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Kitchen Skills and Hacks

In Kitchen Skills & Hacks I will share with you my knowledge gathered throughout my professional career as a chef. Spice tutorials, knife sharpening tutorials, reducing kitchen waste to name a few.

  • Two bottles of natural laundry detergent made with conkers. One contains conkers in liquid, one contains strained liquid only.
    How To Make Laundry Detergent From Conkers
  • A small glass jar containing a vivid green herb sauce. A spoon sits in the jar. Two more jars of herb sauce sit in the background.
    Low-Waste Green Herb Sauce (Perfect for Using Up Soft Herbs)
  • A pot containing vegetable scraps in water ready to make homemade vegetable stock
    How To Make Vegetable Stock Like A Chef
  • Indian gravy cubes in a shallow dish
    Indian Food Hack. Made-From-Scratch Frozen Sauce Cubes
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Chef Tripti

Hi! Tripti here. I am a Michelin-trained chef with over 20 years of experience in the industry. My mission is to help you cook fresh, nutritious food with simple recipes that deliver creativity and tasteโ€”food with heart and soul.

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Explore My Dals

Discover my collection of comforting dal recipes - each one is simple, nourishing and full of flavour. From basic Arhar dal to creamy kaali dal, to the superfoodโ€”Kulthi dal.

  • A shallow dish containing daal with tempered tadka.
    Basic Dal Recipe (Simple Everyday Lentils)
  • A shallow black dish containing moth daal garnished with cucumber cubes, finely chopped onion, and ginger julienne.
    Moth Daal For a Tasty, Healthy Breakfast
  • Chana Dal Khichdi served with caramelised onions and fresh herbs, accompanied by flatbread and pickled green chilies. A hearty, traditional Indian vegetarian dish highlighting flavours and textures perfect for wholesome meals.
    Masala White Urad Dal Recipe
  • A small, shallow dish containing horse gram daal with a silver serving ladle.
    Superfood Recipe - Horse Gram (Kulthi) Dal
  • A shallow black dish containing tomato pappu.
    Tomato Pappu Recipe
  • A shallow black dish containing daal makhani with a silver spoon.
    Kaali Dal (Black Urad Dal) Recipe
  • A shallow dish containing chana daal garnished with a tadka and coconut flakes.
    Bengali Chana Daal with Coconut
  • shallow dish containing aubergine Daal garnished with garlic and curry leaf tadka
    Simple One-Pot Aubergine Daal Recipe

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