A recent visit to Kashmir reiterated for me how rich my country, India, is. Perhaps for that reason, we have been plundered many times,…
Bajra ni puri is a traditional Gujarati snack that is mostly eaten in the monsoons or when the climate is cooler. This is because…
If you are ever in any South Indian restaurant, you will notice that they will offer you an abundance of chutneys. Each restaurant will…
We talk about leftovers in all of our homes. How to store them, how to repurpose them and so on. You may have remembered…
There are all kinds of powders, known as “podi”, and condiments in South Indian homes. Among them are: the coconut podi that we have…
You may have heard the stories that idly came from Indonesia, and that sambar came from Maharashtra. Today, both of these are accepted as…
I believe that South Indian breakfasts are probably the healthiest ones prepared pan-India. I may be biased, of course, as I live here. But…
When my children were growing up, they were really fond of biryani. Biryani is a speciality in India. It is basically a type of…
Happy new year! Now that the festivities are over, this is usually the time when everyone decides to start eating more nutritiously and to…