The same recipe works for both tikia and balls based on the final shape you choose. If you have ample time, shape them as discs (tikia)...

A few weeks back we visited a very popular local irish pub and I was about to order the Shepherd's pie when I noticed that it has...

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

  I got this recipe from Mr. Atul Sikand over a food network on Facebook. The day I decided to make it I called my husband to know whether...

It’s been a long time since I last blogged. That doesn’t necessarily mean that I have not been cooking anything interesting, rather it is t...

Living in the Pacific Northwest I am used to rain. Unlike others I never grow tired of it. After a spell of hectic summer schedule I loved ...

[Updated] Railway mutton curry takes you back to the colonial era when travelling by first class train was for the privileged. This not to...

Updated: With new photos In the Bengali movie Charulata 2011 there is a scene where the lady of the house was served “morich mangso” and ...

Updated: With new pictures In our visit to Kolkata we never miss out on our pilgrimage to Peter Cat on Park Street and have their famous “O...

In Lucknow during the rule of the Nawabs, Galouti kebab used to be made with close to 100 secret ingredients and ground as many times to g...

Rajasthan is not a place people associate with Meat. My husband is always eager to narrate the horror story of how he had to stay without n...

[Updated Post] First off let me explain the qualifier “Kolkata” I used for this Biryani’s recipe. Each region in India has it’s own versio...

The Rogan Josh is commonly served in restaurants of Kolkata is very different from the actual Kashmiri Rogan josh. I have previously publish...

When we were in school most wedding banquets started serving what they called Kashmiri Stuffed Dum Aloo. They varied considerably in taste a...

Apparently in India a show called Master Chef has become a big deal. Some of my relatives have suddenly become super interesting in cooking...

I first had this in Thiruvananthapuram, in god own country, Kerala. We were served the mutton stew along with appam. This is mildly spiced...

In Kolkata just around movie theatres there are these small restaurants/café’s which serve tea and various kinds of chops and cutlets. I th...

Finally getting around to post our new-year dinner :). My husband loves eating steaks, however, my meat choices are limited to the traditi...

Close to where I grew up there was this small café called Ashoka Restaurant in Behala Kolkata. They made the best cutlets ever with Goat cho...

Last couple of days I had been watching a bunch of movies based on Rabindranath Tagore ’s novels on Youtube like Naukadubi. Watching all of...