Long before Daulat ki Chaat became an Instagram favourite, it was an unembellished country dish

The much-photographed treat is known by many names around North India but its defining characteristic remains the same: Airy lightness.

Anoothi Vishal

· Feb 17, 2022 · 11:30 am

Is golgappa better than paani puri and phuchka? That is the wrong question to ask

Instead what we should be asking is: when and how did the golgappa lose its sophistication?

Anoothi Vishal

· Feb 02, 2021 · 11:30 am

Pinch of irony: As Indian restaurants embrace home food, home cooks are recreating restaurant dishes

A new cooking culture is simmering in India.

Anoothi Vishal

· Nov 30, 2020 · 11:30 am

How will the pandemic change the long tradition of ‘cookbooks’ from the kitchens of India?

Will celebrity and Instagram chefs write books? Will restaurants publish their recipes?

Anoothi Vishal

· Aug 25, 2020 · 08:30 am

In the popularity of Delhi food, the far superior Dehli food is being forgotten

The lockdown has spurred an interest in examinations of our culinary heritage. But few people are looking at the food of the old Dilliwallas.

Anoothi Vishal

· Aug 17, 2020 · 11:30 am

Mavalli Tiffin Rooms: Taste the secret sauce of the legendary south Indian restaurant chain MTR

An excerpt from ‘Business on a Platter: What Makes Restaurants Sizzle or Fizzle Out’, by Anoothi Vishal.

Anoothi Vishal

· Dec 30, 2019 · 07:30 am

Forget mithai. For Kayasth families, traditional Diwali food is the humble elephant’s foot yam

Writer Anoothi Vishal recounts the memories of Diwali spent with her beloved Barima.

Anoothi Vishal

· Oct 19, 2017 · 03:30 pm