It was the first solo meal I was cooking for my new family. As a new bride I should have been nervous especially since the house was teeming with relatives including grandparents, sundry aunts, uncles and cousins, but I was not. Having been considered a very good cook in my parental home, I was used […]
Have you ever thought about how much food we waste, especially at restaurants and those lavish dinners and weddings where there are a zillion dishes to choose from? One would think that a buffet would encourage eating wisely and not wasting food as one can pick and choose, but do we? We pile our plates […]
Navratri is here! Nine days of worshipping the Goddess in her various forms, dancing away the nights with garba, visiting Durga Puja pandals, maybe even making a trip to see the magnificent Dushera festivities in Mysore, or going to look at the golu (which is somewhat like the jhanki one sees during Janmashtami) at our South […]
We say someone is going bananas when they act strange. Bananas also bring to mind monkeys. What a lot of negative association for a wonderfully versatile and nutrient-packed fruit that is accessible even to the poorest. A banana easily makes a complete meal. Grab one and eat it on the go but be careful not […]
When it comes to food we are all creatures of habit. For instance, if we are on a long vacation or have gone to a new city or country for work, we might be adventurous and try our new cuisines, but after a while we begin hunting for a restaurant that serves the familiar food […]
Of Peels and Chutneys It was the day of the home science practical exam. We had to make a cucumber and tomato sandwich. Easy-peasy, I thought. I took the slices of bread, spread butter over them, thinly sliced the cucumber and tomatoes, arranged them carefully on the slices; then I sprinkled salt and pepper and […]
Like many of my generation, I have grown up with large Britannia biscuit tins filled with papads, huge ceramic jars full of spicy pickles and big bins filled with grains and flour among other things. The masalas were all ground at home or at the neighbourhood chakki (flour-mill). The bins and jars have all but […]
Sweetener Fit for Gods With the festival season is full swing, we are all making and feeding/eating a lot of goodies. Some are traditional and others modern versions of the traditional. Whatever, we make the offerings to the deities in tuck in to the yummy treats. Modak, sweet pongal, til gud, revdi, payasam, chikki…..There is […]
How many kinds of dosas do you reckon there are? No, not the various kinds of masala dosas, but the actual varieties of dosas. Ok so you know uthappam, ravadosa, and the now popular ‘set dosa’ too. These are but the tip of the dosaberg, so to say. If you were to dig deeper…..well, ginte […]
Have you noticed how food tastes wonderful when shared? That is because, while eating together, we not only share the food but also the love, camaraderie and joy. One of the best places to share food was during train travel in days gone by. Oh, the joys of dozens of food hampers being opened and […]
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