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Spice Circle, Noida- Revisited

By Amit • Jan 19th, 2010 • Category: Reviews

Amit Uppal eats his way through a variety of dishes at Spice Circle in the Spice Mall, NOIDA. His second visit to Spice Circle, does he find any improvement?



Diya, The Leela Kempinski, Gurgaon

By Sid • Jan 2nd, 2010 • Category: Reviews

The Diya is a predominantly North Indian restaurant in the Leela Kempinski. Is it boring and predictive as most 5 star restaurants go, or does the Chef’s experimentive nature make it all worthwhile? We found out for you.



Lahori, Sector-50, Noida

By Amit • Dec 28th, 2009 • Category: Reviews

Delivery and take away joints dot the city from end to end with nothing to distinguish them. Here’s one that even has a long history to go with the good food it propagates!



Ramzan Iftar – Delicious Reward for Discipline

By naheed • Aug 26th, 2009 • Category: Columns

Fasting during Ramzaan requires a fair amount of discipline and the process of breaking the fast is quite delicious – even more so at the end of Ramzaan. It is one of the most delicous meals I’ve ever eaten and I look forward to them every year!



Fire, The Park Hotel, Connaught Place, New Delhi

By Sid • Jul 4th, 2009 • Category: Reviews

Fire is the Indian restaurant at the Park Hotel, Connaught Place, New Delhi. Rated as the best Indian restaurant by the HT City Eating Out Guide for three years in a row, Fire has a warm and cosy ambience with attentive serving staff and comfortable seating. Read on to learn how it fared.



Forgotten Recipes – Nau Lakha and Shakshuka

By naheed • Jul 1st, 2009 • Category: Columns

Have you ever wondered about forgotten dishes of bygone eras. Here’s an article by Naheed, possibly his best so far, that talks about two such dishes that most of us probably haven’t heard of. Delicious and nostalgic at the same time, this is a must read for foodies and non-foodies alike.



Olan

By Sid • May 15th, 2009 • Category: Recipes

Olan is a Malayali (Kerala) dish. It is a delicious vegetarian curry with black eyed beans and pumpkin, stewed in coconut milk and flavored with coconut oil, ginger and curry leaves. Olan goes very well with hot steamed rice.



How to Cook Indian Food – North India

By Sid • May 9th, 2009 • Category: Columns

Indian food needs a little getting used to, especially the procedures and spices. This article attempts to simplify the basics behind cooking Indian food, lists some of the most commonly used spices and includes three recipes in different degrees of complexity.



Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: The Taste of India

By Sid • Mar 1st, 2009 • Category: Columns

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Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Punjabi Winter Warmth

By Sid • Jan 2nd, 2009 • Category: Columns

I’ve dabbled with different types of cooking, but never really paid a great deal of attention to my roots – Punjabi food. Perhaps I’d had enough of Punjabi food or maybe it was too much hard work, but most of my focus was on western and East Asian cooking. It isn’t that I don’t cook [...]