Onion Uttapam
A thick, spongy South Indian pancake made from fermented rice-and-lentil batter, topped with a generous char of onion.
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A thick, spongy South Indian pancake made from fermented rice-and-lentil batter, topped with a generous char of onion.
Crisp, golden rice-and-lentil crepes cooked thin on a hot tawa and folded over a turmeric-yellow spiced potato filling, served with coconut chutney and sambar.
Soft whole-wheat flatbread, hand-rolled thin and puffed on an open flame.
Crisp lettuce and peppery greens tossed with a generous fistful of soft herbs, cucumber, tomato and avocado, dressed simply in lemon and olive oil.
Raw cabbage and carrot in a sharp mustard-honey vinaigrette — no mayo, no cooking.
A silky, blitzed carrot-and-ginger dressing poured over crisp iceberg, cucumber and tomato — the starter salad every Japanese steakhouse serves before the grill even heats up.
Deeply caramelised cauliflower tossed with a lemony tahini dressing, herbs and a crunch of toasted almonds.
Crisp cabbage and carrot tossed in a bright olive oil-vinegar dressing — no mayonnaise, no cooking.
Cucumber, tomato and onion cut fresh and tossed with lemon and salt, the everyday cooling side to any Indian meal.
Pillow-soft steamed rice and lentil cakes, fermented overnight for a light, tangy bite and served with chutney and sambar.
Whole wheat flatbread rolled thin and puffed into a steam-filled balloon over open flame, no oil needed.
Taro fried hard in mustard oil with carom seeds, finished sharp with amchur.
Baby apple gourds slit into pockets, packed with a toasted coriander-cumin masala, and simmered in a light onion-tomato base until fork-tender.