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Samar Halarnkar

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Samar Halarnkar: Steamed chicken and a new life to leftovers

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By Samar Halarnkar
| Mint
For as long as I can remember, I’ve cooked food that eliminates the need to, well, cook. When I was single, my standard serving, for instance, was 1.5kg of keema for myself—spread out over the week and eaten for every meal until it was finished. When I lived in the US for two years, I ate this keema (or roast chicken or mutton curry) with store-bought tortillas. In India, I made rice, or there was always someone who made chapatis for me.
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Samar Halarnkar: Losing with Mexico, lunching with El Tri

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By Samar Halarnkar
| Mint
Mexico, joyful, violent and sublime, as a football team and a nation, are out of the World Cup. It particularly pains me that they lost at that heaving cauldron of noise, the fantastic Azteca stadium. I thought they might at least make it to the semi-finals, to provide redemption to a nation that was convinced—or at least hoped—that a time for celebration was, finally, at hand.
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Samar Halarnkar: A steak chimichurri surprise from a teenager

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By Samar Halarnkar
| Mint
Last week, while I was in Mumbai, my wife sent me a photograph of a steak with chimichurri sauce. It had been made, apparently in 15 minutes, by our 16-year-old daughter. Now, I’ve never made a steak, just one of those things I’ve been meaning to do for years. Plus, there’s the hassle of trying to find a good steak in these uncertain times. While I was away, all that got sorted out. I should leave town more often.
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