This tangy broth is an appetiser made throughout south India, but there are so many variations it would take a brave soul to distil them into the definitive dish …
June 2024
Grace Dent on restaurants
Dipna Anand Kitchen & Bar, Milton Keynes: ‘Thoughtful cooking that is determined to incapacitate you’ – restaurant review
Ravinder Bhogal’s tandoori chicken with sides – recipes
May 2024
Observer Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
Recipe for creamy chicken skewers with green chilli and coriander – murgh malai tikka – by Maunika Gowardhan
Quick and easy
Miso aubergines, chaat masala salad and grilled courgettes: Rukmini Iyer’s favourite sharing plates – recipes
Kedgeree and lamb curry: Tamal Ray’s recipes for homely favourites
Yotam Ottolenghi recipes
Soups, stews and king congee: eight cosy recipes for a rainy weekend
March 2024
Quick and easy
Rukmini Iyer’s easy, quick-fried paneer curry with ginger and cream – recipe
Two spicy Indian curries by Maunika Gowardhan – recipes
February 2024
Koftas, keemas and rice paper rolls: Ravinder Bhogal’s recipes for cooking with mince
Quick and easy
Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy roll-up masala omelette with coriander and peanut chutney
The good mixer
Cocktail of the week: Permit Room’s cola sazerac – recipe
Grace Dent on restaurants
Kokum, London SE22: ‘The cooking brims with ambition and pride’ – restaurant review
Real deal: 14 ambitious, delicious packed-lunch recipes you’ll want to try right now
Waste not
How to turn banana skins into a brilliant chutney or curry – recipe
January 2024
Do you like your butter chicken served with a side of nostalgia?
Sanjana Modha
Two Delhi chefs are battling over creative ownership of the popular dish – but the fight for ‘authenticity’ can take the fun out of food, says food writer Sanjana Modha
Yes, you can: Ravinder Bhogal’s recipes for cooking with tinned food
Can-openers at the ready for chickpea chaat masala with nachos, anchovy-flavoured cheesy, peppery pasta and, for dessert, a hassle-free no-churn coffee and chocolate ice-cream
Maunika Gowardhan’s recipes for her favourite dals
Comforting, warming, classic: three delicious dals from the Indian chef and food writer
December 2023
Ravinder’s New Year’s Eve feast: scallops, cheesy pie and poached quince
What dish will crown your Christmas table? Forget tradition – mine’s a samosa tree
