Category: Food Stories

Way back in 2014 when Ms Geetha Padmanabhan, reporter The Hindu, approached me for my experience in online shopping all that I could say was about my books purchase  which  was documented in the article on 22nd May 2014 issue ...

As I was grating raw mangoes for making ‘mangai thokku” my thoughts took me back to the ”festival of pickling’ in my maternal home. Wondering what this new festival is??....come summer my mother would get busy with the preparation for...

Our family had come down to Chennai, a yearly ritual every summer. This was the time that we would get to bond with our not so big extended family of uncles, aunts and cousins. It was during one such hot...

My evening walk is "my time" when, I go for a fast walk on the busy roads darting between free pavements and the little space the  roads provide. It's usually an interesting time during which I engage in scanning the...

WHAT ARE SPROUTS? Germinated seeds are known as sprouts. They are valued immensely for their nutrition and are recognized as nutrient storehouses. The ancient practice of sprouting turns seeds into an easy to digest food ingredient. Though a variety of...

Kadali, Mocha, Rambha.... Any guesses?? .. Yes you are right. It’s the banana - the fruit belonging to the Musa genus with several cultivars. They come in different sizes and colors. Around 500 cultivars exist today in various countries where...

Ketchup as a relish far pre-dates the tomato sauce we know today. Spicy fish sauce made with anchovies, mushrooms, walnuts and kidney beans was a predominant part of the Chinese meal for several centuries. The Indonesians made a sauce version...

With a lot of trepidation ventured into baking an eggless chocolate and vanilla marble cake today afternoon after a very long time. Hot humid Chennai stole my afternoon sleep and hence decided to spend my time reviving my baking skills....