Spiced Right Recipes

A spread of street-style chaat — the six-dish home chaat party menu

The Chaat Party Menu — 6 Recipes, One Shopping ...

There's a specific kind of evening that justifies a chaat party. Friday night. Six to eight people. You set up six small dishes, hand out paper plates, and let the...

The Chaat Party Menu — 6 Recipes, One Shopping ...

There's a specific kind of evening that justifies a chaat party. Friday night. Six to eight people. You set up six small dishes, hand out paper plates, and let the...

A regional map of Spiced Right masalas across India

A Regional Map of Masalas: 12 Blends, 12 Cities

If you walk through any spice aisle in any supermarket in any city in India, you will see the same masalas. Garam masala. Chicken masala. Sambhar masala. Pav bhaji masala.

A Regional Map of Masalas: 12 Blends, 12 Cities

If you walk through any spice aisle in any supermarket in any city in India, you will see the same masalas. Garam masala. Chicken masala. Sambhar masala. Pav bhaji masala.

Spiced Right Bombay Pav Bhaji Masala pack

What Makes Mumbai Pav Bhaji Different

The first plate of pav bhaji either tasted right or it didn't. The smoky red, the buttery sheen, the lemon that wakes everything up — it has a specific recipe,...

What Makes Mumbai Pav Bhaji Different

The first plate of pav bhaji either tasted right or it didn't. The smoky red, the buttery sheen, the lemon that wakes everything up — it has a specific recipe,...

A plate of freshly tossed bhel puri with sev and a lime wedge

Bhel Puri at Home: The 7-Ingredient Cheat Sheet

If you've ever tried to make bhel puri at home and ended up with what tasted vaguely like crisp puffed rice in a sad bowl — you know exactly why...

Bhel Puri at Home: The 7-Ingredient Cheat Sheet

If you've ever tried to make bhel puri at home and ended up with what tasted vaguely like crisp puffed rice in a sad bowl — you know exactly why...

Ma's kitchen — and the brand that came out of it

Ma's kitchen — and the brand that came out of it

The photograph above is from before I knew there would ever be a Spiced Right. My father, my mother, and me, when I was very small — taken in a...

Ma's kitchen — and the brand that came out of it

The photograph above is from before I knew there would ever be a Spiced Right. My father, my mother, and me, when I was very small — taken in a...

Why Your Store-Bought Chole Masala Tastes Nothing Like Sita Ram Diwan Chand

Why Your Store-Bought Chole Masala Tastes Nothi...

If you've ever stood in the alley behind New Delhi station at 9am, plate of bhatura in one hand, watching a man ladle inky-brown chole into a stainless-steel katori, you...

Why Your Store-Bought Chole Masala Tastes Nothi...

If you've ever stood in the alley behind New Delhi station at 9am, plate of bhatura in one hand, watching a man ladle inky-brown chole into a stainless-steel katori, you...