Category: Pickles Relish Chutney & Sauces

Ingredients for Onion Chutney (Without tomatoes)Small onions (sambhar onions) peeled 1 cTamarind 1 marble sizeRed chilly 8Curry leaf fewSesame oil 3 tbspMustard seeds 1 tsp Asafoetida 1 tspSalt as requiredPreparation Method for Onion Chutney (Without tomatoes)Grind onions, tamarind, and red...

Take a look at your chopping board………cubes, slivers, sticks, julienne, slices of healthy vegetables. Peels and seeds ready to discard….STOP….before you unceremoniously wipe you cutting board off these nutrient powerhouses. Rinds, peels and seeds are abundant in nutrients…. vitamin A,...

Searing hot Chennai summers….after maavadu, plump green tanjavur molaga (green chillies from tanjavur) begin their market rounds. These crisp chillies with a slightly lower scoville scale are bought in kilos for preservation. The chillies are slit and soaked in a...

Dip in, crunch down and yell loudly……wondering what am I talking about …It’s the 1950s scene in the US whenever there was a football match on the television. Chip and Dip was slowly gaining popularity as a sporty snack to...

Dips, Sauces & Salsa…French, Chinese, Italian, Mexican, Mediterranean & Continental…… the dramatic change that our dining table spreads have undergone due to the effect of global food movement that leaves the Indian food scenario bewildering. Has this global connect left...

A news article recently detailed the ensuing statistics- 119 billion pounds of food is wasted in the United States which equates to 130 billion meals and a shocking 40% of all food. Zero waste seems to be the buzzword today….an...

It's Samosa time again ..but in a different avatar. This quintessential Indian snack, practically a national food is an all-season favourite. Wondering why this post during this sweltering heat? Foodialogues brings to you a spicy cool raitha prepared in a...

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...

It was past midnight. The airport lounge was dotted with people awaiting the boarding announcement. Moment it was done there was a silent march, zone wise into the aircraft. I just wanted to sit back and catch up on my...

A beautiful & divine culmination of a hectic week with a fleeting trip to Tirupati to get the blessings of lord Vishnu incarnate began with a pleasant early morning drive. The few seconds in the sanctum of the lord energized...