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Category: cauldron

  • summer drink

    Summer in my childhood meant variety of coolers as drinks, starting with Panaka, tandai, cashew extract, raagi milk, rose milk. But my favourite has been the Mung bean drink. About a table-spoon of mung bean is ground with a pod of cardamom and a table-spoon of jaggery adding water gradually until it reaches the consistency of milk. If this…

  • gingerbread

    Ginger bread is a soft molasses cake flavoured with ginger. It is a soft molasses ginger cookie sometimes elaborately decorated. Ginger bread also refers to elaborate ornamentation Gingerbread could also mean something superfluous, tasteless, embellishment particularly referring to architecture. 5th of June is the gingerbread day; there seems a mild confusion whether it is the…

  • rocky road day

    An interesting day today is the day that the radio was patented. It is also an informal holiday in the Uncle Sam land called rocky road holiday. Of course us being ardent highway on my plate fans we thought it this day was dedicated to Rocky who was on the road, paying for every meal…

  • choice theory and decision

    yaksha prashne is a profound question put forth by the forest creature to Yuddishtra in the Indian Epic Mahabharata Cooking Green Curry ಪ್ಲಿನ್ಕ್ಯ್ ನನಗೆ Its menu planning time again, the biggest dilemma  of the day. It starts what to cook, that which vegetable I cook. Then balances the proteins, carbs, by the time that hurdle are overcome the…

  • escargot day

    Escargot day Escargot is French cuisine where shelled snails are sautéed in garlic butter. Though archaeological survey shows the use of snails in cookery during the roman empire days documented cookbooks talk of it only since 1892. Its often assumed to be part of French cuisine but it is served on occasions with champagne as…

  • mithrasamaj– it actually means group of friends.

    savouries from my hometown ie. savouries from my childhood. The temple town of Udupi is my hometown we all have our share of eateries with each one known for their delicacies. Ram Bhavan with its buns. The restraunt Diana with its north Indian flair. My favorite order used to be Bombay cutlet and cold horlicks. I never…