Asafoetida, Hing, பெருங்காயம் – An everyday spice
Read all about Asafoetida, Hing, பெருங்காயம் which is an everyday spice in most South Indian homes. My mother is very loyal to L.G Hing 🙂
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Kadamba Saadam – My Mother-in-law’s Signature dish
Amma (my mother-in-law) was a great cook – if there ever was a Masterchef competition for only South Indian vegetarian food when she was alive, she would have won it easily. She could make the same vegetable every single day of the week and each day it would taste different. There are several relatives of … Read more
Idli-Dosa stories
In my life, after Mother’s milk, the most important food items have been idli and dosa. No prizes for guessing that I am an Indian who comes from one of the southern states :). I am a Tamilian born in Tirunelveli whose first language is Hindi, who loves Delhi, and speaks Tamil better than most … Read more
South Indian food + Bengali sweets = ISB dinner
Yesterday we had the NCR ISB classmates over for dinner and what an interesting evening it turned out to be ! I had initially said that we will not have children coming over as our house is not exactly child-friendly … A lot of furniture have sharp ends and except for us no other form … Read more