The Mediterranean Diet signalises plentiful variety of plant foods, including fruits, vegetables, breads, pasta, cereals, whole grains, potatoes, beans, lentils, nuts, and seeds. Olive oil is the predominant fat in this diet. Pasta meals are dominant in a Mediterranean Diet,...
Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Vegetable Rava Upma Recipe
Vegetable Rava Upma….the rich cousin of the humble upma is a favourite south Indian Tiffen. Loaded with vegetables and coloured with turmeric this soft melt-in-mouth dish takes its place as one of the coveted tiffin’s during any auspicious celebration. The...
Sambhar & Rasam
Sundakkai Masiyal Recipe
The proverb “Good things come in small packages” is true of the Turkey berry commonly known as Sundakkai, in Tamizh. Small green pea like fruits, usually treated as a vegetable are great sources of plant-based iron. A native of South...
Vegetable Cookery
Vepampoo Recipes | Vepampoo Rasam, Sadham & Thogayal
Hyderabad days….Nostalgic and close to my heart. Hot winds, searing summer heat, occasional hailstorm, and the fragrance of neem flowers takes me down the memory lane. Carefree days when we sisters would be busy the entire summer helping my mother...
Pickles Relish Chutney & Sauces
Maavadu Recipe | Vadu Mangai | Baby Mango Pickle
Baby mangoes, small round and measuring around 1-3cms are single immature fruits that are popular in south Indian cuisine as pickles, & chutneys. Crisp and acidic with nuances of sweet flavours these tiny emeralds are preserved throughout the year in...
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Homemade Ghee Recipe
Ghee, a dairy staple also known as the liquid gold & sacred fat is a variety of clarified butter. Ghee is, no doubt, clarified butter," writer R.K. Narayan wrote in a 1955 New York Times article, "but it is also...
Sweets & Desserts
Creamy Fruit Salad Recipe
The brutal Indian summers have a silver lining -----delicious & seasonal fruits..mangoes, jamuns, pomegranate, melons----splendid in taste and jewel like in colours…Not to forget the perennial bananas in multitude varieties. Fruits have traditionally made good snacks and interesting salads. Cravings...
Idly, Dosa, Adai & Vada, Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Kanji Vada Recipe
Kanji known as rai ka paani is a probiotic brew popular in northern regions of India especially Gujarat and Rajasthan during the winters. The festival of colours Holi has this on its festive menu as a special refreshing drink. A...
Sambhar & Rasam
Orange Peel Kuzhambu Recipe
Oranges a delicious fruit which Historians state were growing in India 7,000 years ago. Orange peel and juice have been used in Indian cooking since around this period The name orange is believed to originate from narangah, which is the...
Sweets & Desserts
Healthy Smoothie Recipes | Easy Smoothies
Smoothie ..an ancient refreshing drink has been around since long. Crushing fruits into pulp and mixing them with juices isn't a new concept, and records show this technique has been practiced by South American, Eastern, and Mediterranean civilizations for ages....