Gongura Pachadi for Keerthi
If you have any chance, at all, of getting your hands on Gongura, I would love to see you make Gongura Pachadi and Gongura Pappu. Gongura is …
Homeward
Things at home are heavy. Hospitals seem to drag themselves into our living room. It is difficult to think about anything but cancer and babyR’s violent attention-seeking …
Indescribeable Rassam for Soumitra
The first time I had Rasam was at Lokesh’s house. I was going through a difficult time. I remember, I drank it and tweeted that I like …
Rekindling siblinghood with Cheese-Garlic-Naan for Shubham
Around this time last year, I went to Goa with my cousins. The first day we were there, my eldest cousin ordered cheese garlic naan for a …
The anatomy of suffering
What do you do about suffering that is not yours, that you nevertheless feel boring into your gut? Kaki has cancer again; ‘again’ being the operative word. …
Thai curry and creeping people out for Prachi
I was in my third year of college when I found a tiny restaurant in Vimannagar. It made average-ish food, like any other tiny stall serving students. …
Bread rolls for Anand
Anand’s story I lived with my friends, in a flat near my college on Sinhagad Road (in Pune). We were surviving an engineering college on student budgets, …
Immortal garlic breadsticks for Sahana
I’ve wanted to take part in this for a while but couldn’t figure out what food to pick. Yesterday I did! Garlic bread sticks with cheesy dip, …
A telling Pyaaz ki Sabzi for Pooja
Pooja’s story Chetan never tells me what he likes or doesn’t like something I cook. If I serve him something without salt, he won’t add it while …
Once upon a Bhakri for Navin
Navin’s story It dates from 50 years ago. Jiji/Kaka (my parents) were living in Malegaon. Kaka was a building contractor and for various reasons, they were living …