Sometimes, a salad can be the whole meal by itself. These hearty salads are full of grains or pasta, hearty vegetables like mushrooms,...

Today is Pongal, also called Sankranti, Lohri and Bihu, in different parts of India, a significant festival in our culture, the end of...

Custard apples, called sitaphal, dominate the Indian market in October and November. We had been gorging on these fruit here. These fruit...

Sometimes, a salad stands out as spectacular, and this is that salad. It pops with bright flavours and hints of Moroccan elements. This...

This soup is luxury in a bowl. Rich beets pair beautifully with creamy and mild burrata, and the toasted fennel adds a perfect nuance of...

Every traveller to Morocco or diner in a Moroccan restaurant has to try a tagine, usually to tick a box. Most tagines are hastily put...

This salad is named after the chef and co-owner, Eder Monterey, of several renowned restaurants in New York that specialise in Spanish...

I was super excited to receive this cookbook finally. The book is packed with recipes and beautiful Photographs. Most recipes are...

I occasionally like reconfiguring traditional recipes and turning them into something new while maintaining the old flavours. In this...

This simple soup is a delight. I was surprised to find white sweet potatoes in India, versus the yellow ones I was used to in the US....

We are most familiar with the wonderful tea leaf salad from Myanmar. However, Burmese culture is full of wonderful salads, too. This...

I love sitting on old chairs at the beach, feet dug deep into the sand, with a cold beer, and enjoying a seafood meal at sunset. With no...

I cooked this recipe because of seemingly disconnected reasons: Trevor Noah, my parents and a great cookbook. We were watching Trevor...

I was getting a bit tired of the same old boring, plain scrambled eggs so I decided to create a new recipe to brighten our morning...

I try to stay healthy, but I do love fried prawns. This recipe hit the spot! Large prawns cooked in a tart, dry curry infused with...

I was pleasantly shocked by the deep red carrots that appear in the Indian bazaar every winter. I have since learnt that they are local...

A snake gourd is one of those vegetables that you look at in the grocery store and wonder, "What do you do with that?" It is between 3...

As soon as I saw these tender Brussels sprouts in the grocery store, I grabbed a bag. This is one of those vegetables that folks either...

Yes, I do occasionally cook some super simple dishes, and this soup is exactly what you need on a cold, lazy day without any effort. A...

I was craving a chicken curry in a South Indian style, and this recipe satisfied that hunger. The curry is quite easy to make. The only...