Oops, I did it again. Here’s another flavour – lime and basil roti. Honest confession, this is the only roti flavour that I actually intentionally came up with. (Unlike my other creations that were all prompted by fridge clean-ups, and using up fruit before it went bad!) So unlike most people I know, I love […]

This recipe for mango roti was created thanks to leftovers. (Like most of my other flavoured roti creations). I did a big cooking event for about 50 people, and grossly over estimated how much mango chutney I would need. As always, my first thought was to make atta out of the extra chutney. Turns out […]

Maah choliyan di dal is pretty much every Punjabi’s favourite dal. When we were kids we used to call it kali (black) dal. A simple mix of maah (whole urad) and chole (split Bengal gram), this dal is my ultimate comfort food. The taste of home. Unfortunately, maah choliyan di dal is also the most […]

Two things you will always find hiding in my fridge are – a little bit of leftover cooked rice, and fresh dhaniya (aka cilantro). So this quick cilantro rice is usually on frequent rotation at my house for lunches. Cilantro rice is the type of basic recipe that I usually skip sharing because it feels […]

Do you ever have one of those exhausting days where you don’t have an ounce of energy to cook, but you desperately want something comforting and delicious to devour? Those are the days when I usually turn to my favourite spaghetti with garlic oil and chili flakes. But lets be real, lately I’m exhausted everyday […]

Do you know what makes or breaks most classic Punjabi dishes? The tadka/tarka. Learning this simple tempering technique, will take your desi dishes from meh to ah-mazing. You can easily recreate restaurant style dal tadka, curry chicken, or even palak paneer at home with this recipe as a base.  This tadka recipe is also easy […]

Some of my favourite dishes are happy accidents, like this makhani mac and cheese. The result of a few leftovers found straggling in the back of the fridge on busy weeknight and reinvented into something new. It always makes me so happy to discover a new favourite recipe for my repertoire The first time I […]

Did you know that butter chicken is the most searched Indian recipe on the internet? (To be fair, butter chicken and biryani are always in a neck to neck race for the top search spot). It’s hard to believe that a dish that is only about 70 years old is recognized worldwide as the ultimate […]