Chef at Large

Found some great furniture today - teak, hand polished to a glossy black shade, yet showing the grain. Instantly fell in love with the stuff. Winced at the cost, gritted my teeth and ordered the lot. I’ll probably live to regret it, but the nice part is that the furniture will probably outlive me.
Came home [...]

We had Id lunch at Naheeds place… and what a lunch it was. I don’t think I have ever eaten better mutton curry (called Nihari, traditionally made with beef, made here with succulent cuts of tender lamb, the many spices tempered with yoghurt) or kebab (Pasanda kebab, with the flavor of woodsmoke still in it). [...]

Just saw Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag. Amazingly pathetic. Dialogue delivery sucked. Song sequences were too pseudo new age. Sets and ambience were make-believe. Songs themselves, including the mehbooba remix failed to inspire. The only people who *looked* good were Ajay Devgan, Jr Bacchan and Ms. Matondkar.
Big disappointment. Just goes to show, a mega [...]

I was talking on the phone with a friend one day. Lady friend. Cherie comes along and asks me who I’m speaking with. I tell her ‘my girlfriend’ and both of us (friend and I) share a laugh. Cherie nods an ok and walks off to continue doing whatever it was she was doing. Apparently. [...]

There’s this guy in my office - the office boy. He is a simple minded chap who insists, absolutely insists on opening doors every time I need to go out. When nature calls, he opens the door, patiently waits at the door, and then opens the door when he hears me coming. He also considers [...]

I live in this lovely little place called ‘Parsvnath Prestige’. One of the unique features of the residents is what I like to call a socio-economic thermostat. Sounds intriguing doesn’t it? Here’s how it works. You go to the children’s park or the gym or perhaps the swimming pool. Being a normal, social kind of [...]

World Bread Day falls on October 16th this year. The usual theme is to experiment with different types of bread, using different types of flours, doughs, seeds, stuffings and anything else you can think of. Lets see what I can come up with. I’ll be happy to receive your pictures and bread recipes too!
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Found a nice leg of lamb [Raan] at the butchers the other day. So thought we’d have a nice roast for the last meal of the weekend. You’ll need:

For the Raan

1 Kilo Whole Leg of Lamb
Meat Tenderizer
1 tbsp Garlic Paste
2 tbsp Ginger Paste
1 tsp Onion Salt
1 tsp Pepper
1 tsp Paprika
2 tbsp Olive Oil
1 tbsp Japanese [...]

Poha is made from flattened rice and is good for a light snack or for breakfast. This dish can have many variants and is probably made a little differently in every home. Here’s how I make it.

You’ll need:

500gm Poha [flattened rice]
50gm Finely chopped fresh ginger
Handful Curry leaves
50gm Fried plain peanuts
100gm Chopped onions
A few Dry red [...]

I had a mechanical scale a while back. While it wasn’t really bad nor was anything wrong with it, it was difficult following precise recipes at times, or convering from Metric to Imperial or Imperial to American and so on.I’ve got these scales now. While measuring is slightly simple, what makes life a bit [...]