Having been brought up in a foreign country, I wasn’t privy to the regular traditions that others in India were – our Diwali consisted of parties; Holi was a forgotten affair – I’d never really burst firecrackers (thank God!) or played with colours, Ganesh…
My parents were typical ‘South Indians’ when it came to our daily breakfast – moreso my father. Of course, we had the odd scrambled or fried egg or omelette, and French Toast was always a treat – but most other times, it was some…
If there’s one thing I’ve figured out about my community (Chitrapur Saraswat), it is that we worship a Holy Trinity of another kind! Try as you might, you can’t pull an ‘amchi’ away from the byadgi mirchi, garlic and coconut. We just can.not. live…
September 24th has been declared as #ChutneyDay – and I am stoked to find that a day has been dedicated to one of the most versatile condiments in Indian cuisine. Although I intended to make my favourite chutney – time was against me and I couldn’t.…
Forget the diets, forget the food fads, forget super foods. Focus on your indigenous history. Focus on the food you ate as a child. That is what will heal you, nurture you and make you whole again. I recently came back from a trip…
If you'd ask me to give you one dish from the Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin Community that traces its roots back to Goa (which is where we were before we fled to Karnataka when the Portuguese landed there - read more here), it would be…
It's been a while since I posted a recipe for my pet project - the Chitrapur Saraswat Cuisine series. I have been making several dishes, but haven't had the chance to get some good photographs. And, with this new swanky blog, the photos have…
Did you read my post on the Amchi Radish Raita that my Amma had made for me during a school picnic once as part of the Chitrapur Saraswat series? I had written that for the extremely interesting India Food Network, which has been doling…
So, some news. I was recently featured in the 'Food Stories' section of the India Food Network - the editorial content of which is spearheaded by Kalyan Karmakar of the Finely Chopped fame. The India Food Network website has some really interesting stories featuring…
This post is about two of my favourite ingredients and two of my favourite Amchi dishes. I hope you tried the Saung and Talasani - trust me they are amazing! So, today, I am on to my fourth and fifth Amchi recipes - Bendi…
Hope you have had fun with the Saung recipe! Its the most warming thing in winters - you cant go wrong potatoes and the thick gravy that accompanies it! This post is about the talasani. Saraswat cuisine - like mentioned earlier - is mainly…