It is difficult to imagine Chettinad food without thinking of meat and eggs. The distinctive cuisine of the Chettiar community, having their roots in the Chettinad region of Tamilnadu, is now famous worldwide for its spicy meat delicacies. Its impact…
Millet is one of the oldest human foods and believed to be the first domesticated cereal grain. There is evidence that millet was grown during the Stone Age by lake dwellers in Switzerland and was eaten in Northern Europe at…
“The Earth is what we all have in common.” ― Wendell Berry How often do you find yourself itching for a snack, and reaching out to a packet of potato chips because that’s the easiest to find? While much has…
They say simple home-cooked food is the toughest to master. Almost every South Indian household will have a variation of the ubiquitous potato, ranging from mashed potatoes Podimas, to the favourite potato fry. The seemingly simply Urulai Madras Karakari showed us there’s…
“It’s absolutely unfair for women to say that guys only want one thing: sex. We also want food.” – Jarod Kintz I grew up in a family that obsesses with food. Family reunions are fun and can get explosive with…