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• Jalebi: Iconic Sweet Spirals of India

  In Cook, Food / 12 February 2012 / 0 comments

  

  Take a walk through most any market and you’ll inevitably stumble across a stall making India’s most iconic, delicious, and habit forming snacks. Jalebi is a popular sweet among Indians, and after one taste, it’s [...]

• You Say Dosa, I Say Dosai (VIDEO)

  In Cook, Food / 4 January 2012 / 0 comments

  

  A mixture of rice and urad dal is the recipe base for idli, South India’s most popular breakfast food. It also is the start to South India’s second most popular breakfast item, dosa. Two completely [...]

• Incredible India? More like Incredible Idli!

  In Cook, Food / 14 December 2011 / 8 comments

  

  Years of travel in North India set my palette to expect nothing more interesting than simple parantha and curd for breakfast. Don’t misunderstand me, I love a good spicy gobi parantha. What’s not to like [...]

• Sambhar, South India Lentil Stew For Rice, Idli, Vada or Dosa

  In Cook, Food / 22 November 2011 / 1 comment

  

  Sambar (sambhar), a South Indian lentil stew that is as traditional to India as apple pie is to America. And as such, it seems every family has their own recipe including how to make sambar, [...]

• Coconut Chutney (Kobbari Pacchadi) VIDEO

  In Cook / 10 November 2011 / 1 comment

  

  America has bacon. England has fried tomatoes. And India has coconut chutney. No food is as important for breakfast in the southern states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh than freshly made kobbari [...]

• Onion Chutney (Ulli Chammanthi) VIDEO

  In Cook / 10 November 2011 / 0 comments

  

  Onion chutney (ulli chammanthi) is yet another traditional chutney in India used as a condiment with rice and breads, or as a dipping sauce for fried foods. The blend of sauteed onions and red chilies [...]