods outside of Hyderabad. One of our favorites had been Nandini Palace in Bangalore (just off the old airp...

There are as many ways of making biriyani as there are people in India :). This recipe cuts through all the complexity and provides the si...

Even though my husband strongly contends that vegetable biriyani is not really a biriyani, I don’t agree. We have a lot of vegetarian frien...

This is a Hyderabadi dish that we ate at a famous Dhaba in Hyderabad called the Deewan Dhaba ( map ). We had almost turned it into a ritua...