Sundal is a traditional South Indian snack made with boiled legumes such as chickpeas, green gram or black chickpeas, tempered with mustard seeds, curry leaves, chillies
Ada Pradhaman is a beloved traditional dessert from Kerala, made with rice ada, jaggery and coconut milk, and finished with ghee-roasted cashews, raisins and coconut. It
The first time I had real Dal Baati Churma was at a roadside dhaba somewhere between Jaipur and Udaipur, where the baatis were roasted over
When my doctor suggested cutting back on wheat a few years ago, my grandmother’s answer was simple: go back to jowar roti, like everyone used
My grandfather never once used a spoon for his rice and dal, and as a kid I used to think it was just an old
Every monsoon, the roadside near my house fills up with vendors selling small baskets of jamun, sprinkled with a little rock salt and chilli powder.
The first time I had puliyodarai was from a temple prasadam plate, wrapped in a banana leaf, and I remember thinking no restaurant version had
Let’s learn how to make Kaju Katli at home. What is Kaju Katli? Kaju katli, also called kaju barfi, is a classic Indian sweet made
There’s a moringa tree in almost every second backyard I’ve visited in India, and for the longest time I barely paid attention to it beyond
My grandmother always dry-roasted her cumin and coriander seeds before grinding them into masala, and as a kid I never understood why she wouldn’t just
