Hindustan Times
Broccoli and I were never meant to be.
I had a falling out with the family when I was a boy in knickers. My parents ate a lot of - and still do, alas - a lot of cauliflower, broccoli’s desi cousin. I hated it. [Read more]
About Samar Halarnkar
Samar Halarnkar has been a glutton since childhood, when his mother gave him marrow bones instead of cake on his birthday. He once ran a short-lived catering business that died because it seemed like too much work. So he took the easy way out and became a reporter. He cooks for his family, friends and anyone with courage. In his spare time, he’s the Managing Editor of the Hindustan Times.
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Samar Halarnkar on Friday, November 20, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Filed under Food · Tagged Broccoli, cauliflower, green roughage, soup, winter
Tandoori duck and salmon kebabs? Of course. But don’t forget the guchchi pulao at the Punjab Grill
(6 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Samar Halarnkar on Friday, November 6, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Filed under Food · Tagged Dal makhani., mushroom, Punjab Grill, rice, salmon kebabs, Select Citywalk Mall in South Delhi, Tandoori duck, Zorawar Singh
A drive down the Konkan coast turns into delicious challenge of wits
I was traveling down a sylvan coastal road down the Konkan coast last week when I saw the little roadside fish market. It was run by loud, cheerful fisherwomen, bejeweled and dressed in the Maharashtrian navvari saree — tucked between their legs. [Read more]
(4 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Samar Halarnkar on Friday, October 23, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Filed under Food · Tagged fish, fish curry, hindustan times, konkon coast, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Nandgaon, super-fresh fish, sylvan coastal road
I’ve never been able to cultivate a habit for saunf, that sweet, somewhat cloying after-dinner digestive beloved to us Indians. Of late, though, I’ve taken to using saunf as a primary ingredient for cooking.
So far, I am happy to report that the results have been quite delicious. [Read more]
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Samar Halarnkar on Friday, October 16, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Filed under Food · Tagged Atul Kochhar, hindustan times, news, paneer, saunf, saunf paneer, Sour fish tenga, Tarla Dalal
Robust food and company — and a peaceful, easy feeling — at a Delhi favourite
You know that feeling you get when everything seems well with the world and god is in his heaven?
That’s how I feel right now. [Read more]
(6 votes, average: 3.17 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Samar Halarnkar on Friday, October 2, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Filed under Food · Tagged Arun Jaitley, Bomb de Moscova, Connaught Place, Dal ghosht, dry day, Embassy restaurant, liquor bottles, Mahatma Gandhi, meat, Punjabi food, spinach
