Kind of Hindu would make a perfect blog post (it's divided into two stories in the Kindle), but it is not something I'd pay $1.99 for.…
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I finally got to try the trending Satti Sorru today at the appropriately named Satti Suttathada restaurant in Singapore.…
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A marriage of idli and regular dosa, Thattil Kutty Dosa is smaller and fluffier than the most dosa I have ever had, it reminds me of pancake.…
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Ramadan is the holiest month in the Muslim calendar. During the entire month of Ramadan, Muslims fast every day from dawn to sunset, which is meant to be a time of spiritual discipline. Ramadan And Eid Celebration in Indian Culture Eid Mubarak Fafa! Now, tell us how is Eid celebrated in Indian culture? Okay,…
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I first got to know Kalyan, the famous Indian food blogger, as an author of the Travel-Food Memoir (The Travelling Belly: Eating Through India's By-Lanes) while researching the connection between food and death in different cultures.…
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I embrace my Indian heritage more after I received my Heritage DNA test result which stated that I was 100% pureblood South Indian.…
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There is only one dish I would publicly admit that someone else cooks better than my Amma. The dish is a South Indian street food known as vadai (or vada or vade). And the person who beats Amma in making it is a white-bearded old man who owns a small food stall, Bhai Sarbat, on…
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In my dream, I stay in an apartment right above Little India. I manage a cultural publication solely dedicated to Little India and spend my days writing about everything about it.…
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I would love to keep the Diwali tradition of hanging out with my loved ones - parents, cousins and friends - it's so precious.…
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One of the very few highlights of going to work was on a very few random days, Uncle Murthi would come and ask us whether we wanted his homemade (made by his wife) fish curry+idiyappam combo. The answer had always been “YES UNCLE!“. I then would spend the next few days dreaming about it…
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