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    Hope on a gray day. A sprightly sunflower. A bunch of ox-eye daisies. A field of marigold. Sarson in full bloom. A vase of chrysanthemums in a room. A sweet round motichoor laddoo, a crisply succulent jalebi.  Food for the body and the soul. Lemon tarts and coffee. A brightly beaked ...Read More

enchiladas

There is an undeniable joy of digging into the sourness of mom’s pickles, or opening up a cookie box that instantly hauls you away to grandma’s kitchen. Their old aprons splattered with bits of food. Their warm hands feeding you ...Read More

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Health defies definition. Modern medical science cannot sum up what health is; only this much is said: absence of disease is health. It is like defining a flower in relation to thorns. Why is health not defined? Because health comes ...Read More

alila

It is Saturday night. Over roasted pumpkin soup, lawn cooled breeze and tinkling water that gleams in a long horizontal ribbon next to my feet, I feel a bit displaced. This is Bangalore, right? Just a few hours ago, I ...Read More

cake

  Here is a simple muffin recipe to brighten your new year. If you are craving something sweet, you can make these special muffins in no time.   Ingredients: 1 cup ........... plain flour (maida) 1/2 cup ........ chocolate chips (grate a chocolate bar if ...Read More

handvo_indian_cake

    Ingredients: 1 cup rice 1/2 cup each of toor dal, masoor dal, moong dal and chana dal 1 cup curd 1 cup cut spinach handful of methi (fenugreek) leaves 1 carrot shredded 1/2 cup green peas 1/2 cup bottlegourd shredded 2 green chillies 3 tsp lemon juice 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste 1/2 ...Read More

2012-07-21

Ingredients: 1......... cup sabudana 2 ...........green chillies 1 tsp ..........red chili powder 1/2 tsp ............cumin seeds 2 tbsp ...............roasted groundnut powder salt to taste 3 tsp ................oil to cook in kadai 1 tsp............... oil for microwave cooking 7 to 8.............. curry leaves 1 tsp ..........dessicated coconut (optional) 1 tsp .............. ...Read More

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Chef Ali Mkram has the kind of face that reminds you of orange orchards and happy family picnics. A face of contented joy and peace. That he is from Syria, working in Bangalore as a chef for possibly Bangalore's only ...Read More

goan potatoes

  I normally experiment on days when I have time to experiment. That way, in the remote chance of a failure (ahem, ahem), I have time to whip up something familiar and comforting and hearty. I have also felt that wanting to ...Read More

vada

As a child, I often wondered which tree bears the sabudana fruit. Maybe it’s a crop. But we never studied it, although we ate it so voraciously. I learnt where sabudana comes from only a few years back. Sabudana is made ...Read More

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Doesn't that sound heart warmingly nice? Let me really not keep you from this awesomeness. Just one little thing - once you read this, you must make this. If you do, your life will start making complete sense, the Milky ...Read More

curd rice

You are light and nice just spiced right with a little bit of pickle you are the best diet dear curd rice, dear curd rice ... on hot summer days I crave for you on stomach upset days I'd kill for you dear curd rice, dear curd rice ... some ...Read More