Learning and Unlearning of Dr.Jekyll and Madam Hyde.
In the coastal houses one of the dishes made on any occasion is the paramanna, or what is more famous as Paalada. With the lockdown and not really being in a mood do things I decided to improvise. I had black rice that Dr.D had got from Manipur I did try making rice out of …
Pachche harive vade. The lockdown has caused a dwindling pantry and a dwindling pantry meals improvising on recipe’s. The kallina-patrode or spicy colocasia roast has always been a favourite of mine. Given my health and pantry conditions it is impossible to make it. Yesterday I saw pacche-harive, or rajgira or dhave-bhaji as it is called …
public and private food in America has become eatable, here and there extremely good only fried potatoes go unchanged deadly as before,–Luigi Brazing
How true, this is a universal truth
Like Boswell observes in Life–some people have a foolish way of not minding or pretending not mind, what they eat. For my part I mind my belly studiously and very carefully for I look it that a person who does not mind his belly will hardly minds anything else.
Yet it is the French fries that still tingle the palate.
The Indian palate finds its equivalent in Aloo Tikki. This if eaten on streets of Delhi is great indulgence.
But otherwise I like my wada’s the deep-fried semolina wada or the all purpose flour wada called golibajje.
Semolina wada or the sajjige wade is great one and quick to make,
1 cup semolina
1/4 cup curd
Salt…
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Time for a cool 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 cardmom and a table spoon of jaggary adding …
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 …
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my last meal curd rice (2) If it was the last meal for the rest of my life what would it be? bisebele bath and curd rice of course. bisibele bath is a traditional south Indian rice casserole cooked with equal volume of rice and lentil, spices are added. with advent of vegetable fads "English …
