When I entered Riwaz, the beautiful Mughal inspired yet modern interiors were what struck me first. Warm lighting, carefully chosen silver artefacts used in the decor and soothing music were the other things I mentally ticked off. The cutlery and the menu were in total sync with the jaali-work inte
Summer Recipes : Dudhi / Bottlegourd Raita
Bottle Gourd is a boring vegetable, no doubt. There is hardly a person who loves it. It’s one of those “damn! it’s dudhi for lunch today” kind of vegetables, very difficult to glam up or make delicious. It has no flavour of its own, so when fried into a kofta or made into a spicy koottu, it is somew
Super Healthy Vegan Brownie
2014 has taken off and how! Other than the workshops at Saffron Trail Kitchen, I was called in for some corporate workshops on healthy cooking in Feb, in which I had a lot of fun, interacting with a variety of audiences. Pic courtesy: Harsha Priolkar March started off with me having a stall selling
Recipe for the perfect homemade pizza
It is very easy to make a pizza at home once you get the basics right What’s more, you can make it healthier by: -adding healthy ingredients to the dough such as flaxseed and some whole wheat flour -keep the crust as thin as you like to reduce the carbs -add as little cheese as you want This is one
Coffee and cake at the new Swiss Bakery + Cafe
The Movenpick Hotel and Spa in Bangalore (Mathikere) has a new offering, which is totally unique to India – The Swiss Bakery + Cafe. The Swiss are famous for their breads such as Zoft and Burebrot (farmer’s bread) and their pastries are of course, legendary. The bakery and cafe represents this to a
SaffronTrail is on YouTube | Recipe for a Winter Salad
Since I have decided that I will do something newsworthy, every single month of 2014 (at least newsworthy of the blog headlines), this is the big news of Jan 2014. Saffron Trail is on YouTube. After Blog–Facebook Page–Twitter–one might think YouTube is the natural progression to this train of thi
A memorable meal at The Royal Afghan
When you hear the name Royal Afghan, it’s easy to assume that it’s going to be a carnivores paradise, which indeed it was. But I was in for a pleasant surprise too. It turned out to be one of the most memorable meals I’ve had in a long time! Last week, we were invited to share a table with the legen
The ultimate guide and recipe for the perfect Tambrahm sambar
Arachuvitta Sambar is the ultimate comfort food. The flavour of mum’s or granny’s cooking which you will never find in a restaurant. Get the authentic recipe here
Puli Aval – My great grandmother’s recipe for tamarind poha
A recipe for Puli Aval / Tamarind Poha, one of my favourite tiffin dishes that my great-grandmother would prepare for us. This is her recipe and I’m sure you’ll love it as much as I do.
Easy Eggless Chocolate Cake
This is one cake recipe you must keep in your recipe folder – a simple easy eggless chocolate cake.
2013 – The Year that was. A recap.
Over a slice of rum-soaked fruitcake and steaming hot chai, I realise that 2013 was a reasonably productive year for me. But memory fails me the details and I don’t have a ‘dear diary’ to fall back on, so this is an attempt to capture all that I remember. The year started with a surprise birthday pa
{Eating out in Bangalore} Xmas lunch and dinner at Novotel, Bangalore
{this is a review / sharing of the Xmas brunch I was invited to at Novotel, Bangalore} The chocolate Santa made using 50kg of dark chocolate was there to welcome us into the cafe. I liked the fact that this was a brown skinned Santa looking more like an Indian rishi than St. Nicholas 🙂 The lunch s
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