As is usual, at the nick of time, here I am with my entries for the ‘Sizzling Summer Contest’. For this contest, I wanted to make something that immediately comes to my mind when I think of summer. When in India, summer meant mangoes…a lot of them…And although you complain about the sweltering heat that … [Read more…]
Eating greens raw is very foreign to Indians, and I felt the same way too. We are so not used to the notion of something that is raw, tasting good. I forced myself to eat salads, when I couldn’t eat anything else because of my gestational diabetes. My diet salad consisted of greens, chopped egg … [Read more…]
Barley, one of the grains not very well known in Indian kitchens, has been my recent acquaintances. That is, after I tasted ‘pearl barley’. It tasted very much like rice, only a bit chewier. I started using it when I make paruppu adai, and then sometimes I add a handful when I soak the rice … [Read more…]