Let the Secret Out
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I don't know about you, but every time I hear someone in a restaurant say that what they've put into their food is a secret, it always gets me hungry for home. Maybe its my insatiably curious nature or my matching appetite but secrets have a way of making me ravenous.
The kitchen has always been a magical place for me. It's where raw produce and spices are put together in pretty precise measurements to make dishes, which can astound and even fool your taste buds. I've grown up peeking into the kitchen at home as I'm sure quite a few of you have, too. Whether you've decided since to let the secrets lie or investigate them in full is your life choice.
I've wanted during the shooting of this series to uncover just a few people who may have led ordinary lives, but made some extra ordinary dishes. Food makes you happy. There's no doubt about it and a secret recipe makes ME happier because I then know how to make what I'm eating, over and over and over again.
The first and most difficult thing in making a series like this is where do we begin? Geographically I chose the South of India because it's a region, which I personally don't know too much about. And what I found astounded me and everyone else with me, including my Bacardi and butter chicken consuming sardar director!
In the weeks to come I'm going to try and give you some of the flavour of the shoot and the places I went to, things, which we couldn't cover in the series through images. I'll also be giving you all the recipes of the dishes, which have been cooked on the programme.
But please, if you have a recipe, which is a family heirloom, don't hold it close to your bosom; share it with the rest of us. I'd also love to hear about why and how the recipe became famous!
More about Bikramjit Ray
Bikramjit Ray joined CNN IBN in August 2005 with a single purpose, to do a food program. Before that, he had somehow managed to get an honours degree in Political Science from Jadavpur University, a fact that continues to befuddle both his batch-mates as well as his professors. He then went on to spend 10 years in journalism, beginning life as a trainee sports reporter in the Times of India and ending it as an Assistant Editor with Today, the tabloid brought out by the India Today group. He worked in the Indian Express for 7 years during this decade and wrote extensively on food in the gourmet section. In January 2005, Bikramjit brought out the India Today 100 top restaurant guide for Delhi. Bikramjit has been associated with Secret Kitchen from its inception, he was fully involved in its birth. Supported by his location producer/director/cinematographer who, along with the Executive Producer of the show are the only two people Bikramjit is actually scared of. Bikramjit's major obsession from a tubby childhood to an obese adulthood remains food. Other interests include reading, voraciously. Surprise, surprise, not always food, but historical crime fiction, and watching TV-especially the midnight advertorials!Recent Posts
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