Indian cuisine is not just about flavours; it is also about rhythm, timing, and rituals. From slow-cooking a mutton curry to pressure-cooking dal, every dish has its unique cooking process and ...

Tadka is very important in cooking. For us, tadka is a style of garnish that has become essential to the food's flavour. Without tadka in our food, we find it bland or incomplete. We use tadka in ...

You may think you already practise tadka when you stir fry garlic or onion in oil before you add other ingredients to your pan, but tadka isn't just about tossing spices and herbs in a fat. It's also ...

I spent eight weeks in India this summer, and most of the time I was in other people's kitchens. I took more cooking classes than I have taken in my entire life — 13, to be exact. One of the concepts ...

Tadka, or tempering, is a key technique in Indian cooking that adds extra flavour to dishes. It involves heating oil or ghee in a pan and adding spices like mustard seeds, cumin, curry leaves, or ...

Tadka is the highlight of Indian cooking. It not only adds a final touch to the dish but also levels up the bland flavours of the dal. As we all know dal-chawal is the ultimate comfort food for all of ...

The science of tempering and why it varies across the states of India Dubai: What do Indian dals or lentils and coconut chutney have in common? Tadka or tempering is an Indian cooking technique widely ...