Journal
Notes from
the kitchen.
Where these recipes come from, what the ingredients actually do, and the occasional argument with a wellness trend. Written by hand, like everything else here.
The story of the humble laddoo
It began as medicine, travelled with armies, ended up in temples, and finally landed in a steel tin on your grandmother's top shelf. Two thousand years of a very small sweet.
Read the article →What panjeeri is actually for
Every North Indian household has an opinion about panjeeri — who it is for, when to eat it, and how much ghee is too much. Here is where the tradition comes from.
Read the article →Seed cycling, minus the hype
Four seeds, two halves of a cycle, and a great many confident claims on the internet. What the routine involves, and what the evidence honestly does and does not show.
Read the article →
More coming. Next up: why jaggery behaves so differently from
sugar when you are rolling laddoos, and a winter guide to gond.