A soft-centred bread and butter pudding made with brioche, cream and prepared Masala Chai, best served warm when the rain has settled in.

Bombay sandwiches, Nitin Sawhney, Bend It Like Beckham and a family saga for a slow afternoon indoors.

Before coffee shops became places to work, Bombay had Irani cafés: democratic rooms of chai, bun maska, bentwood chairs and unhurried conversation.

Why Ghar Ki Chai packaging borrows its energy from Indian art, everyday objects and the beautiful visual noise of home.

Hot Chocolate Chai poured over vanilla ice cream makes a quick after-dinner affogato with almost no preparation.

In many Indian homes, hospitality begins before the guest has properly sat down. A simple offer of chai or water carries an entire language...

A round steel spice box can hold far more than cumin, turmeric and chilli. For families living between places, it can become a small...

Every morning, steel dabbas leave kitchens across Mumbai and cross the city by bicycle, foot and local train. Inside each one is something logistics...

Before playlists and podcasts, a small radio often filled Indian kitchens with film songs, voices and familiar programmes while the day carried on around...

Before coffee shops became places to work, Bombay had Irani cafés: democratic rooms of chai, bun maska, bentwood chairs and unhurried conversation.

Juicy late-summer plums under a rough oat and almond crumble, best served warm with something cold and a cup of masala chai.

Hot Chocolate Chai poured over vanilla ice cream makes a quick after-dinner affogato with almost no preparation.

Creamy overnight oats made with cooled Masala Chai, crisp apple and walnuts for a breakfast that is ready when you are.

A cold late-summer Sulaimani fizz with crushed blackberries, lemon and sparkling water.

A soft-centred bread and butter pudding made with brioche, cream and prepared Masala Chai, best served warm when the rain has settled in.

Four things for a nostalgic evening with chai: Parle-G, Sade's Love Deluxe, Monsoon Wedding and A Place for Us.

An Independence Day edit of samosa chaat, A.R. Rahman’s Vande Mataram, Lagaan and Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.

A late-August edit of roast peaches and jaggery kulfi, Anoushka Shankar at dusk, Mumbai after dark and Kiran Desai’s sprawling summer paperback.

A late-summer edit for the last long evenings: spicy sweetcorn, Arooj Aftab after dusk, a joyful British-Pakistani film and a quietly brilliant novel.

Bombay sandwiches, Nitin Sawhney, Bend It Like Beckham and a family saga for a slow afternoon indoors.