Kasundi is a mustard sauce which expresses ethnicity and food forklore. I wonder why this sauce has not travelled across the world along with other Indian jars and bottles. It has so much potential....
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Recipes
Quoting Julia Child, a party without a cake is just a meeting. True that I say, even for a tea party with samosas, cutlets, pinwheel sandwiches, scones and jam with clotted cream, croquettes and...
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If you take one of those heritage walks in North Calcutta, you must insist that your guide stops by at Ganesh Da’s hole in the wall food corner in Bagbazar which sells ‘macher kochuri’...
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For a year like 2020, this stew recipe meets all targets. It is a one pot dish, so not time consuming. It uses vegetables and lentil, so it is nourishing. Immunity boosters like cinnamon...
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This cake takes me back to our trip to Alibagh when a group of us went with our kids for a weekend during the monsoon seasons. It was probably July or August, wet months...
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I am so missing my salad classes. It is most liberating to cook along with food lovers who want to learn vibrant salads, chat as we cook, share stories often baring all, lunch or...
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There is nothing uncommon about a dip made with roasted red pepper. The very Arabic Muhamarra is the very dish itself. In the last five years it has become very popular to the point...
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Chemmeen Ularthiyathu is a Syrian Christian recipe. The Syrian Christians had an innate style. In the caste systems back in those days they came at a level apt with the Nairs which was a...
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While I have not yet travelled to Mexico, I have been to a few cities of Spain. The fiery food cultures of both cuisines which are similar with some delicate dissimilarity speak to me....
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