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Aubergine and Eggs in 5 Spice Coconut Gravy

By Sid Khullar • Feb 13th, 2010 • Category: Recipes

This dish was the result of having a little too much coconut milk at hand. It tasted quite nice, comforting in a way and went quite well with white rice. I daresay some Papads/Poppadoms would go well too!



Coconut Mutton Curry

By Sid Khullar • Sep 18th, 2008 • Category: Recipes

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I don’t usually do very complex recipes, but this is one of them and I’m very happy to say, it turned out well. Blame it on my partial south Indian [...]



Star Anise

By Sid Khullar • Feb 19th, 2008 • Category: Columns

Star anise, star aniseed, badiane or Chinese star anise, is a spice that closely resembles anise in flavor, obtained from the star-shaped pericarp of Illicium verum, a small native evergreen tree of southwest China. The star shaped fruits are harvested just before ripening. It is widely used in Chinese cuisine, in Indian cuisine where it [...]



Cauliflower and Carrot Korma

By Sid Khullar • Jan 14th, 2008 • Category: Recipes

We had some friends over for the weekend and decided to cook something a little more interesting than the food we had been subjected to over the last couple of days [See reviews on Udupi Cafe and Taste of India].
I didn’t bother taking any pictures of this one, as it didn’t look as if it [...]



Cauliflower Chicken Korma

By Sid Khullar • Nov 8th, 2007 • Category: Recipes

Yesterday, for some reason, I felt like cooking something… anything spicy, in a rich gravy. Unorganized people as we are, I couldn’t find much to work on. Here’s what we ended up with – and I must say, though it doesn’t look as nice as I would have wanted it to, I loved every bite!! [...]