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 …
A Very Good Homemade Masala Chai recipe. But to tell you the truth, every person has their own flavour preferences when it comes to the perfect cup of tea. Masala or otherwise. Here’s my favourite homemade Chai Masala blend. I think it’s very good. 8 tips for the perfect cup of homemade chai 1. Balance …
Strawberry cheesecake lovers will adore this fresh and fruity Strawberry Cheesecake Falooda. This is a refreshing Indian rose milkshake with basil seeds, rice vermicelli, milk jelly and ice cream. My version calls for crushed biscuits and Italian mascarpone. What is Falooda? Falooda is a cooling milkshake, prepared with sweet basil seeds, vermicelli (noodles), milk jelly …
There’s nothing I like better than a little mug of sweet cardamom tea to unwind after an action-packed day. Today the term ‘chai’ has become a generic term for posh frothy mugs of under-spiced and over-priced drinks available in coffee shops across the globe. This makes me sad. The recipe for chai is …
Saffron and Lemon Shrikhand Doughnuts – a recipe for my new Food Network UK chef page – they’re perfect for finishing off a grandiose banquet. After a good few weeks of cooking deliciously rich and decadent dinners (it’s been hell having to eat them all by myself, I tell you), I’m finally ready to …
Last week I ordered a salted lassi at an Indian restaurant and got it in a pint glass. I didn’t even get a straw. It was an entirely bizarre experience which I can’t say I’d like to try again – lassi moustaches really don’t suit me. Got lassi? Forget beer and wine, I think nothing compliments …
Unless you’ve been holidaying in the North Pole you must have heard about all of the snow that’s been falling. Well okay, maybe I phrased that badly. In the UK it’s been unnaturally cold for the past two weeks, with temperatures reaching a glacial -20 degrees C! My car is wearing a snug blanket of …