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Nihari, Paya and Daulat ki Chaat – A Sunday Brunch to Welcome the Metro

By Chef at Large Contributor • Nov 27th, 2009 • Category: Reviews

Do meaty and spicy breakfasts excite you? Are you willing to undergo a little trouble to find the flavors you crave? If so, this article is your roadmap to one of the most satisfying breakfasts I’ve known. Siddhartha gives you his take on a Nihari and Paaya breakfast.



Brown Sahib, MGF Mall, Saket

By Sid • Nov 20th, 2009 • Category: Reviews

The latest entrant to the fine dining scene in Delhi, Brown Sahib claims to serve authentic Bengali food in a fine dining format. Is it fine dining? Is the food authentic at Brown Sahib? Read on to find out.



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.



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.



Pineapple Pachadi

By Sid • May 13th, 2009 • Category: Recipes

In Kerala and Tamilnadu, pachadi is a side-dish curry similar to the north Indian Raita. Pachadi is eaten fresh and typically made of finely chopped and boiled vegetables with coconut, green or red chillies and tempered in oil with mustard seeds, ginger and curry leaves. Curd/yogurt based pachadi can be made of any vegetable, although cucumbers, squash, mango, bitter gourd or pineapple are common. Pachadi is commonly eaten with rice and a lentil curry.



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.



How to make Aloo Paratha

By Sid • Mar 23rd, 2009 • Category: Recipes

Stuffed Aloo Parathas are delicious! Try this very simple recipe for this crisp and scrumptious goodie!



Desi Vibes – Sector 18, NOIDA

By Sid • Mar 16th, 2009 • Category: Reviews

Desi Vibes is a thoroughly enjoyable restaurant with good food, ambiance and service. Located in the heart of Sector 18, NOIDA, there’s ample parking space and I’m sure you’ll have a great time.



Odds and Ends Bread Pudding

By Vinny • Mar 6th, 2009 • Category: Recipes

A little milk, some eggs, bread, sugar and loads of love go into the making of this delicious pudding. Vinny walks through memory lane and shares her one of her mothers favorite recipes.



Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: The Taste of India

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

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