Food Across The Salt Desert

By Rekha Guruswamy
Get acquainted with the exotic cuisine of Kutch.
On the crossroads of the Sind province near the Arabian Sea, en route to the Gulf and Europe, lies a scenic land with a backdrop of clear blue skies and golden sand dunes – The Rann of Kutch, a fertile belt rich in minerals, as well as dairy and agricultural products. To understand the [...]

Summer Specials

Dishes that will help you beat the heat!
By Nithya Subramanian

Holi officially marks the end of winter and the beginning of the hot season in India. April is the time when all the woollies are carefully packed in trunks and households get ready to brave the heat.
While the tropical weather in the southern part sees the [...]

From My Kitchen

India Se invited three young women – Jay Gandhi, Mahima Malhotra and Maccawala Umaima Zakirhusein to share their exotic Indian recipes with our readers.
By Monica Gupta

RECIPE BY JAY GANDHI

Adadiya Paak
Ingredients:
• Urad Flour: 1 cup
• Ghee: 1/2 cup
• Warm milk: 2 dessert spoon
• Coarse almond powder: 1/2 cup
• Sugar: 1 cup
• Mawa: 1/4 kilo
• Cardamom powder: [...]

Time for Makan

Indians who have settled in Singapore for several generations have created a unique cuisine that incorporates Chinese and Malay traditions.
By Nithya Subramanian

Food is a delicious confluence of culture, tradition and local ingredients. Settlers in a new land tend to mould their eating habits by incorporating regional influences and this is evident in the cuisine of [...]

From the Nizam’s Kitchen

The royals of Hyderabad loved their food so much that recipes were closely guarded.
By Nithya Subramanian

Hyderabad is both exotic and hi-tech. Old minarets and pearl bazaars exist alongside new tech parks. But even as the metro has changed its image, the delicious cuisine patronised by the wealthy Nizams is still relished by Gen Y.
It is [...]

Melaka Chitty Food - A Hot Melange of Flavours

Evolved over centuries, this delicious cuisine is South Indian food married with Chinese and Malay ingredients.
By Shobha Tsering Bhalla

If you thought Indian food was mind-bogglingly diverse, think again. There’s another exotic addition to this teeming culinary heritage, albeit from outside India, originating in Malacca where Tamil traders from Panai in Tamil Nadu settled 400 years [...]