Bhakti’s love for food started long before she could reach the kitchen platform of her home. She would climb up on to a wooden stool to watch her grandmother and mother create magic with the simplest of ingredients. She was banished from the kitchen as a punishment when she pushed her sister off the stool one day in her curiosity to find out how golden a gulab jamun could get. She was only allowed to return when she promised to follow the rules of the kitchen. And to this day, she has not breached those rules. She loves cooking simple traditional food made with local ingredients and is always looking for grandmas and aunties who can share the long lost secrets from their kitchens.