About

Hi there!

I am Tanvi, the writer, cook, photographer & spice lover here. I am based in Las Vegas, USA. Lets share a love of spices here – fragrant and enticing. Sinfully Spicy is my effort to showcase my indian roots and a  way to document my family recipes which I happen to cook almost everyday in my American kitchen .

I spent most of my life in Delhi, India in a household where each single day, we ate traditional, made-from-scratch meals cooked with fresh and seasonal ingredients. As a studious child who had little time above and beyond her engineering books (I have a formal education in Mechanical engineering) and someone who went on to absolutely love long hours of corporate life, whenever I got time, I entered the kitchen as a way to spend time with my mother and grandmother watching them cook fragrant curries, making spice pastes from scratch and serving elaborate, time-consuming meals to the family. Growing up in a household where spices were hand-ground on stone each single day, I have always believed that cooking authentic food requires time and patience and indian food is big on flavor thanks to these rules.

Most of the food you will see here on the blog is tied to beautiful memories of those days. This blog has, over the years developed into a space where I preserve anecdotes and the cheer the dishes from back then bring to me everyday. I took a break for 5 years from blogging after my kids were born and while I was caught up with life, the love of sharing never went away. I have a buzzing Instagram page with a community of followers who share my love of home cooked meals and love to recreate my recipes in their kitchens.

Indian food is as diverse as the country itself, staples differ from home to home,region to region.Even when you are cooking the same thing,the methods will be different between two home-cooks. Here, on Sinfully Spicy, you will find the food that I grew up with, it could be my mother’s signature dal makhani to grandmother’s gujiya or my aunt’s rogan josh. My recipes have slowly, over the years started representing the influence of my living in the Las Vegas, United States and the variety of  produce and ingredients available here in stores, locally and artisanal, that I find every bit inspiring. Many of the indian recipes that I share are vegan or gluten-free friendly naturally, in case that interests you.

The contents of this blog, written & photographed are mine,unless noted otherwise. I solely reserve all copyrights to anything published on this website.

Right now, I do not appreciate or encourage you reproducing my recipes on your blog/website for this dilutes my content. However, you are welcome to link back in case you like or want to highlight something. Ask for permission before using any content from this blog for your business/advertising use.

Please do NOT reblog posts from this blog on you site.

For questions or any other food related help, you can reach me via contact page.You can also find me on Facebook (don’t forget to hit the like button :)) Lets connect on Pinterest too.

Stay Spicy!

-Tanvi