This ancient ingredient enhances everything from muffins and pastries to noodles, curries, and salad dressing.

4. Add in jaggery and malt vinegar and let it all cook together in order to reduce masala mix to get a chutney. 5. Make a stock for the rice by browning onions and adding in chicken stock, cumin seeds ...

There are flatbreads sprinkled with poppy seeds or brushed with saffron, smoky kebabs and Lucknowi biryani - a delicately flavoured dish of rice and meat cooked in sealed pots. But the highlight ...