“There is no hidden secret to the taste of food. When you love the people around you with a pure heart, you will cook with your heart and soul,” says Susheela Samdaria, a grandmother from Chennai. A family favourite, […]
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Fruit recipes
Come summer and she is off to the vegetable market, looking at the heaps of mangoes and choosing the best ones: for pickles, chutneys, jams and squashes. She started by making it all for herself. As friends and relatives tasted […]
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Constant innovation is the mantra of Vinod Midha and his lovely wife Seema; a silver couple in Chennai. This magnificient Sundae, perfected by them over the years, has several interesting variations with an array of fruits, colourful crushes and edible […]
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Pav Bhaji Fruit Pulav is Gautam Seth’s title for this family favourite recipe. A chance experiment along with a road side vendor in Bhuleshwar who specializes in making pav bhaji lead to this delicious fruit pulav. The pav bhaji masala […]
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Inspired by the Orange Poha which is one of our favourite breakfast dishes, I felt like experimenting with some oranges, fresh from the market. The idea of a pulav has been lingering in my mind ever since the Orange Poha. […]
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Talk of problem-solving and the name that pops to mind is Ritu Chaudhry – my true blue friend. Whether you are faced with an onslaught of guests, or your domestic helper’s absence from work or are upset with something […]
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A family favourite, Mrs Surya learnt this delicious pachchadi (chutney) made out of orange peel from her mother-in-law. She says that a good cook uses her creativity to make dishes out of peels & even seeds. Of course, the taste […]
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This recipe of Traditional fruit salad is shared by Manisha Lohia, daughter of Champa Kanoria. Also read our interview with Champaji & Sri Hariprasad Kanoria on this blog. Jigyasa & Pratibha: Manisha, our first question to you is one […]
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Randi Lewin, our friend and cookbook author from Colorado, writes, “We had a cold and wet snow storm last week which wreaked havoc all over this mountain. The electricity went out of over 40,000 homes for over 3 days. (God […]
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This post features family recipes – Hot Apples Recipe & Summer Tomato Soup – shared by German cookbook author Anne-Katrin. The recipes are her childhood favourites and loved by her children as well. During our trip to Beijing in […]
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