http://www.the-nri.com/index.php/2009/09/indian-food-heaven-and-hell/ news views and comment for the Indian community abroad. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:32:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.the-nri.com/index.php/2009/09/indian-food-heaven-and-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Geetali Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:23:31 +0000 http://kwamebusia.com/nri/?p=104#comment-10 Kudos Sandeep for your piece. A timely reminder! I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to flavours and fragrances. Some things just don't *go* with each other. Pizza and chhole are wrong on more levels than I'd care to explore! I've often bemoaned the north Indian cook's tendency to see paneer as a save-all cookery device. Takem for example, paneer. Paneer is great. It has a unique texture and flavour. To deny paneer its place in north Indian cuisine is to deny Mother's love. But really, it only lends itself to some very basic - nay, classical - interpretations. So let's not lace our linguine, or muck up our moussaka with it! Kudos Sandeep for your piece. A timely reminder!
I’m a bit of a purist when it comes to flavours and fragrances. Some things just don’t *go* with each other. Pizza and chhole are wrong on more levels than I’d care to explore! I’ve often bemoaned the north Indian cook’s tendency to see paneer as a save-all cookery device. Takem for example, paneer. Paneer is great. It has a unique texture and flavour. To deny paneer its place in north Indian cuisine is to deny Mother’s love. But really, it only lends itself to some very basic – nay, classical – interpretations. So let’s not lace our linguine, or muck up our moussaka with it!

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