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Did you know that more than 68% of Indians eat rice? The rest eat wheat, jowar and Bajra. Grains form an integral part of Indian cuisine. In fact, Indian food is designed to allow one of the grains take center ...

Gur or jaggery (panela is a better-known word for it) is a natural food sweetener that accounts for more than 50% of the sugar intake in India. Made from thick and concentrated sugarcane juice, these coarse cakes have a distinctive, ...

The Festival of ColorsNicknamed ‘The Festival of Colors’, Holi is a riot of bright colors interspersed with tasty food and local liquor (the potent ‘Bhaang’ made from cannabis). It is celebrated all over North and Central India. The highlight of ...

Breaking the fast“The festival of breaking the fast” occurs when the new moon is sighted after Ramadan. Sighting the crescent moon is auspicious for the Muslims for this marks the end of fasting. Muslims spend the entire month of Ramadan ...

Indian cuisine is ancient, diverse, and steeped in tradition, an amalgam of different ethnic influences, much like the country itself. The spicy food displayed at buffets in the US, or the ubiquitous “curry” in Britain are only a small fraction ...

Onam – the beautiful festival of flowers, folk songs and temple visits. Onam is the harvest festival of Kerala. Spanning over 14 days, this festival is celebrated by people all over Kerala, irrespective of caste and religion. A charming story ...

Orange (Citrus Aurantium) is the most popular of the citrus fruits. There are many varieties of oranges. Typically the tree grows up to 12 meters in height, with fruits upto 12cm in diameter, and has flowers with a sweet fragrance. ...

The pomegranate (Botanical name: Punica granatum), or ‘Anar’ in Hindi is a large, semi-seedy, six-sided fruit with a tough leathery skin. The inside is divided into several compartments which contains several cells filled with numerous angular seeds These seeds are ...

“Off with the old, bring on the new” – this is the message of Pongal. The word ‘Pongal’ refers to the boiling over of rice when cooked with milk. The festival brings with it a number of special delicacies that ...

Raisins (Botanical name: Vitis Vinifera) are dried grapes. It has been used as food from very ancient times. Raisins are produced in many parts of the world, but the bulk of them come from Italy, France, Spain, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, ...