This is a very tasty, spicy side dish for rice using smoked brinjal cooked on open fire. With only a few ingredients it can be prepared in a jiffy. Large white brinjals are preferred. Large deep purple ones are also good for this pachadi. In fact I prepare this dish only using purple brinjal as…

This is a wildly popular sweet in all of India – Rava kesari in the south and suji halwa in north India. This is the first recipe in my recipe diary, that I noted down from my pinni (Bangalore) for this is one of the first sweet recipes any newbie learns as it is easy…

Podis are important accompaniments to south Indian food – rice or dishes like idly, dosa. Their main purpose is to add flavor to the base food. These wonderful powders which are simply a mix of spice and lentil or sometimes leafy greens, as in this case, are appetizers, digestive aids, healthy substitute for other dishes…

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  There was a time when my sense of right and wrong and good and bad were clear. It has changed so much now that I find it difficult to even voice this reflection without putting a ‘quite’ or ‘more-or-less’ before that clear. I am not clear about anything anymore. For a while I was…

Thoughts on Relativism As I struggle to single out the one item from the countless flashing ideas for my first blog post, there is the strain of conception and the pain of labor. Identifying the seed that will lead to the best genesis, developing it with utmost care and finally delivering the brainchild. Well, this…