Adding flavour to meals can take you to places you'd rather be after a gruelling day with the world's worst boss. Or indeed, the most ineffective team of people you've ever had to manage.
Flavour for me used to mean a one-dimensional treat. Chilli. I blame the family. Auntie carried chilli bits in a silver snuffbox tucked away in her chi chi black leather handbag and dadu, my grandpa, thought nothing of demanding chilli sauce in snooty French restaurants.
I'm no stranger to the occasional masala overdose incidents either.
The author: Mallika Basu
During my early career, I had a near-religious belief that emptying the contents of my spice box into whatever I was cooking would knock my taste buds out. Quite…
There are simpler ways to inject bland food with flavour and taste. And it's not rocket science. Between chilli obsessing and masala OD-ing, I have discovered five easy ways to perk up even the direst meal ever.
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