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Sourdough bread – stretch and fold method

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Sourdough Focaccia

Sourdough Focaccia

The second best thing you can make with your sourdough starter. Bread-eating is already a guilty pleasure and Focaccia is the mother of guilty pleasure when it comes to breads! Its loaded with olive oil and crunchy salt on top. The golden yet soft crust 

Vada Pav

Vada Pav

A spicy potato slider. Vegan. delicious. If I were to start writing stories about this dish, it would end up being a chronicle of my entire teenage life! Vada pav constituted the majority of my weekly expense in school and college. Most good stories and 

The Perfect Indian Pav

The Perfect Indian Pav

Indian bread rolls – popular accompaniment with street foods such as Pav bhaji, batata vada and misal! So you may have read my other recipe, which I developed after years of experimentation. That one is great too.. but this one, is a level up – 

Veg Momos

Veg Momos

Throughout the lockdown, I have felt quite happy at home. I feel there’s no place I would rather be. Just that it would be awesome if my home was on a farm or better still in the mountains. So my way to bring the mountains 

Chicken momos

Chicken momos

Throughout the lockdown, I have felt quite happy at home. I feel like there’s no place I would rather be. Just that it would be really nice if my home was on a farm or better still in the mountains. And my way to bring 

The Art of Sourdough baking

The Art of Sourdough baking

The Art and Science actually! Being a Food Scientist and a product developer, I see closely the constant struggle in the Food Industry to create foods that have a “clean label” – simple, fewer, familiar ingredients. No chemicals or ‘guilty ingredients’ (sugars, hydrogenated oils, flavors, 

Oils – All kinds you will find in my Kitchen

Oils – All kinds you will find in my Kitchen

Always trust a chef or recipe that tells you which oil to use. Of course you can make a dish with another oil, but every dish demands a specific kind of fat/ oil. It really is the foundation of a tasty dish. My Masters’ thesis 

Naan

Naan

The perfect accompaniment to Indian-style curries such as Malai Kofta, paneer butter masala, methi mtar malai, butter chicken, Dal Bukhara, etc.. For all the curries you can serve with Naans, visit the “Indian Food” section on this website. You will need: 1.5 cups all purpose 

Danyacha Koot – Roasted crushed peanuts

Danyacha Koot – Roasted crushed peanuts

An absolute staple in any western Indian home. Traditionally, my Aji would go to the “bhatti” at the local market with a large steel container of peanuts or groundnuts and get it roasted over sand. This was followed by de-skinning the roasted peanuts and then