Ileana D’Cruz Explores the Art of Egyptian Cuisine

Actress Ileana D’Cruz recently shared a glimpse of her culinary journey, revealing her attempt at baking sourdough bread. On Tuesday, she took to her Instagram Stories to share a video of her sourdough preparation with her 16.1 million followers.

The video begins with a shot of the dough, accompanied by the caption, "Today was a good day to bake some sourdough." As she dusts off the excess flour from the dough, Ileana adds, "Brushing away the excess flour but mostly it feels so nice to play with my lovely baby poofy sourdough."

In the video, Ileana is seen scoring the dough, remarking, "Scoring the dough with one hand while the other is holding a phone that’s recording is clearly not easy." The final clip shows the bread fresh out of the oven, with Ileana noting, "Definitely need work on scoring but baby 'Jack' was yummmmm."

On a personal note, Ileana is married to Michael Dolan. The couple wed in May 2023 and welcomed their first child, a son named Koa Phoenix Dolan, in August 2023.

Professionally, Ileana made her film debut in 2006 with the Telugu romance Devadasu, directed by Y. V. S. Chowdary, and has since starred in various notable films such as Pokiri, Barfi!, Phata Poster Nikhla Hero, Rustom, and The Big Bull. Her most recent appearance was in the romantic comedy Do Aur Do Pyaar, directed by Shirsha Guha Thakurta and featuring Vidya Balan, Pratik Gandhi, and Sendhil Ramamurthy.

Ileana has also appeared in popular music videos like Pehli Dafa and Sab Gazab.