A Little About Me...

Twenty years ago, I moved from the land of aloo chaat, chhole bhature and tandoori chicken to the land of wada pao, pao bhaaji and kombdi cha rassa. I grew up eating kande pohe and sabudana khichdi, I think it is safe to call me a Puneri Mulgi. I have spent innumerable afternoons outside Vaishali, just to have their lip smacking SPDP (Sev Puri Dahi Puri), sabudana wadas and special dosas(with loni on top). My idea of a perfect evening is cutting chai, kande bhajee and Pune rains. I was always crazy about food or rather good food, so I spent the better half of my teen years studying in a Hotel Management school in Mumbai where I trained in the kitchen, bakery and learnt  about world cuisines. I travelled to UK to study journalism, during the course I had the opportunity to visit Germany, France, Italy and Switzerland where I learnt about European culture and cuisine. After all that I had eaten, the versatility and scientific application that goes into Indian cuisine moved me the most. It is difficult to describe the cuisine of our roots, my study about ayurvedic cooking has made me proud of the vastness and the science behind the sea of recipes that is called ‘The Indian Cuisine’. We Puneris have an appetite for Indian, Italian, Oriental or anything new that we can lay our hands, so long as the food is fresh, hygienic and yummy!