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…
Isn't it funny how when you are asked for a favourite memory, your mind tends to skip over the struggles and focus on the good stuff? Before I got married in 2012 was the period where I was struggling career wise as well as…
I love Bhindi - or Okra or Ladies Finger, as it is called otherwise. This green vegetable has plenty of health benefits and has a sweetness to it that is complemented well by our Indian spices. However, a lot of people dislike Ladies Finger…
Cooking is a life skill - no it is not the relegated duty of the lady of the house. It is my belief that everyone should know the basics of cooking - irrespective of gender - if they want to eat healthy, good food.…
You know, there are days when you just don't want to cook, no matter how much you love food and being in the kitchen. Last week, I had one of those days. I really really wanted to eat seafood, didn't want to dine out…
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…
You know, there are these awesome food groups on Facebook where you can talk about everything to do with food under the Sun! You learn about new places, ingredients and even get authentic recipes if asked for. One such group is the Mumbai Gourmet…
There's something about home that brings so much mental peace. The house my mum stays in now is no more than 6 months old (in terms of her having lived here). But, the decor - the lamps, the curtains, carpet, beds, books - are…
I was born and brought up as a Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin. Sounds quite heavy duty, no? Otherwise called Bhanap, this small community is mainly concentrated in Karnataka and can trace its origins to Kashmir. Our cuisine, however, is anything but like that from Kashmir.…
My favourite meat is mutton. Every birthday, Amma would make an awesome meal for me always featuring some kind of mutton dish. Bakri Eid was just a few days ago, and it was but natural for me to have a freezer stocked full of…