Indian Snacks & Starters

Pav Bhaji Recipe (Mumbai Style)

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Pav Bhaji is Mumbai’s beloved street-side sizzle: a buttery, brick-red mash of potatoes, peas, capsicum and tomatoes cooked on a huge tawa, scooped up with soft, butter-toasted pav. The whole dish leans on two things — a good pav bhaji masala and more butter than feels reasonable. Make it on your largest tawa or a … Read more

Samosa Recipe (Punjabi Aloo Samosa)

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A great samosa is a small engineering project: a crisp, blistered, flaky crust that shatters, wrapped around a tangy, well-spiced potato and pea filling. The shops get two things right — a stiff dough rubbed well with fat (the moyen), and slow frying that starts in barely-hot oil. This recipe follows both rules, so your … Read more