About Adam Adam Baines is passionate about Indian food and blogs as Goodkorma. Visit the About us section on his site for a great story! Indian cuisine: slow cooking in a fast world By a strange twist of fate, some Continue reading
I have spent a large part of my graduate and post graduate years putting in the word “Indian” in application forms that asked for my religion and caste. Don’t know if application forms are different in India now but at Continue reading
“Grilled Masala Salmon on a bed of Chinese fried rice accompanied by wild asparagus and stir-fried vegetables.” This is how the son described the above meal in his food diary, quite forgetting that the audience was a stern swimming coach Continue reading
And I have written a guest blog on my quest for the perfect biryani for the interesting food blog Good Korma. Here is how it begins: “As an archaeologist I would be tempted to say that the reason I am Continue reading
On Friday this week, it will be three years since my dad passed away. Fittingly for him, he died in the Wimbeldon fortnight (his last words to me were “Federer, Federer” ) as he was obsessed with sport and food. Continue reading
The husband impressed me the other day by coming back home with a biryani from Whitecross Street. Without being asked, without being reminded at least three times, and without calling me from the stall to confirm that I did indeed Continue reading
You might recall the profound and momentous observation I made a couple of posts before this one? No?. To refresh your memory: I had an epiphany – biryanis in India taste better because the meat/veg component is fully integrated in Continue reading
So, I have got it in my head that the son needs more protein to fuel his body for the amount of physical training he does, especially since like me, he is a very lame non-vegetarian who can only eat Continue reading
Another year, another birthday, another party. This year, as always, I formally invited the usual suspects by email and then issued invitations to other friends verbally. And again this year, as always, I lost count of the number of people Continue reading
Growing up we mainly ate food typical of the Western part of India where we are from and like most Indians, north Indian or Punjabi food, was something we ate when we went out to eat in restaurants. So chickpeas Continue reading
