About

Hi … I am an Indian cuisine chef , based in London. I am a qualified chef from IHM  pusa , New Delhi .

I got trained from Taj group of hotels . I started my career with Taj Delhi as Taj Management trainee and then got potsed in Taj lands End , Mumbai. I learned the fine art of Indian cuisine from here. Very soon I got in touch with mintLeaf group of restaurants , London and moved here in 2007. The period I spent in culinary capital of world , taught me the art of playing with ingredients in the most sophisticated manner. I fell in love with the bounty of colourful vegetables , fresh seafood  and variety of processed food products which I used as an integral part of my food in cooking and plating both.

Currently I am working back with Taj group of hotels – Bombay Brasserie restaurant  , London  . And Now I think its best time to give the cuisine what I learnt the most . Ever since my educational days I wondered why there is no Specific work in Indian cuisine . Despite having some popular recipe books , there is not much to learn its basics. and my mind clicked at this and I am here with the blog .

I aim to bring the trade secrets of the cuisine with plenty of basic as well unique recipes . hope it will serve the trade professionals and the aspiring chefs as well. Moreover I intend to publish the information of plated food in Indian  cuisine  .

Hope it will all be interesting to join with you through  my blog.

Thanks …

16 Comments

16 thoughts on “About

  1. Asif

    good luck

  2. roy andrews

    hi, nice site. roy andrews

  3. hema

    your section on basic gravies is superb

    why haven’t posted anything in a long time ?

    please continue to post

  4. Neelu Aurangabadkar

    Your guidance about basic gravies is too good.I must say I have not come across such section .pl continue to guide us

  5. Ray

    Iqbal:

    Great start…very nice idea…loved the basic gravy section…looking forward to more tips and tricks 🙂

    All the best,

    Ray

  6. gravy saction

  7. ravi

    hi,
    i have a question regarding the crushed spices in the kadhai gravy.
    i was wondering that the weight of the same is mentioned as 10gms, is this tge weight of each spice or the total of them?
    if its 10gms of each spice then whats the weight of each individual spice?
    would really appreciate it if you could clear my doubt.
    amazing website.
    cheers
    ravi

    • Hi Ravi
      Thanks for finding this site useful for you .
      I have done the necessary changes in blog
      10 gm was the combined weight and if you find the individual weight very small to weigh then multiply it with 3 or 5 and then use it i/3 or 1/5 accordingly
      And just to let you know. I have moved to www. Indian zaiqa . Com
      Thanks. Regards

  8. Palash mondal

    Very good .thank you sir

  9. Ravikant Pathak

    Hi why there is recipe for the green gravy I guess that should had been also putted by you sir kindly put it too.

    Regards
    Ravikant Pathak
    IHM Hyderabad

    • Ravikant Pathak

      Why there is no recipe *

      • Hi Ravikant , i will surely do soon .. i had been stuck with my professional life a bit too long .. still its late than never ..

        regards,

  10. Ganesh Balakrishnan

    Hi there,

    It was interesting and funny to see how your work on gravies was literally copied and presented as a submission for course work I presume, by a student in Chandigarh College of Hospitality in 2017! Imitation is the best form of flattery!! How do I get more of basics? Any books/courses you can suggest. I live in London too and so would be great to catch up and learn.

  11. Jagmohan Bhatia

    Please share your Facebook page or details. I want to contact you

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