1 .Are you a complete foodie or do you watch what you eat?
A: I'm a complete foodie and believe that food is the most important thing in life.

2. Your favourite cuisine – Continental/Oriental/Indian/others?
A: Indian, though I also like to eat other types. I love simple dal-chawal-sabzi-roti. I can have it any time.

3. What would your prefer --- homemade food or outside food?
A: Any time homemade food. But I do eat outside as well.

4. Your preference ---- vegetarian or non-vegetarian food?
A: I like non-vegetarian, but prefer vegetarian food like dal-chawal-subzi-roti.

5. Drink you like to wash down your food with?
A: No, I do not prefer that.

6. Your favourite beverage?
A: It would be homemade chaas (buttermilk).

7. Any hard drink that you take? If yes, what are the brands that you prefer?
A: No, I do not drink.

8. What about junk food?
A: Wow! I think I can have French fries any time.

9. Your favourite fast food joint?
A: Nothing can beat Shiv Sagar.

10 Organic Aloo or Batata Vada
A: (Laughs) Batata Vada.

11. Favourite restaurant/eating place which you think is a must-visit by all and sundry.
A: I think it would be Legacy of China at Seven Bungalows. It is like a second home for me when it comes to food and hospitality.

12. Your take on diet and health food?
A: I do not diet and like to eat healthy food.

13. Which would be that one dish which you will not be able to resist?
A: Rajma chawal.

14. Would you share its recipe with us?
A: Soak the rajma (kidney beans) overnight and then boil it till it softens. Then you grind onion, garlic and ginger into a smooth paste and sauté it till golden brown. Then add tomato paste to it and fry till the time the tomato is cooked.

Add coriander powder, red chilli powder and rajma masala to it and fry for a few minutes. Then add the boiled rajma and cook for 15 minutes over medium flame. Garnish with ghee and freshly chopped coriander leaves. Serve with rice. -Mili Swarnakar