Nikhita Venugopal

Journalist

I'm a food and culture journalist. Get in touch at nikhita.venugopal@gmail.com or @nkvenugopal on Twitter.

Relish

Hot. Sweet. Sour. Tangy. Food companies trying to turn tomato ketchup into an Indian condiment attempted every trick in their book. This is the story of how they succeeded. Fifty Two/July 30, 2022

How a 50s Food Writer Championed Kerala's Cuisine, One Column at a Time

Mrs KM Mathew captured a collective culinary memory with food that had remained confined to Kerala’s regionally distinct kitchens: sticky, sweet jackfruit ada, prawn pappas, beef pattichu varathathu. Nikhita Venugopal studies the story of her columns, while exploring the parallel history of how women’s magazines and periodicals changed the way that Indian recipes and culinary traditions were passed on. Goya Journal/June 2, 2022

A dosa for dessert

The perfect nonsense of Jayanagar’s ice-cream dosa. Enthucutlet/December, 2022