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Shirin Mehrotra

ARTICLES BY SHIRIN MEHROTRA

Storytelling should be crisp and elevate the dining experience. (iStockphoto)

Are we overdoing the storytelling at restaurants?

3 min read . 13 Dec 2025

A meal setting at Tsam Khang.

The most unique tasting menus to try on your next trip to Ladakh

3 min read . 27 Nov 2025

Nimrah Cafe's 'chand' biscuit; (right) Osmania biscuits at Cafe Niloufer. (Instagram/Cafe Nimrah & Shirin Mehrotra)

The best biscuits to bring back from Hyderabad

4 min read . 07 Nov 2025

New Famous Samosa House. (Shirin Mehrotra)

A meat lover’s guide to Ahmedabad

4 min read . 14 Oct 2025

'Phey-marr' is a rustic dish prepared with roasted barley flour, dried yak cheese, buttermilk and butter. (Yuenkee Neil Liao)

This warm doughy snack is Ladakh's answer to good health

2 min read . 30 Aug 2025

The 'Chhuti-r Bhat' spread at the Amar Khamar Lunch Room.

There's no ‘kosha mangsho’ or biryani at this new Bengali restaurant in Kolkata

4 min read . 22 Jul 2025

'Kochuris' make for an ideal breakfast option given they are filling and affordable. (istockphoto)

On the ultimate ‘kochuri’ trail in Kolkata

4 min read . 04 Jul 2025

'Chapli kebabs' from the cookbook 'Pakistan'. (Sonny Thakur)

This Pakistani cookbook has recipes of ‘papdi chaat’ and ‘kadhi pakoda’

5 min read . 24 Jun 2025

Sere supper club, Chandigarh.

Home chefs bring global cuisines inspired by their travels

4 min read . 02 May 2025

Phala served with chai. (Istockphoto)

A recipe for dumplings that taste of autumn in India

3 min read . 18 Oct 2022

To prepare popti, a clay pot is first lined with bhamburdi leaves Vegetables like potato, purple yam, brinjal, and peanuts are tossed in salt. Photo: courtesy Madhuban Agritainment, Roha.

Popti, the winter campfire dish of the Konkan region

3 min read . 17 Feb 2021

West Bengal's 'Joynagar’er mowa' (left); a vendor prepares 'Banni no mavo' in Gujarat (right). (Photos; Shirin Mehrotra)

Street food around the country celebrates winter bounty

3 min read . 28 Dec 2020

Chicken ‘sukka’, a dry preparation, is a Mangaluru speciality that goes well with chilled beer. Photo: Alamy

Following the trail of the ghee roast in Mangaluru

5 min read . 31 Mar 2019

Chicken ‘sukka’, a dry preparation, is a Mangaluru speciality that goes well with chilled beer. Photo: Alamy

Following the trail of the ghee roast in Mangaluru

5 min read . 31 Mar 2019

The Gaurjeet variety of Gorakhpur has a short shelf life. Photo: iStockphoto

Summer special: Gorakhpur’s undiscovered mango

2 min read . 20 May 2018

Crisp, hot ‘jalebis’ and ‘jalebas’ are sold in Sarafa Bazaar from 8pm-2am. Photo: PTI

In the city of saffron milk and giant ‘jalebis’

5 min read . 10 Feb 2018