Tamarind & it’s Many Uses
The humble Tamarind has many health benefits and is also an effective vegetable and fruit wash !! So enjoy the sweet and sour Imli. 🙂
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Promise Vs Reality – Big Basket :(
#LockdownTales I have been a Big Basketeer for the longest time ever since Vidya introduced us to it in Bangalore in 2012, but over the last one year, I have shifted completely to Milk Basket because I found that Big Basket was largely stocking only those items that were under their own brand and not … Read more
Lockdown Food #3 – Tamarind Sweet Chutney
#LockdownTales The Tamarind Sweet Chutney is a staple addition to several “Chaat” (snack) items. The restaurants make it with sugar and tamarind pulp. Since we are in a lockdown and more importantly since Krishnan and I are trying to avoid white sugar totally, I make this chutney at home so that I can substitute the … Read more
Airawat …. not the elephant !
The only Airawat I knew all along was the five tusked pristine white elephant that belonged to God Indra. Then I read about “Airaavatha” the Volvo buses run by Karnataka state bus service. Finally I now know that Airawat is also a Konkan Sweet and Sour dip ! I read about this dip in the … Read more