Culture Kitchen SF

Home city/region: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India   Home nowadays: Sunnyvale, CA   Day job: Teacher's Aid   Years in the US: 25 years   Favorite dish: Chicken Tikka Kebabs (see her recipe here)   Daily taste testers: Her husband and occasionally her son and/or daughter who are studying at Californian univerisites   Favorite market: India Cash & Carry   Favorite kitchen tool: Her Indian-made grinder, which is over 15 years old, but is still very powerful!   Suchitra spent years learning to cooking Indian cuisine from her mother-in-law until her mother-in-law felt confident Suchitra could cook well for her son. Having learned in this way from not only her mother, but her mother-in-law as well, Suchitra has a great understanding of what it means to learn from another at home in the kitchen as well as teach from her own kitchen. Suchitra has taught her daughter and her daughter’s excited friends how to make authentic Indian cuisine. Her combination of calmness and playfulness make her a natural teacher and one you don’t want to miss!