Every Gujarati household has a Diwali routine, and most of them start with the same question a week before Dhanteras: what are we putting out for guests this year? Some families still fry their own chakri and para. Most, especially in the UK, don’t have the time or the kitchen space for it anymore. That’s…
Ask most people outside Gujarat what Indian breakfast looks like, and they’ll picture something sweet – a laddoo, a bowl of sheera, maybe a paratha with jam. Ask a Gujarati household, and the answer is almost always the opposite. Breakfast in Gujarat is savoury, spiced, and built around a category of food that doesn’t have…
Bonfire Night has its own menu in most British homes. Jacket potatoes wrapped in foil, sausages in a bun, toffee apples, a slab of parkin if someone’s gran is involved. It’s warming food for a cold night, and it works. But if you’ve ever stood in a park on 5 November holding a soggy hot…
Every Gujarati household has a Diwali routine, and most of them start with the same question a week before Dhanteras: what are we putting out for guests this year? Some families still fry their own chakri and para. Most, especially in the UK, don’t have the time or the kitchen space for it anymore. That’s…
Look along the shelf of any Indian food shop and you’ll find a dozen bags labelled sev. They all look like golden tangles of fried gram flour, yet they taste and behave very differently. If you’ve been wondering how ratlami sev UK shops sell differs from nylon sev, and which one belongs in your basket,…
If you’ve ever reached into a bowl of Indian snacks and pulled out a handful of thin, golden strands that hit you with a warm rush of pepper and clove, there’s a good chance you were eating Ratlami Sev. It’s one of those snacks people tend to either already love or fall for on the…
Some snacks are happy to be mildly moreish. Indian spicy snacks are not. They lead with heat, layer in tang and aroma, and have you reaching back into the packet before you’ve quite finished the last handful. If that sounds like your idea of a good time, this guide is for you. The tricky part,…
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