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Business News > Mint Authors > Vatsala Mamgain

Vatsala Mamgain

Mint Author

ARTICLES BY VATSALA MAMGAIN

Why we should celebrate 2020 as the year of the ear

4 min read . 13 Aug 2020

Doi maach: Rohu, cooked to flaky perfection—first shallow-fried in mustard oil and then poached in a gravy made with onions and spices with beaten yoghurt.

Fishing for the good life

7 min read . 19 Jan 2019

The cakes of our childhood will always continue to exert an unnatural pull over us.

The simple joys of eating cake

8 min read . 19 Jan 2019

Nothing encapsulates the specificity and individuality of comfort food more than ‘khichri’. Photo: iStockphoto.

Comfort tastes like a candy

6 min read . 14 Aug 2017

The king emperor of all vegetable ‘halwas’ is the world famous ‘gaajar halwa’. Photo: iStockphoto

A heart for halwa

9 min read . 03 Jan 2017

South Indian filter coffee

The cup that kicks ass

8 min read . 22 Nov 2016

Breakfast at the Taj Mahal Hotel- Machan. Photo: Mint

Breakfast buffet: What’s the big deal?

8 min read . 02 Nov 2016

‘Barfis’. Photos: iStockphoto

Sweet cravings

7 min read . 06 Oct 2016

‘Kosha mangsho’

So many mutton curries and so little time

7 min read . 13 Sep 2016

Masala fried ‘bhindi’. Photo: iStockphoto

The real lady’s finger

4 min read . 25 Jul 2016

Hyderabadi chicken biryani

Meat the biryani

6 min read . 22 Jun 2016

Mangoes are luscious and sinful, addictive and delirium-inducing and, as any mango lover knows, they are what joy tastes like.

The aam party

5 min read . 25 May 2016

‘Parathas’ are a unique blend of homestyle comfort and guilty pleasure—simple, delicious, sinful all at the same time.Photo: Hindustan Times

A paradise of ‘parathas’

5 min read . 27 Apr 2016

Eating ‘aloo bhaji’–potatoes cooked gloriously on their own–is one of life’s finest pleasures. Photo: iStockphoto

Starring potatoes

5 min read . 21 Mar 2016

There’s nothing more wonderful than a summer vacation with your family. Photo: iStockphoto

How to survive a family holiday

7 min read . 21 Mar 2016

A ‘kheera-tamatar’ sandwich needs meat to be complete. Photo: Istockphoto

Tiffin = Happiness

4 min read . 19 Mar 2016

Omelettes can be dressed up or dressed down to suit the occasion and the preference and greed levels of the diner. Photo by Mayank Austen Soofi/Mint

Unbeatable eggs

7 min read . 26 Jan 2016

Cooked in a bewildering variety of ways and with different seasonings, yellow ‘dal’ is clearly India’s go-to comfort food. Photo: iStockphoto

Confessions of a dal-aholic

5 min read . 30 Dec 2015

A fresh white bread, however naff and déclassé it now is, is something that will always make me weak-kneed. Photos: iStockphoto

Carb snobs, look away

6 min read . 05 Dec 2015

Aloo bonda. Photo: HT

The bonda party

5 min read . 02 Dec 2015