Rick Stein’s India episode 5: Rick Stein arrives in the royal state of Rajasthan, the land of the kings. The majority of Rajasthanis are serious meat eaters with dishes like junglee maas, a perfect combination of meat, chillies and spices, easily accessible on game hunts – the favourite pastime of both the Rajputs and Moghuls. This is a […]
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Rick Stein’s India episode 4: Rick Stein arrives in the cultural city of Lucknow, reputed to be the curry capital of India and possibly the world. He explores this former Moghul stronghold in search for the best chicken korma and learns the complexities of making the perfect pulao. He is told that the food of Lucknow is the ultimate party
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Rick Stein’s India episode 3: Rick Stein arrives in the southern town of Madurai in Tamil Nadu – the land of temples. Here, he learns the art of temple cooking and perfects the knack of eating with his hands. He samples the famous south Indian sambar before taking a road trip across the spice-laden Western Ghats to the land of
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Rick Stein’s India episode 2: Rick Stein explores the melting pot that is Mumbai in search of the bombil, the fish that immortalised Bombay duck. He also gets to enjoy Parsee hospitality and learn about their contribution to Indian cuisine. Further south in the town of Pondicherry, his search for the perfect curry takes in fusion cooking as local residents
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Rick Stein’s India episode 1: Rick Stein begins his Indian journey by exploring the regions that began Britain’s love affair with curry – Bengal and Tamil Nadu. The British influence in Kolkata and Chennai remains strong to this day and Rick enjoys the prominence of fish and seafood in so many of their dishes, flavoured with mustard in Kolkata and
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A Cook Abroad episode 3 – John Torode’s Argentina: MasterChef judge and meat connoisseur John Torode fulfils a lifelong ambition to go to Argentina, where eating beef is a national obsession. After savouring the street food from the barbecues, or ‘asados’, in Buenos Aires, John embarks on an epic road trip that takes him across the vast pastures of the
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A Cook Abroad episode 2 – Tony Singh’s India: Scottish chef Tony Singh travels to India, the country of his ancestors, to trace his family roots and discover whether his mum’s Punjabi cooking is the real deal. He begins his journey in Amritsar, which is draped in lights for the festival of Diwali, before braving the treacherous Grand Trunk Road
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The Ganges episode 3: Sue’s first stop is the ancient city of Patna, capital of Bihar state, along the banks of the Ganges. It was once the centre of the British Empire’s lucrative opium trade. Now that the imperial drug lords have left, Patna produces something far more intoxicating – education. Sue visits the Women’s Industrial Training College, a girls-only
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The Ganges episode 2: In this second episode, Sue is halfway down the Ganges in the ancient city of Varanasi, a place which, for India’s 950 million Hindus, has a unique significance. Sue immerses herself into the complex life of Varanasi, where the power of the Ganges is at its greatest and where life and death exist side by side.
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The Ganges with Sue Perkins: Sue Perkins goes on an extraordinary journey, spanning over 1,500 miles, from the source of the Ganges high in the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. She travels through some of the most extraordinary, chaotic and exciting places on earth, exploring the lives and landscapes of modern India at this crucial point in its history.
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The Spice Trail episode 1: Kate Humble retraces the steps of 15th-century explorers as she sets out on a spice trail that takes her to India and Sri Lanka, the birthplaces of pepper and cinnamon. She begins her travels on India’s ‘Spice Coast’, where she uncovers the story of pepper, once known as black gold and now the most consumed
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Life of the Buddha is a major new landmark documentary following Buddha on his journey from the lap of luxury to the verge of starvation and final enlightenment.
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