9 Nov
Looking for a creative/unusual gift for a food lover? Here are some gift ideas based on my favorite buys and stuff from my wish list, which you could pick from. Hope your food lover likes them as much as I do!
26 Jun
An assorted collection of food words, one for each letter of the English alphabet. Every word in the list has something special to recommend it – the quirkiness of the dish it represents, the sound of the word as it rolls off the tongue, or a bit of both.
11 Dec
There are times when we want to exclude onion and garlic from our diet – religious festivals, a lifestyle choice borne out of ayurvedic principles, or more earthly matters such as exorbitant prices.
The good news is that a “no onion no garlic” diet need not be one of frugality. Just because you aren’t eating onion or garlic does not mean you are doomed to subsist on bland watery boiled vegetables instead. Curries without onions and garlic can be so tasty, you will not even notice that a conventional ingredient is absent.
7 Jan
We moved to Delhi from Patna when I was twelve. Before the move I thought that apart from the differences in personal pronoun usage and transitive verb syntax, the two places spoke the same language Hindi.
It took me by surprise when I discovered that in discussions about food, my new non-Bihari friends and I were often talking the equivalent of Greek and Latin. I told them I disliked kaddu, they assumed I disliked red pumpkin. When I said "Red pumpkin is not kaddu, it’s kohra! I meant bottle gourd", they said – "Bottle gourd is not kaddu, it’s lauki!"
23 Sep
It is one thing to know how to cook individual Indian dishes, quite another to combine the dishes harmoniously into an appetizing meal. Rajma masala and chhole masala are fantastic house party food, but would you serve them together? Not if you have a modest number of items on the menu. You love pooris as much as you love kadhi, but you would pair them with each other? Not if you want to kill the essence of both.
There are flavors that cohere and flavors that clash. You wouldn’t put multiple items of the same genre – such as gourds or dals – in the same meal. Pooris would possibly go with potato curry, kadhi would most definitely get served with plain rice.
1 May
I’m excited to receive my very first blog award – the Liebster Blog Award – thanks to themustardseed, a lovely blog of which every recipe makes me think "this is MY kind of food" and every photograph whets my appetite. Thank you, themustardseed!
Now is my turn to pass on the award. The rules are:
Forwarding the award to 5 food blogs I was instantly hooked on to and now enjoy reading regularly.
Kachumber – classic oil-free Indian salad made with easily accessible raw vegetables, dressed with fresh lime juice and green chilies.
Easy vegetarian rice dishes with a range of flavors and nutrients. Lemon rice, pesto rice, pulao and more. Ideal for quick workday meals.
Sattu jaljeera combines sattu (roasted gram flour) and jaljeera (cumin-based spice) in a no-sugar protein-rich healthy drink.
Tomatoes are an essential ingredient for most curries – but you CAN do well without them! A collection of Indian vegetarian curry recipes without tomatoes.
Hippenmasse, osaman, taftan and more. Arm your vocabulary with these beautiful food words, one for each letter of the English alphabet.
Crispy Spicy Plantain Fry
Ridge Gourd Potato Curry with Poppy Seed Paste
Mushroom Kasoori Methi
Bittersweet Baingan: Green Eggplant with Cashews and Jaggery
Quick Tasty Onion Fry with Soy Dressing
