We had this awesome sambar at a friends place during the Diwali weekend. It was made by my friend's mother and she had used pumpkin and ladiesfinger/okra for the sambar. The family has it's roots in Palakkad,a town on the border of Tamil Nadu and...

Dosa? Crêpe? Pancake? What does one call a 'dosa' in English-is it a crêpe or a pancake? Oh but wait a minute-'crêpe ' is actually French in origin,so does that make the English translation of the 'dosa' a 'pancake'? Can't I just call it a ...

I was looking for some quick and easy recipes for Indian sweets to make for Diwali and I came across this microwave recipe for "Condensed milk halwa" on Veggie Platter. This was not just quick and easy,but quite surprisingly needed just three...

One of my friends had sent this in an email and I thought it was worth sharing with all instead of forwarding it to a selected few: The Gym ----------------------------------- Bulging belly, sagging chest The misery Nature does manifest Those cravings...

Cucumber and mung dal kosumbari "Kosumbari" is the term for salad in the Kannada language(called 'koshimbir' in Marathi). This is one of the easiest salads and it always reminds me of the traditional foods made during festivals and weddings. This is...