Category Food and Recipes
What makes a Comfort Food better than a feast?
More than the taste itself, it is the memories associated with our favourite comfort foods that release positive serums in our brains, giving us the much-needed happiness-boost.
Magic Hands That Salvaged My Near Disastrous Kitchen Debut
Some lessons are learnt the hard way. Some are helped along by friendly genies.
This Interesting Puthandu Dish exemplifies The Microcosm Of Life!
The mango pachadi has a dash of neem flowers in it and symbolises life itself — with the good and the bad, the sorrows and the joys, sweetness and bitterness by incorporating the six tastes advocated by Ayurveda for perfect health.
Papad-making: Two strange ingredients and an awesome community activity
The annual papad and pickle making activity used to be like a big carnival, with the family and even neighbours pitching in.
Arudra Darisanam — Celebrating Shiva as Nataraja
Shiva is formless and limitless but if the devotee needs a form to fix his mind on, there is the exuberant image of Lord Nataraja to lift the spirits and provide divine bliss.
Is Fusion Cooking Coming Out With Some Weird Creations?
Tweaking is fine, but let us not deviate from the original dish too much, lest its cultural and regional flavours are lost.
A meet-up of food-cousins, twins, triplets and more-4
When Hodge Podge talked of taking his cousins with him back to Canada, there were squeals of delight from his cousins.
A MEET-UP OF FOOD-COUSINS, TWINS, TRIPLETS AND MORE – 3
Called variously as bharta, gotsu, bajji, choka, begun pora etc., Baingan Bharta is a pan-Indian food.
A meet-up of food-cousins, twins, triplets and more – 2
I would have normally skipped the khichdis, but the cheer and bonhomie that the delegates exuded drew me to them. I am glad that I did, for I would have missed two unusual ‘cousins’ had I not stopped.
A meet-up of food-cousins, twins, triplets and more – I
You could say that foods have their own ‘taste-alikes’ just as we humans are supposed to have seven lookalikes each in the world.
Maavadu/Vadu Mangai – tender mango pickle
Try out this easy-peasy tender mango pickle. But hurry up. They are available only for a very short period at the beginning of summer!
Idli-dosas and Me!
The humble idli has gone places and is even celebrating a World Idli Day! #WorldIdliDay
Naivedyam I – Offering with love and surrender
The concept of naivedyam goes beyond the mere act of offering, investing it with a sacred and spiritual significance
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