Indian Recipes

If someone asked me to name the one dish that has fed me through every phase of my life — every broke month, every celebration, every lazy Sunday — it would be dal tadka. No hesitation. This dal tadka recipe is the most honest thing I cook, and I don’t mean that as a compliment … Read more

There’s a moment every morning — before the world starts asking things of me — when I stand at the stove and crush cardamom pods with the back of a spoon. The shells crack, the seeds tumble out, and suddenly my kitchen smells like the only place I ever want to be. This is how … Read more