International fame (almost) and my tips for spotting a good Indian restaurant buffet
Kneading dough for homemade naan can be hard work. This was my first attempt and it resulted in a sticky situation.
I got used to being offered enlargements for body parts I didn’t possess. Or pills for body dysfunctions I biologically couldn’t have.
But this weekend, some scheming geeks inserted all sorts of unholy, adult website links into my innocent little blog!
An apology is in order if you spotted something odd in your brown basmati pulao in [...]
The office Christmas party for staff and spouses was a roaring success. Secret santa gave my colleague a candy whip, my boss a book on how to be nice.
I got two bottles of greasy, glutinous tikka masala curry paste. Which my husband promptly appropriated declaring he hadn’t eaten decent curry for years.
Har har.
So I despise [...]
It’s Diwali or Deepavali. The biggest event in the Hindu calendar. Festival of light, also noise, and celebration of good over evil.
Back in India, I spent it mostly hiding under my bed with our German Shepherd. The fireworks petrified the both of us.
The allure of the cash my father distributed after the Ganesh and Lakshmi [...]
It’s the last day of Durga Puja, a celebration of good winning over evil and highlight of the Bengali religious calendar.
I made it to the pandal (marquee) on Friday, only to be told to leave within an hour thanks to a queue of 400 people outside waiting to get in.
Thankfully, I’d made it to [...]
Back from the world of high-street botox, designer dogs and leapord-print everything that is Cannes, I am basking in a warm glow that is a fabulous sun tan.
But until recently, I was more likely to carry a Victorian parasol in the sun for fear of catching colour than bake on a beach for hours a [...]
I said goodbye to mother this week with a heavy heart and a full belly.
The boozy Saturday night in before she left, we decided to have a mid-week party. My two Indian girlfriends would bring a dish each, mother would cook two dishes and hubby and his French best mate would eat for England.
Theoretically the easiest [...]
I am now a member of the Foodie Blogroll, a fantastic initiative by Jenn of Leftover Queen designed to bring foood blogs together the world over.
If, like me, you are always the last one to wake up to good things - sign up now!
The bad news is that my email mallika@quickindiancooking.com isn’t working. It’s down [...]
Rotis or chappatis are eaten as an alternative to rice around India, especially in the North of India. Not to be confused with paranthas or naan, these are cooked with whole wheat flour or atta (pictured) without any oil on a tawa or flat griddle pan.
The simplest version of a roti is called a phulka, [...]
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