It’s not Diwali if there is no Dahi Pohe for breakfast immediately after our ritual, paste-and- scrub- heavy ex-foliating baths. Pohe are… just a sec! A quick look up on Wikipedia reveals that they, in fact, are ” a dehusked Continue reading
So we are back from a two week holiday – the highlights of which were a stupendous walk along the Thames in Richmond; my first and last visit to Hamleys (we bought Airfix glue and ran out through the fire Continue reading
Of all my friends in London, Lisa reminds me the most of the mates that I have left behind in Bombay owing to the stimulating ‘intellectual’ conversations that we always have when we meet for dinner. Try this: when we Continue reading
I’ve read Poornima’s blog posts for a while now – marvelling at her use of language, her ability to pick out the flavours etc in each post. I look forward to receiving them in my inbox on a weekly basis, Continue reading
In the interests of family harmony I would advise against doing your weekly shop at 8 am on a Saturday. We do ours then and gosh, what a fraught experience it is. One such Saturday found me in the Continue reading
I have spent most of my life being told that I do not look, act, or speak like a Maharastrian – a group of people from the Western Ghats of India. This is slightly surprising as genetically as I am Continue reading
I really did not want to like Café Dishoom. For one, it was introduced to me by various people with lots of hype, but more importantly, I was told that it was a Bombay Irani restaurant in London. And no 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
I love my biryani. Just like Poornima, I search for the plate of perfect biryani in every city that I venture into, besides scouring the worldwide web for the perfect recipe. In fact, that’s how I stumbled onto this wonderful 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
