Spicy carrot soup

November 2019 | Chitra Soups were never really part of our traditional South Indian diet whilst growing up. We rarely ate out, and even when we did, we stuck to familiar foods. My father encountered soup during his stays at hotels whilst travelling for work, and was all praise, but we never really knew how…

Roasted potato curry with carrot and peppers

In South Indian cooking “curry” refers to a dry mixture of cooked vegetables coated with spices. Crispy potato curry is a favourite dish but typically involves large quantities of oil and needs to be tended carefully to achieve a crisp golden exterior. Here instead they are roasted in the oven which results in a delectable…

Red lentil dal

In this twist on a quintessential North Indian dish, red lentils (masoor dal) are cooked with spices to a creamy consistency, then stirred through with sautéed onion and garnished with coriander. To serve I swapped traditional rice or rotis with which dal is served with spiced roasted vegetables. You can also eat it on its…