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Indiana abortion clinics stop providing abortions ahead of near-total abortion ban taking effect
Indiana abortion clinics stop providing abortions ahead of near-total abortion ban taking effect
Indiana’s six abortion clinics have stopped providing abortions ahead of the state’s near-total abortion ban officially taking effect and as a petition is pending before the state’s high court asking it to keep the ban on hold while legal action continues
2023-08-02 02:50
Emira D’Spain Says “Makeup Therapy” Helps Her Feel Confident
Emira D’Spain Says “Makeup Therapy” Helps Her Feel Confident
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2023-06-07 19:24
Rescue dog that helped find lost kids in Amazon is now missing
Rescue dog that helped find lost kids in Amazon is now missing
Six-year-old tracker dog Wilson, who went missing during the ultimately successful, weeks-long search for four missing Indigenous children in the Colombian Amazon, is now the...
2023-06-14 08:54
Thai PM Denies Chinese Police Patrol Plan After Public Outcry
Thai PM Denies Chinese Police Patrol Plan After Public Outcry
Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said there was no plan to invite Chinese police officers to patrol local
2023-11-14 15:24
Kelly Rowland doesn't follow style trends: 'I just like to have fun with fashion'
Kelly Rowland doesn't follow style trends: 'I just like to have fun with fashion'
Kelly Rowland doesn't look to anyone for fashion inspiration and likes to come up with looks herself.
2023-09-20 18:26
The Best VR Headsets for 2023
The Best VR Headsets for 2023
Virtual reality is a fascinating way to travel using nothing more than the power of
2023-06-06 00:16
A Little-Known Tick Trick Allows Them to 'Jump' Onto Your Skin
A Little-Known Tick Trick Allows Them to 'Jump' Onto Your Skin
Ticks can't fly, but they can still defy gravity to start sucking your blood.
2023-07-21 05:21
Cooks shouldn’t get ‘too hung up on authenticity – there’s no way of achieving it’
Cooks shouldn’t get ‘too hung up on authenticity – there’s no way of achieving it’
Sanjay Aggarwal’s now-booming business was based around a family heirloom: a 100-year-old spice mill. He started selling spice blends with his mother in 2012 almost by accident. “It wasn’t meant to be a business,” the 40-year-old admits. “It was only started as a retirement hobby for my mum. What started off as a silly little idea, so to speak, just grew. We started online and moved after a few years to selling in shops.” Spice Kitchen has been wildly successful, and now Aggarwal is adding another string his company’s bow by writing a cookbook. Above all the success, he’s really just appreciated spending time with his 72-year-old mother, Shashi. “She’s incredible – she’s a whirlwind. She was born in Kenya and raised in India, so she’s got a really eclectic mix of culture. And she’s a real spice expert – we’ve got a 100-year-old spice mill in our family that’s travelled the world and I’ve got it here now; we started the business using that.” Aggarwal says it felt “natural” to work with his mother, after helping his parents run their Birmingham shop when growing up. But he’s “learned loads” from her during their new venture. “It’s certainly made me realise how entrepreneurial my mum is, how creative she is… I’ve been really impressed by how similarly we think.” He says: “We’re certainly closer for it. It’s got the ups and downs and challenges that everything has, but we’re still talking!” While there are plenty of flavour-packed Indian dishes in the new cookbook – including coriander and tandoori fishcakes, chickpea curry and tarka dal – the recipes have a decidedly global outlook. Think fish tacos, jerk-inspired pork, crispy duck with pancakes – and Aggarwal credits this to growing up in the diverse city of Birmingham. “I was born and brought up there, so for me, that was all I knew. But for my mum, it was very much a big influence on her,” he explains. When she came to the UK as a young married woman, “her cuisine and culture was all very Indian” – something that soon changed. “My mum has really seen that development of food and culture, and that cosmopolitan nature of Birmingham. It’s had tidal waves of immigration – my mum being one of them from India – and from West Africa and Asia and all different places. She’s witnessed that, when she came to the UK.” Aggarwal recounts how in the early days of living in Birmingham, Shashi would grind her own spices – you couldn’t buy blends at the time – which “reminded her of home and made her less homesick”, but then her palate expanded. “She’s vegetarian, but got to try all these amazing different sorts of vegetarian food from all around the world, be it Middle Eastern, Chinese or Japanese or whatever. Some of those things weren’t accessible when she first came, but were as time went on – and my mum’s very experimental. “She’s a real foodie. She loves trying new things and experimenting – probably more than anyone else I know. I think she’s quite unique, because I think a lot of people from cultures where they’ve got a really strong food culture – certainly like Indian culture – a lot of my aunts and uncles, they don’t really eat or experiment outside of Indian food. They find it quite scary, not very flavoursome, or quite bland. But my mum really gets it – she’s got a really deep palate, and she can really appreciate different cultures.” This love of different cuisines means both mother and son are quite free with the way they cook– and they want other people to be the same. For example, if you’re making a frittata and you don’t have any Italian seasoning, Aggarwal says: “Try it with Mexican [spice blends], try it with jerk and you could still create something amazing. Don’t be afraid to experiment.” One of the more unusual combinations he’s tried? Mexican spices in a shepherd’s pie: “It actually tastes amazing in there. We’re just trying to get people to be a bit more free thinking and adventurous. What’s the worst that can happen?” Aggarwal says he’s often asked how to make an “authentic” dish – a question he struggles to answer. “It’s very difficult to understand what they mean by that – what is the meaning of authenticity? I’m a second-generation British-born person… Food has evolved over time. We wanted to make sure the dishes [in the cookbook] were authentic in terms of linking back to the original recipes and what they’re all about, and especially the blends being as authentic as possible – trying to respect the tradition. “But we’re also trying to say, we can only take our take on things. I can take my take on things and my mum can take her take on things – and things have changed over time.” That’s why Aggarwal advises against getting “too hung up on authenticity, because there is no way of achieving it”. Instead, he recommends taking a dish you like and “play with the flavours a little bit” to “make it your own”. ‘Spice Kitchen’ by Sanjay Aggarwal (Quadrille, £22).
2023-06-21 13:51
2023 Lexus RZ 450e Review
2023 Lexus RZ 450e Review
Lexus has been slow to jump on the EV bandwagon, and that hesitation is on
2023-11-15 07:27
French master jeweler's art on display in New York
French master jeweler's art on display in New York
Miniature lamps encrusted with diamonds and rubies; animals and plants carved out of gold and emerald: reclusive French master jeweler Andre Chervin, who has supplied the world's most elite brands, is finally putting his...
2023-09-13 09:56
Lululemon shares surge as consumers snap up pricier athletic wear
Lululemon shares surge as consumers snap up pricier athletic wear
(Reuters) -Shares of Lululemon Athletica Inc soared 15% in premarket trading on Friday, after the premium apparel retailer defied investor
2023-06-02 20:48
The Best External Hard Drives for 2023
The Best External Hard Drives for 2023
In an era when many gigabytes of cloud storage storage cost a mere few dollars
2023-05-21 03:50