by Admin | Dec 15, 2023 | Salads & Dressings
Meera Prasad is a very successful doctor in Bangalore. She belongs to a community of Shivalli Brahmins whose main temple, dedicated to Lord Krishna, is in Udupi, in northern Karnataka. Hundreds of people are fed at the temple daily, and it is here that young men come...
by Admin | Dec 14, 2023 | Sauces, Side Dishes
Baghara baigan is one of Hyderabad’s most famous and luscious sweet-and-sour vegetarian dishes. It calls for small eggplants that are partially quartered lengthwise, stuffed, fried, and then put in a sauce filled with roasted and ground sesame seeds and nuts, along...
by Admin | Dec 13, 2023 | Sauces, Side Dishes
Here is a wonderfully delicious southern poriyal. (For more on the subject, see the note.) This is a dry stir-fry, so it does not have a sauce. It is eaten with rather flowing dishes, such as a sambar (see South Indian Dal with Vegetables), rice, and yogurt relishes....
by Admin | Dec 12, 2023 | Side Dishes
When an Indian child fighting with another Indian child says, “I am going to make a bharta out of you,” he or she means that the intention is to make a mash out of the other child. This is my way of explaining that bhartas are mashed vegetables, seasoned in a variety...
by Admin | Dec 11, 2023 | Sauces, Side Dishes
Chokah is eaten all over Bihar. In the villages there, it could be the only dish of the day, eaten with simple whole-grain flatbreads, such as chapatis, or rice. (Similar dishes, known as “bharta,” exist all across North India.) It can also be served as part of a meal...
