https://www.scmp.com/rss/513997/feed Pranjali is an independent journalist based in Pune, India. Apart from her 2-year-old, she finds solace in words. She writes on food, travel and lifestyle. Her work has appeared in Whetstone, Roads & Kingdoms, The Mint Lounge and Conde Nast Traveller. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A few months back I invited a few colleagues to my home for dinner to celebrate a milestone at work. Initially I was unsure about what to order, but since I was having them over the first time, butter chicken was the natural choice. Between platefuls of basmati rice and buttered naan bread, the five of us polished off two boxes of the velvety dish. We may all be from different parts of India and have our own preferences when it comes to food, but we were all united over our love of butter... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3198854/butter-chicken-indian-comfort-food-unites-cultures-its-history-and-how-todays-chefs-use-social-media?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3198854/butter-chicken-indian-comfort-food-unites-cultures-its-history-and-how-todays-chefs-use-social-media?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Nov 2022 08:15:09 +0000 It’s 6pm on a Friday and the bar at Home in New Delhi’s affluent Vasant Kunj district has already come alive with rotary evaporators, conical flasks, stirring rods, vacuum pumps, chillers and test tubes looking ripe for experiments. The set-up seems right out of a chemistry lab, and head mixologist Santanu Chanda plays the role of chemist, working busily on a pink guava and hibiscus distillate. The skin, leaf and fruit of pink guava is combined with hibiscus flower in the bulb of the rotary... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3197295/hydrosols-fat-washing-rotovaps-mixologists-raid-chemistry-lab-flasks-evaporators-and-vacuum-pumps?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3197295/hydrosols-fat-washing-rotovaps-mixologists-raid-chemistry-lab-flasks-evaporators-and-vacuum-pumps?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:15:10 +0000