For the past decade or so, chef and former restaurateur Shrimoyee Chakraborty has been cooking up a food show in her head. Packed with diverse sights, sounds and flavours emanating from the kitchens of India, the show, she imagined, would be her thesis to prove to the world that desi food is more than just tandoori chicken or tikka masala. After shifting from Kolkata to Mumbai, and then to the United Kingdom (UK), where she opened two restaurants in London, Chakraborty has finally turned her thoughts into reality. India Bites, a five-part documentary series created and presented by Chakraborty, released across the world yesterday.

Crepe being prepared at Suzette, in Bandra