This coming week marks the release of my debut cookbook, Sanjana Feasts: Modern Indian Meals to Feed Your Soul, published by Unbound. It’s available to purchase on Amazon now. Click here to buy. Affiliate link. Here’s what it’s all about… Sanjana Feasts is a collection of dazzling recipes of modern Indian diaspora vegetarian and vegan …
Indian bakery-style Chewy Almond Cookies are eggless and so easy to make. Sweet almond, cardamom and nutmeg give these cookies their signature flavour. These feather-light cookies get their crispiness from a combination of semolina, butter and leavening agents. They’re a cross between the traditional Indian tea biscuit, Nankhatai and chewy, American-style cookies. The coming together …
Paan Masala Cookies are the ultimate after-dinner treat to pair with coffee. Buttery, bakery-style biscuits laced with candied fennel seed and rose petal paan masala. I remember feeling incredibly grown up the first time I was asked if I wanted sweet aan from the paan shop. What is Paan Masala? Paan Masala is an Indian …
Hand me a rose-flavoured dessert over a bouquet of roses any day. I’m a sucker for rose-flavoured everything. It all started back when I was around seven years old when my dad would take our family to our favourite Indian restaurants. Even before looking at the menu I’d know what I wanted to drink – …
The code has been well and truly cracked. People all over the place are making gorgeous French macarons sans eggs and it’s downright remarkable. It’ll come as no surprise that the secret ingredient in these eggless/vegan macarons is aquafaba – the vegan chickpea water that replaces egg whites in meringues, pavlovas and rich vegan chocolate …
At first, I thought this might be it; the moment I’d officially lost the plot. I was ready to bring two of my favourite things closer than they’ve ever been. Turns out I haven’t gone insane. It worked. So, I united chevdo and chocolate chip cookies and their baby turned out to be a goddamn champion. Imagine …
I’ll never forget my year five primary school teacher. She was the kind of person you should have aspired to be like one day, over and above Ginger Spice who was probably the most popular choice at that age. Along with all the fair qualities and graces you’d expect from somebody who had mastered the art of …
I remember the days my brother and I would raid the biscuit selection box, grabbing our favourites before the other one could get their paws on them. In our house, it was always the jammy dodgers, bourbons and custard creams that went first. I first spotted this recipe on The Boy Who Bakes, Edd Kimber’s …