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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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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Guess who was a pickle merchant before he discovered the land of plenty? Amerigo Vespucci, on whom ‘America’ was named, was a pickle merchant before he became an explorer. What were the odds? Clearly...
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Mala of Malabar is a Malyalam word which meals hill. Bar is a Persian word which means kingdom. Kerala had trade relations with Arab countries, hence the Persian influence. Teak, gold and spices used...
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An interesting trivia is that oranges appeared in the Christmas hamper sent out by the English monarchy in Queen Victoria’s times. It must be because oranges appear during this season and they are rather...
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There are two types of people in the world. Soup people and non soup people. Non soup people will resist a hot bowl of delish even when caught in a blizzard! To them a...
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I read a recipe like this in a one-pot book. Every recipe was delightful in that book. This one stayed with me. I have added my own twists to whatever I remembered and the...
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Cherry tomatoes and Indian cooking are really not that compatible. In Indian villages cherry tomatoes are ignored as they drop from plants and remain scattered on the ground. They remain like that until they...
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We often find ourselves struggling to put together a sumptuous vegetarian snack, something off the beaten track yet mainstream. I have been working on coming up with a snack which is vegetarian yet eye...
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This cake recipe is very different. It was called a crazy cake as it was created during depression when even adding eggs to cake was luxury. It works for me now as I get...
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