And so I am back after a long hiatus – here is a litany of excuses for my absence (alas, noticed only by family and friends!) : too much work at the day job; unforeseen socialising with people who live Continue reading
Every time we are invited to someone’s home for a meal, the son (no doubt encouraged by his parents) plays the prediction game: Are we going to be served Indian, Western or mish-mash? If Indian, will he like it? If Continue reading
It’s not Diwali if there is no Dahi Pohe for breakfast immediately after our ritual, paste-and- scrub- heavy ex-foliating baths. Pohe are… just a sec! A quick look up on Wikipedia reveals that they, in fact, are ” a dehusked Continue reading
I have spent my entire life running away from the “Bharatiya Nari” tag. Translated as “the Indian woman”, it is widely interpreted as a good Indian “domesticated” woman. Yes, the same woman we see fast asleep on the morning commute Continue reading
About Adam Adam Baines is passionate about Indian food and blogs as Goodkorma. Visit the About us section on his site for a great story! Indian cuisine: slow cooking in a fast world By a strange twist of fate, some Continue reading
Walk through any Indian street during late morning or early evening and you are bound to get the delicious smell of deep-fried bhajjiyas bubbling away in big cauldrons of oil. I am catering to the masses here and calling them Continue reading
To Peterborough last Sunday for the son’s swimming competition and the burning question was “what about lunch?”. Burning for the supporters that is; the competitor was instructed by his coaches to carry bagels filled with chicken and cut into quarters. Continue reading
Like other fellow Indians, the family is obsessed with Chinese food – hang on, better correct this to “Indo-Chinese” to acknowledge the fact that the Chinese food we eat in the motherland doesn’t taste anything like the real thing. Oh, Continue reading
I have spent a large part of my graduate and post graduate years putting in the word “Indian” in application forms that asked for my religion and caste. Don’t know if application forms are different in India now but at Continue reading
So we are back from a two week holiday – the highlights of which were a stupendous walk along the Thames in Richmond; my first and last visit to Hamleys (we bought Airfix glue and ran out through the fire Continue reading
