The Ingredient That Changed Everything

We were travelling through India. It was an incredible trip, driven mostly by wildlife and landscape in Goa and Ranthambore, but like any journey through India, the food played a massive role in the experience.

One evening in Jaipur we were served the most memorable dish of the whole trip: Laal Maas. A rich, slow-cooked Rajasthani curry, deeply spiced and intensely comforting.

There was one particular flavour in it that completely caught my attention. It was something I had never tasted before – smoky, slightly medicinal, savoury, and incredibly moreish.