The morning we reached out to Joyce Arora, Cyclone Nisarga was still a few hours shy of grazing past the city. But the gloomy skies and chattering windows, a harbinger of the storm, weren't lost on us. The home chef and mother of model-actor duo Malaika and Amrita, told us that she will be keeping herself occupied in the kitchen—her safe space—through the inclement weather. Later, Arora took to Instagram to share pictures of a deliciously-looking tagine, a Moroccan stew, she prepared using chicken drumsticks. "There's a storm brewing outside… and there's a mini storm brewing in my pot. This is slow cooking with a twist. The conical dome of the tajine pot helps to create a vortex of steam, that swirls inside the pot, helping to cook the food in its own juices," she captions it.

It's been nearly four years since Arora started using social media to share her culinary skills, but it's only recently that she has become more disciplined with her posting. Arora admits that she enjoys putting out tried and tested dishes—from the delectable Yakhni pulao and chole bhature to South Indian favourites like Mangalorean meen gassi, uniappams and thatte idli—for her 17.3K followers. "And they have been very kind." Though, Arora is dripping modesty when she says, "Half of them follow me, because I am Malaika and Amrita's mum."