Sid Khullar - Chef at Large

We met up here for lunch with brother and wives [Indu, Navnita]. Located in the India Habitat Centre on Lodhi road, The All American Diner is a good choice for the odd meal. 
The very first point in the experience is the people at the gate of IHC. Very polite and helpful, it is a good [...]

Vermicelli is a popular breakfast food in South India. Cooked in sesame oil with chopped onions turmeric, salt, chilli, black mustard seeds and curry leaves, it tastes wonderful. Even better if you have a little mullagapudi - a hot concoction of spices that is mixed with oil and used as a condiment. Also called ‘gunpowder’ [...]

Here’s a contribution from my mother:
There’s nothing more invigorating than a hearty breakfast. There was a time when breakfasts in my mother’s home were huge and wholesome. Fried, poached or boiled eggs, thick slices of toast, butter, marmalade, chutney, rashers of bacon, fried tomatoes and thick slices of roast potatoes and that wasn’t all! There [...]

Apparently, I’ve been doing it wrong all along!
Stuck with the problem of poaching the perfect egg, I’ve been trying to get something close to acceptable for a while. More often than not however, I would end up with thready and tattered whites. Not acceptable!
After doing a bit of reading and some experimenting, here’s the consistent [...]

This is in continuation to my previous post on Spicy Minced Meat. That was the stuffing.
The Sandwich Omelette can probably be compared to the Chinese stuffed bun, but this one is easier and quicker. It has an outer covering of a thin omelette, inside which is are two slices of fresh white bread, inside which [...]

We started for our uphill destination in the wee hours of the morning. The first 30 minutes were spent locating suitable equipment. Any technophile worth his usb micro drive will know what I speak of - laptop, blue ray disc to watch at various intervals on the way, an array of usb cables for different [...]

I was trying to be creative this morning with the fresh thyme in my possession - the usual target - Cherie’s breakfast.
Try this. Put a little oil in the pan - spread it around a bit. Put small bunch of leaves at various places in the oil - break the egg into a bowl and [...]

Made this for Cherie’s breakfast this morning. Simple, fast and tasty. Another variation could be spreading the egg on only one side, frying it, then spreading some cheese and onions on the egg side, covering it with another toast, egg side inside and grilling in a sandwich toaster.

6 slices of bread
1 egg beaten
2 tbsp milk
Salt [...]

I’m on an egg spree these days and here’s what we had for breakfast this morning.

4 Eggs, beaten
1/2 cup cooked rice
1 tbsp Harissa Twist
1 onion, chopped
1 tsp butter
1 tbsp Tomato ketchup
1 slice cheese [optional]
Parmesan cheese [optional]

Method:

Melt the butter in a small pan
Saute the onions
Add the Harissa Twist
Add the rice, stir
Add the tomato ketchup
Saute for a [...]

Breakfast was to be eggs today. Needed to quickly whip something up for 3 people, so here’s what we did.

5 Eggs
1 cup chopped cabbage
1 slice of cheese [pre-sliced]
1 small onion, chopped
Butter for cooking

Method:

Beat the eggs well
Heat some butter in a pan. Reduce flame. Note that the pan should be a small one, else the shape [...]