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Southern Tadka: A Kodi Vepudu Recipe
Read more: Southern Tadka: A Kodi Vepudu RecipeWe have a habit of collecting recipes from the places we visit. On a long visit to Kodaikanal, a hill town in the state of Tamil Nadu, we came back with the lingering taste of Kodi Vepudu or the Andhra chicken fry. Like most hill towns, the churn is continuous in Kodaikanal, with crowds spilling…
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Peaches, Plums & Poetry
Read more: Peaches, Plums & PoetryWe’ve been busy. The season has been about whipping up peach cobblers and crumbles; using the spoonfuls of crispy-sweet-sour-tarty goodness to offset the pall of the monsoon. Plum jam has been made, folded into a rava cake learnt during the pandemic. The cherries have been had whole, made into a compote for the panna cotta…
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Hot Take: Sriracha, Climate Change and Comfort Food
Read more: Hot Take: Sriracha, Climate Change and Comfort FoodOn days when climate anxiety is running high, I hold on tight to my coffee mug. I wonder what days without coffee and chocolate would be like, immediately check my privilege and go down a bleaker path. News of food shortages are becoming a lot more common, but I didn’t anticipate stories on ‘How to…
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Mango, Pista, Malai
Read more: Mango, Pista, MalaiThe dessert is getting quirkier. In the growing universe of gelatos, vegan, low-sugar/no-sugar, artisanal ice creams, the syllables are adding up. You have everything from black sesame and honeycomb, blue cheese, lavender, basil to the Indian spinoffs gulab jamun, pani puri, puran poli and more. I’ll take the salted caramel and the fruit flavours most…
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From the Coast: A Prawn and Mango Curry Recipe
Read more: From the Coast: A Prawn and Mango Curry RecipeWhen you are born in a coastal town, seasons revolve around fish. Summers may invoke mango fervour, but it’s also the season when the curry powders and masalas are made, dried fish cleaned and stocked for the year, and tangy fish curries spur afternoon siestas. The smell of dried fish (shrimp, prawns, bombay duck) fills…
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