Millets have been a part of Indian diet for thousands of years and the health benefits are well-known. If you didn’t here are a few benefits for you. (...)
Summer has just started and we are already seeing the Sun shine in full glory. Air-conditioner is no respite in a small town India where power cuts everyday (...)
Dhamargava/Tuppahirekai/ತುಪ್ಪಹೀರೇಕಾಯಿ/Sponge Gourd or what is referred to as tirprikai in colloquial Kannada is a vegetable that belongs to ridge gourd family. (...)
Hirekai/ಹೀರೇಕಾಯಿ/Ridge gourd is supposed to contain loads of nutrients. Just like the vegetable, the skin/peel also has its benefits but we throw it away. Not (...)
ವಗ್ಗರಣೆ ಅವಲಕ್ಕಿ/Avalakki/Poha/beaten rice/flaked rice is a very popular breakfast in North-Karnataka and my all time favorite. I can eat poha all most (...)
One of the best things about paratha is the variety. One paratha place in my area has 99 different types on their menu. You can have it plain, stuff it with (...)
Banana is a staple in this part of the world. A fruit available for all the 12 months of the year. And even most of our festival rituals include giving away (...)
If you ever find somebody who doesn’t eat Indian food, make them taste a Punjabi dish and you have a convert. Punjabi cuisine is food from the Punjab region of (...)
What sets Indian cuisine apart from a lot of others is the spices. In fact, it is for these spices, the traders from all over the world came to India. Spices (...)
The first time I thought of this dish was on the Irish festival Saint Patrick’s day. To say that we don’t celebrate it here even would mean that people know of (...)
Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily – Friedrich Von Schiller It’s amazing how, at (...)
Maggi, Maggi,Maggi Do minute ruk sakte…. Do you remember the ad. Maggi is the one of the first processed foods to be introduced in India. Today it is a (...)
Diwali is the time of indulgence. And what better way to start indulging than a sumptuous breakfast in the morning. Happy Diwali all again and here are pics of (...)
Just a few months back cooking used to be my Bête Noire but lately I have started to fall in love with it. The more I cook, the more I love it. The best part (...)
I wonder what would life be without deep-fried potatoes. Can there be anything better than crispy,crunchy, deep-fried potato slices? May be in some parallel (...)
If you are craving for dosa and if you have forgotten to soak the rice and dal the previous day and keep the batter overnight then you are in for a (...)
