After a week of revelry and eating out, we were in need of a home cooked meal. And while we wanted it to be light, we still needed it to be flavourful and fulfilling. And when the idea of a Kerala Vegetable Stew sprang into our minds, it seemed just perfect.
You haven’t really lived your monsoon until you have had khichuri, tele bhaja and chatni. A perfect balance of rice and pulses and salt, sugar and spices, Khichuri is an instant mood lifter.
The Bengali Aloor Dum is not just differently pronounced but it is a whole world away in terms of taste. Baby potatoes cooked to a perfect bite in a rich, thick base that is fragrant with whole and ground spices. We cleaned up every surface this delicious dish touched.
A popular breakfast dish, the dosa started out as a plain dish and has spawned hundreds of varieties including Manchurian dosas. Quick and easy defines Dosas. Some varieties need no time with the batter, some need a bit of fermentation. But the sum of all products is always the same – tasty dosas.
Here’s a list of the most basic types…
Nahoum is a haven of confectionary and baked goods. There is no mistaking the red shutters and the delicious smells wafting out of the store. The next time you are in Kolkata, make sure you head there to fill up on the history and deliciousness they have on offer…
It’s that time of the year again! Flowers, sadhyas and family time. It’s Onam, and this year, I’m reminded of my hale-and-hearty grandmother who’s pushing 100 and the meal she had cooked eons ago and the taste of which still lingers on my tongue…
With cookery shows galore, interest in this area may have grown enough to produce a Junior Masterchef or at home too…beaming child and a tasty dish (or two).
Everyone probably has a go-to restaurant — that one comfort place you can always go to and are certain you won’t go wrong with the order. That one place that feels closest to home.
xams, drizzles and finger-licking food. That pretty much summed up Onam for me through school. It almost always came smack in the middle of terminal exams and during monsoons. Two things always made the festival really memorable:
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