Growing up in India meant growing up eating Indian food. And eating Indian food meant nearly every dish was garnished with chopped cilantro leaves. I have lived in many cities and towns in India. The most ubiquitous factor in an Indian family’s life is their “sabziwallah” and “keerai-kari”. “Sabziwallah” simply means “vegetable man”. He would [...]

When I was a tween, one of my favorite pastimes was to spend hot summer afternoons, perching precariously in the crook of the guava tree in the backyard, reading Enid Blyton books. I was fascinated by one of Enid Blyton’s characters, Kiki, the talking parrot, who would always squawk, “Shut the door and wipe your [...]

We had dosa for breakfast today. And I was too lazy to make the accompaniments of Chutney, Sambar etc. So, we did what we usually do – use one of the leftover dishes that was bought from a restaurant. We had been to a Thai place a couple of days ago and ordered a Coconut [...]