A pantry map for 20-minute dinners
Twenty shelf-stable ingredients, sorted into bases, flavor and finish, and the six dinners they make between them. Plus how to restock without overbuying.
Pantry and spices editor
Priya Raman
Priya covers lentils, grains, spices and the pantry dinners that happen when the fridge is nearly empty. She keeps a laminated pantry map taped inside a cupboard door and will happily send you a copy.
Stories by Priya
A 35-minute red lentil dal that tastes like it took all afternoon
Split red lentils, a pot of water and a two-minute tempering of spices in hot ghee. Why the tadka goes in last and why it matters so much.