Join me, Perzen Patel, as I explore my kitchen, share spice tips, and tell the story of falling in and out of love with Indian food—plus my dream of writing a cookbook.
Caught your post on Foodstack Library earlier this month - such fun to get another peek here, thanks!
Love your mini tadka pan - must go get one! We have a teeny cast iron pot that we keep just for sizzling up sesame or camellia oil, which we ladle on top of cold tofu or steamed fish just before serving.
Love your products✔️ I have lived away from India for almost 60 years but we love good, simple Indian food. I come from an Anglo-Indian family and I do think that some of our recipes are just that, Anglo- Indian. I have my paternal granny’s handwritten recipe book - a piece of history. I would love you to share a recipe for sweet dhal chappati - a childhood favourite. Thanks for you wonderful sharing of ideas
what a treasure to have your paternal granny's recipe book! and yes, please send me the recipe. With your permission, I could test it out and then post it for the others. Coincidentally, Parsis also have something called Dar ni Pori which is a sweet dahl filling inside a very short flaky pastry made by hand. There's also the Maharashtrian Puranpoli which also uses a sweet lentil filling. Am curious to see at what end of the spectrum the Anglo Indian Dhal Chappati falls :)
Sorry, I confused you… there isn’t actually a recipe for the sweet dhal chappati in my granny’s book. But it was the Maharashtrian style rot we used to enjoy. Some of the recipes: (100 year old spelling from the Raj) Soojee Halwa, KUL Kuls, Carrot Halwa, Brinjal Pickle, Sikh Kawab…
They so are! and in conversations with others (from my last post on cookbooks) I feel they give you a flavour of untold history. From the perspective of the women that tended the homes rather than the history we see in textbooks which is from the man who went to work/war etc.
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Caught your post on Foodstack Library earlier this month - such fun to get another peek here, thanks!
Love your mini tadka pan - must go get one! We have a teeny cast iron pot that we keep just for sizzling up sesame or camellia oil, which we ladle on top of cold tofu or steamed fish just before serving.
It’s the cutest thing and buying it has meant that I do more types of tadka’s, more often
That's great. A proper tadka makes such a difference, but I'm often guilty of skipping it when I'm in a rush 😔
Love your products✔️ I have lived away from India for almost 60 years but we love good, simple Indian food. I come from an Anglo-Indian family and I do think that some of our recipes are just that, Anglo- Indian. I have my paternal granny’s handwritten recipe book - a piece of history. I would love you to share a recipe for sweet dhal chappati - a childhood favourite. Thanks for you wonderful sharing of ideas
what a treasure to have your paternal granny's recipe book! and yes, please send me the recipe. With your permission, I could test it out and then post it for the others. Coincidentally, Parsis also have something called Dar ni Pori which is a sweet dahl filling inside a very short flaky pastry made by hand. There's also the Maharashtrian Puranpoli which also uses a sweet lentil filling. Am curious to see at what end of the spectrum the Anglo Indian Dhal Chappati falls :)
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Sorry, I confused you… there isn’t actually a recipe for the sweet dhal chappati in my granny’s book. But it was the Maharashtrian style rot we used to enjoy. Some of the recipes: (100 year old spelling from the Raj) Soojee Halwa, KUL Kuls, Carrot Halwa, Brinjal Pickle, Sikh Kawab…
Cookbooks are like history lessons.
They so are! and in conversations with others (from my last post on cookbooks) I feel they give you a flavour of untold history. From the perspective of the women that tended the homes rather than the history we see in textbooks which is from the man who went to work/war etc.
That is such an astute perspective. Her-story instead of His-story!