A quick, easy feast isn’t always the healthiest. Sometimes, leftovers make you lighter and brighter. Read more

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Posted by Samar Halarnkar on Friday, September 3, 2010 at 11:39 pm
Filed under My Daily Bread · Tagged chickpeas, coconut milk, coriander, fish curries, fried fish, ingredients, leftovers, Old monk, onions, poppy seed, recipe, Red rice
The effort of roasting a spice can give you a primal, pleasurable experience-and unexpected benefits. Read more

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Posted by Samar Halarnkar on Friday, August 20, 2010 at 8:43 pm
Filed under My Daily Bread · Tagged aromas, beef, black cardamom, Brazil, cumin seeds, fennel seeds, garlic, grainy mustard, grinding, humid, lamb, meats, monsoon, mutton chops, olive oil, onions, pasta, peppers, pork, rainy, recipe, roasting, sesame seeds, Spain
I don’t like the monsoon.
Where people think of red earth and pouring rain, I picture dirty motorcycle tyres and muddied clothes. Read more

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Posted by Samar Halarnkar on Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:23 pm
Filed under My Daily Bread · Tagged eggs with mint, green chillies, kitchen, monsoon, mushroom, olive oi, onions, pakoras, Pudina Anda, Saute, sesame seeds, shammi kebabs, tomatoes
(Starting today, you will find a version of this blog in “Lounge”, the weekend edition of “Mint”, which I think is the best business paper in India. They asked me to start a column based on “My Daily Bread”. There will, of course, be much more online than in print. Disclaimer: The editor of Lounge is my wife, but no, she didn’t ask me to write)
How do you get your children interested in cooking, especially your sons? Read more

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Posted by Samar Halarnkar on Friday, March 20, 2009 at 6:14 pm
Filed under Food · Tagged cook, egg, kitchen, meat loaf, mothers, onions, parsleym olive, security guards, tomato