I spent most of my time on houseboat enjoying the beautiful sights of Kerala backwaters before they eventually dropped us back to the land.…
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With friendly staff, delicious snacks and a perfect ambience, Satya Chai Longue hit the trifecta of a great speakeasy.…
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If this is how the Brits interpret Indian food, I am here for it. Chicken Tikka Masala, you got my seal of approval.…
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One of my absolute favourite thing from binge-ing on her podcasts was Nila using "Spicy Sambar" or "Sexy Semiya" as terms of endearment.…
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Holi, a festival celebrated widely in India, marks the arrival of spring on the last full moon day of the Hindu lunar calendar.…
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Today's menu is Karuveppilai Eral (curry-leaves prawn) curry. It's the first recipe I marked and tried from the Curry Guy recipe book I bought recently after declaring to Fafa that cooking curries will be one of my 2022 goals. Prawn because it's my fave seafood, second to crab. And a curry dish from the…
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A little Google back home shed a bit more information on Nimbu Mirchi. As the shop owner said, it's usually hung in place of business to ward off the evil eye - kind of like Indian Feng Shui, if I may.…
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I can’t think of more soul-nourishing Indian cuisine than the classic thali meal ━ an interchangeable symbol of Indian food culture. Thali meal, the king of Indian food, is usually served as a wedding feast, during festivals and all sorts of celebrations, such as Onam and Diwali. A thali meal means a full plate…
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A scene I have seen in many South Indian movies but never got to experience myself — the true authentic South Indian hotel/eatery food culture.…
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During Hungry Ghost Months, humans do the age-old tradition of ancestor worshipping and hungry ghost appeasing as it’s believed that the spirit-world gate opens, and the ghosts return to the living world for a whole month.…
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