Camellia Panjabi’s Curry Recipes
In the winter in Kashmir, turnips (shalgam) with a lovely mauvish tinge are one of the few vegetable available. They are stored in pits dug in the snow. This variety of turnip is the size of a medium onion, and grows throughout North India.Shalgam Gosht is popular in Lucknow too.The Kashmiri red chilli gives the dish a wonderful red colour. The large black cardamm, which is considered to be heat-producing in the body — good in the winter! — gives it a nice aroma, as does the powdered fennel. The salt rubbed on the turnips before frying removes their bitterish taste.

Ananda Solomon’s recipes for Crab
Executive Chef ANANDA SOLOMON explains in simple and easy terms how to shell and cook crab at home, and shares his recipes for the popular Crab Butter Pepper Garlic dish and also Crab Gassi.

Papaya
This oval-shaped tropical fruit with its rich golden-yellow skin, juicy and silky-smooth flesh, and its exotic, sweet-tart flavour, is a delicacy. Packed with shiny black seeds, papayas are digestives and are said to have miraculous curative effects on diabetics. Ripe papayas can be sliced and eaten by themselves or served with a range of other foods. They can also be cooked to make chutney or various desserts. Revel in the sweet taste of the warm ripe papaya... go on!

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