Rice

Six basic spice mixes – you may call them “garam masala”. . .Part 1 of my garam masala series.

Basics, beef, chicken, Classic meals, Cooking, fish, goat, lamb, prawn, Recipes, Restaurant photography, Rice, vegan, vegetarian

 The above image shows the six garam masala spice mixes. From L to R top row we have the spice mixes for: seafood, vegetarian, poultry; from L to R [bottom row] for: red meat, nilgiri’s biryani mix, kebabs How do you simplify a complex cuisine which has at least a billion different interpretations, all of them […]

A Tale of Two Classics

Basics, chicken, Classic meals, Cooking, lamb, Recipes, Rice

the classic Kashmiri, Pandit-style rogan josh In my 30-odd years of cooking, if there is one lesson I have learnt, it is this: never challenge a customer. Never. Ever. Some may agree with this, but there is another school of thought that believes otherwise. Some chefs in so-called high places believe that a customer is […]

1.2 billion people, 5 regions, 32 states, 14 official languages, 100s of styles of cooking, and just one dish called CURRY!!!

Basics, beef, bread, chicken, Classic meals, fish, lamb, prawn, Rice, vegetarian

How is it that this huge country called India, with such a long history and so many cultures, can end up being known for just one dish – “CURRY”? How is it that this country, which exports besides so many other things the ‘brains’ for the rest of the world, has only one dish to offer to […]