Greek Hay or the Fenum Graecum commonly referred to as Fenugreek, is a relic of ancient Rome & Greece. Unfortunately forgotten in its original homeland is still alive in India as a spice and herb spreading its flavours in our...
Bakes
Eggless Fruit and Nut Cake Recipe | Eggless Cake Recipes
A sleepless night... Going over the process mentally again and again. Recalling whether everything is ready... Waiting for the alarm to go off and it did at 4.30 am. I jumped out of bed, calmed my agitated mind, and made...
Roti Parathas & Puris
Aloo Paratha Recipe | Potato Paratha
A most popular unleavened flatbread of the Indian subcontinent. .Paratha. was documented in the 12th-century Sanskrit book "Mānasollāsa" compiled by King Someshwara III, who reigned over the regions of present-day Karnataka. Some sources claim that Paratha originated from ancient Vedic...
Rice
Kovakkai Rice/Sadham Recipe | Tindora Rice
Commonly known as baby watermelon, Ivy gourd or gentleman's toes, kovakkai, as it is known as in Tamil, is also referred by different names — ivy gourd, tendli, dondakayya herbaceous vine. Ivy gourd is a tropical plant belonging to the...
Sambhar & Rasam
Nellikai Rasam Recipe | Amla Rasam
“Pibare Rama Rasam, Rasane Pibare Rama Rasam”…an amazing Kriti by the mystic poet Sadasiva Brahmendra (17th-18th century), which used to be sung in Yamuna Kalyani but the great Maestro Balamuralikrishna, made his Ahir Bhairav version very popular. ‘Drink the essence...
Vegetable Cookery
Mooli Ki Sabji Recipe | Radish Sabji
December 23rd is Noche de los Rabanos in Oaxaca City (Night of the Radishes), a Christmas-time festival. The creativity and peculiarity of this festival is unmatched in the whole of Mexico. Wild animals, mythical creatures, and scenes of everyday Oaxacan...
Sambhar & Rasam
Nellikai Gojju Recipe | Karnataka Cuisine
Nature and her bounty is always amazing. The plump celadon green amalas rich in Vitamin C & antioxidants flood the market during these chill winter months. A storehouse of immunity boosters these marble-like fruits are important for boosting metabolism and...
Starters, Snacks & Street Foods
Flame Roasted Sweet Potato | Healthy Snack
Sweet potato or Ipomoea batatas L. was grown in the Caribbean as batata or camata as early as the 15th century. This root vegetable was introduced to the Indian subcontinent as early as the 17th century and the northeast of...
Pickles Relish Chutney & Sauces
Tomato Pickle Recipe | Andhra Style Pickle Recipe
Pickles and pickling has been a long-time Indian tradition with heirloom recipes safely guarded by every household. The process of pickling has originated nearly four thousand years ago when people of the Tigris Valley civilization used salt and oil to...
Vegetable Cookery
Cauliflower Stem Sabji Recipe | Gobi Sabji
A recent article in the financial express titled ‘Cooking with Conscience ‘ highlighted the importance of zero-waste cooking. The article spoke at length about sustainability, ways of minimizing food wastage, and reducing the carbon footprint. The read made me ponder...