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Kitchen Notes

There’s wonder and then there’s mystique, August heralds fall flavors and somehow these dishes really piqued my interest. More often than not, warming me up!

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Kitchen Notes

Monsoon Pakora Sandwich

Pakoras are everywhere this monsoon. This recipe puts them inside a sandwich instead — crisp onion pakoras layered with a green chutney mellowed by hung curd, pickled onions for acidity,...

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Lychee Chundo

Mango gets all the glory in Gujarat. But lychee season deserved its own chundo — one that keeps the fruit tasting like itself. The trick is not cooking all of...

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Bombay Monsoon Bhutta Chilli Cheese Toast

Charcoal-roasted bhutta meets Bombay chilli cheese toast in this monsoon recipe that tastes like a slice of nostalgia

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Bhel Goes to Finishing School

Chaat is one of the most underrated culinary achievements of mankind — and bhel, made the right way, is its most democratic expression

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New Yorker Nacho Cheese Sauce

A copycat recipe for New Yorkers Mumbai's legendary nachos, remember the restaurant that made Bombay fall in love with a cheese sauce.

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Matla Chicken

In places like Saurashtra, especially around Gir, pastoral and hunting communities have historically cooked meat like this.

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Pork Adobo

This one’s proper lola style (that’s Filipino for grandmother) — while a Lola would not measure, we did… for you!

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Palm Jaggery

On a recent camping trip to @twobrothersorganicfarmsindia, I found myself standing beside a slow wood fire, watching Neera —fresh date palm sap — reduce for hours into something far more...

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