Essence of India with Samira Nanda

Essence of India
Join chef Samira Nanda as she travels India in search of the origins of authentic Indian cooking, uncovering culinary secrets and experiencing street cooking.
“Samira Nanda, a New York City chef, mother and journalist leaves busy Manhattan to go back to her roots in India and discover the authentic tastes and flavours its cuisine. In this series of six episodes, she travels through Delhi in her ‘Essence of India’ auto rickshaw, gaining access to some of the most exclusive restaurant kitchens, convincing chefs to part with their secrets, cooks with street cart vendors, wanders into the heart of ancient spice markets and gives the viewers a peek into the rich culinary and cultural heritage of India.
She goes on an exciting curry trail, demystifying some of India’s most popular curries, explores the origin of vegetarian food, delves into decadent Indian desserts and gets a crash course on tandoori cooking. Vibrant, visual and informative, watch Samira as she enthusiastically goes through six fast paced, recipe filled, intoxicating episodes that shake up the traditional concept of the cooking show. It’s a traveling food show, with humour and attitude!”

Essence of India

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