Sid Khullar - Chef at Large

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Chicken in Black Bean Sauce with Vegetables

By Sid • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: Deserts, Healthy, Leftover Ideas, Lunch, Non Vegetarian Food, Oriental Food

Cooking all three meals every day isn’t proving to be as much of a load as I thought it would be. After reaching home around 7:00pm with fresh vegetables and breads, dinner is ready in the next 1 hour. The next morning, breakfast is usually served around 7:30am with sandwiches for lunch ready by 8:15am. [...]



The Original Bakewell Pudding

By Sid • Jun 10th, 2008 • Category: British Food, Deserts, Featured Articles

I travel to Bakewell nearly every day of the week to work at a client’s premises. Try as I did, I finally succumbed to the smell of freshly baked Bakewell puddings.
As per Wikipedia: The tale told to tourists is that this dish is an accidental invention of the 1860s, which occurred when a nobleman visiting [...]



Semolina Halwa

By Sid • May 16th, 2008 • Category: Asian Food, Cooking For Kids, Deserts, Indian Food, Posts, Vegetarian Food

We were at Swagatas house recently and found her making this for her daughter, niece and nephew.
Swagata is a Bharatanatayam dancer, choreographer, writer and more (see some photos here) a good friend who is also instructing my daughter in the art.
Semolina or suji halwa is quite easy to make and tastes delicious when hot. First [...]



Fried Dough with Syrup

By Sid • Apr 26th, 2008 • Category: Cooking For Kids, Deserts, Posts, Vegetarian Food

I used to read a lot of Wilbur Smith in the past. In fact, I think I’ve read all of his books twice or more. If you ask me, I think his books are the ‘Mills and Boon’ equivalent for men. Anyway, there was mention of a dish called ‘Koeksisters’ in a few of his [...]



Review: The Fortune Cookie, Sector 18, NOIDA

By Sid • Apr 13th, 2008 • Category: Asian Food, Deserts, Lunch, Non Vegetarian Food, Oriental Food, Posts, Restaurants In NOIDA, Reviews, Salads, Snacks, Soups, Starters, Vegetarian Food

Meeting with some long lost friends, their parents, their children and so on, we landed up at Fortune Cookie on Friday night.
It’s a nice place really - the owner is an ex-shippie who has ransacked his house and placed all his collected oriental artifacts in the restaurant. Decorated with an overpowering shade of red, The [...]



Review: Kebab Krazy, Sector 18, NOIDA

By Sid • Apr 6th, 2008 • Category: Asian Food, Deserts, Dinner, Indian Food, Lunch, Middle Eastern Food, Non Vegetarian Food, Posts, Restaurants In NOIDA, Reviews, Starters, Vegetarian Food

For a place that claims to be krazy about kebabs, this one sure doesn’t live up to its name. The main dining area on the first floor comprises 5 tables / 20 covers. The décor could probably be a little more imaginative, as all the tables are laid end to end without any variation in [...]



Review: The Lounge, Mosaic Hotel, Sector 18, NOIDA

By Sid • Apr 5th, 2008 • Category: Deserts, Restaurants In NOIDA, Reviews

The Lounge is what Mosaic hotels calls a Pastry Shop. In reality, it is little more than a glass counter filled mostly with sweet pastries and a coffee machine behind it. This setup, for some reason, is located bang adjacent the lobby and is a bit too integrated with it.
The décor so to say, is [...]



Review: Flluid Lounge, Mosaic Hotel, Sector 18, NOIDA

By Sid • Apr 4th, 2008 • Category: American Food, Asian Food, Deserts, Dinner, Fusion Food, Indian Food, Italian Food, Lunch, Middle Eastern Food, Non Vegetarian Food, Oriental Food, Posts, Restaurants In NOIDA, Reviews, Salads, Snacks, Soups, Starters, Vegetarian Food

Flluid is in the Mosaic Hotel and is probably one of the most interesting lounge bars in the area. They have an adequate selection of food and quite an array of liquors. In fact, Flluid probably has the best stocked bar in NOIDA!
On entering you feel you’ve stepped into some location in the Arctic or [...]



Review: All American Diner, India Habitat Centre

By Sid • Apr 2nd, 2008 • Category: American Food, Breakfast, Deserts, Dinner, Fast Food, Lunch, Non Vegetarian Food, Posts, Restaurants in Delhi, Reviews, Salads, Snacks, Soups, Starters, Vegetarian Food

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 [...]



Baked Meringue

By Sid • Mar 14th, 2008 • Category: Deserts, French Food, Non Vegetarian Food, Posts

If you’ve managed to hold on to your freshly whipped up meringue, then you could either use it as it us as a stuffing or topping - or bake it.
If you’re going to be baking it, be creative and see what kind of shapes you can come up with. Line a baking dish with baking [...]