AZHAR BHAI KA PAAN, LUCKNOW KI SHAAN
The art and science of folding a paan in Akbari gate, Lucknow. At Azhar Bhai’s paan shop in Lucknow’s Akbari Gate, a large board announces that it is Lucknow ki […]
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WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU…
Humans have the most diverse diet of any species on the planet – if anything can be made edible, we’ll eat it. Archeologist Kurush Dalal tells us how we got […]
TRUFFLE TROUBLE WITH CHEF MANU CHANDRA
Ordering yourself a bottle of truffle oil? Chef and writer Manu Chandra has thoughts… It sounds like a cheerleader’s synchronised rhyme. And it may as well be — given the […]
A DOSA FOR DESSERT!
The perfect nonsense of Jayanagar’s ice-cream dosa! A few months ago, my husband and I woke up early on a Saturday to head to Chickpet in Bengaluru, a neighbourhood that […]
FORTY-FOUR YEARS OF ‘JHATPAT AARAM’
Four decades after its launch, 31 million Hajmola pills are still sold across the country every day. Follow the chatpata swad of our beloved goli from its early Kshudhavardhak churna […]
POUR SOME SUMAC ON ME
The tart, zesty berry of Ukhrul’s hills is what you need for your weeknight pork curry, or to quick fix a bag of popcorn! When Zeinorin Angkang was a little […]
DIGGING INTO INDIA’S FIRST TABLE WITH HISTORIAN & AUTHOR LIZZIE COLLINGHAM
Lizzie Collingham, the author of ‘Around India’s First Table’, gives us a glimpse into her book, and her time in the kitchens of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. enthu: Hi Lizzie! Thanks […]
WITH BARFI, YOU CAN EAT WITH YOUR EYES
From phoolgobi and phal, to mewa and mawa – writer Priya Mani traces the journey of our beloved meetha. My earliest memories consist of making coconut barfi with my Amma […]
ROYAL SHOWBIZ
The stories of nawabi khana, from battlefield to dastarkhwan. That the shahi dastarkhwans, or the cuisines of the royal courts of pre-Independence India lean towards ostentatiousness is a narrative we […]