About Me
Born and brought up in Kolkata, in a high-profile political family, I was despatched to England for my undergraduate degree by my family, with the recipe for one chicken curry and one dal. I didn’t even know how to boil an egg when I arrived at university. After my Master’s degree, I started trying to replicate the gorgeous and wholesome food I grew up on in my very own, and thoroughly modern, Indian kitchen in London.
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The best rule and the main reason I started my own spice company. The 2nd and 3rd reasons are that I wanted airtight containers that stacked and that you could actually get measuring spoons into!
My first rule in the kitchen is to make sure I always have a good selection of spices. Here are my go-to favourites - I’ve got turmeric, ground cumin, coriander seeds, red chillies, fennel seeds, chilli powder, mustard seeds and fenugreek seeds 🌶 And they look beautiful too!