Food

https://www.profitableratecpm.com/uee56znv?key=8f9ddbf2d40d4c791fc2f8f9b566cf05 Mohammed Kasim shows his students the perfect way to make a parotta at Selfie Parotta Coaching Centre in Madurai. | Photo Credit: Moorthy G “The art of making the perfect parotta begins with hand exercises. Fold your thumb in and rotate your wrist clockwise. Watch what I am doing. Repeat this ten times,” explains…

Vallachira Panchayath Onagosham  The Onam celebrations of Vallachira—‘Vallachira Panchayath Onagosham’— is set to go global. A Responsible Tourism Company, The Blue Yonder, along with Kerala Tourism is pivoting the festivities of the village, 15 kms from Thrissur, as a showcase for travellers. A pre Onam festival held in July 2023, had 25 vloggers and industry stakeholders…

Thoran is a simple mixed vegetable stir fry that can be made with an array of vegetables. It is aromatic with shallots, garlic cumin and coconut oil. It is a compulsory component of an onam sadhya. Thoran Ingredients Mix vegetabless – 3 cups (I have used only carrots, cabbage and string beans. You can also…

https://www.profitableratecpm.com/uee56znv?key=8f9ddbf2d40d4c791fc2f8f9b566cf05 Aviyal | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The recipe for Avial changes from kitchen-to-kitchen and is influenced by the vegetables used to flavour it. It comes with a curd-based sauce. By replacing curd with a plant-based yogurt, this wholesome dish can be enjoyed by vegans as well. While it is a quintessential part of Kerala…

This bright pink pachadi is a side dish that can be made quickly and has the potential to elevate your sadya with sweetness from beetroot and sizzle from green chilli. Beetroot pachadi Ingredients Beetroot, medium size, peeled and grated – 2 Sate to taste Coconut, grated – 1/2 cup Green chilli- 2 Cumin/jeera 1 tsp…

K.G.N. Aarifa Biryani Centre At K.G.N. Aarifa Biryani Centre, biryani masters begin their work during the wee hours, so that by 8 am huge cauldrons of piping hot biryani are ready for sale. The biriyani shops here started on a small scale, mostly to cater to the many daily wage earners who finish their night…

https://www.profitableratecpm.com/uee56znv?key=8f9ddbf2d40d4c791fc2f8f9b566cf05 Lamb Burger | Photo Credit: Special arrangement There is a class action lawsuit in the US against fast food giant Burger King that their signature Whopper burgers shown in images are allegedly 35% larger, with more than double the amount of meat compared to what was actually served to customers. Why worry over mass-produced,…

Remember that craving for homemade pickle, mulagu podi, chammanthi podi, poha, cookies and chivdawhen you were away from home? If you live or have lived away from home — either as a student or for work — you know it. And it was something Mumbai-based engineer Reshma Suresh felt intensely when she moved away from…

https://www.profitableratecpm.com/uee56znv?key=8f9ddbf2d40d4c791fc2f8f9b566cf05 Organic cotton dhoties | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement From a 21-dish onasadya with avial(vegetables made with coconut and milk), olan (ash gourd with beans in a thick coconut milk gravy), kichadi (gourd in yoghurt curry), pachadi (pineapple or bitter gourd in yoghurt) and five varieties of lip smacking payasams to Onam combo pack of…

Sundal sellers of Marina A young lad with a steel container balanced on his shoulder, weaving his way through a crowded Marina beach: this image has long been synonymous with Chennai. Marina is lined with food trucks and stalls selling everything from ‘Chinese’ to spring potato. But years ago, it was beach sundal that people…