Indian Home Cooking

05/14/2020

Healthy and Delicious Home Cooking

Lockdown Cooking

05/23/2015

Food Warning for Vegetarians - What you see is not what you get, Thanks to increased reliance on food processing....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-3086256/No-bananas-vegetarian-foods-think-meat-free-actually-contain-SECRET-animal-products.html

Vegan campaigner Karin Ridgers, the founder of VeggieVision TV, reveals a surprising list of vegetarian foods that can contain animal products either from pesticides or food colouring.

05/10/2015

Food Map of India: What to eat, where in India.

05/10/2015

When Western Cooking lost the use of spices...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/03/26/394339284/how-snobbery-helped-take-the-spice-out-of-european-cooking

Complex, contrasting flavors are a hallmark of Indian cooking. They used to dominate Western food, too. What changed? When spices became less exclusive, Europe's elite revamped their cuisines.

06/01/2012

GEORGE ORWELL'S TEA RULES

1. Use tea from India or Ceylon (Sri Lanka), not China
2. Use a teapot, preferably ceramic
3. Warm the pot over direct heat
4. Tea should be strong - six spoons of leaves per 1 litre
5. Let the leaves move around the pot - no bags or strainers
6. Take the pot to the boiling kettle
7. Stir or shake the pot
8. Drink out of a tall, mug-shaped tea cup
9. Don't add creamy milk
10. Add milk to the tea, not vice versa
11. No sugar!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/3016342.stm

The recipe for the best cup of tea ever made, supposedly

12/24/2011

"The Story of India" is now available on Netflix's Instant Watch.

This 6 part series by BBC TV presenter & historian Michael Woods, narrates the history of India from 50,000 BCE to present day.

Very interesting watch!

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The-Story-of-India/70212981?strkid=856752723_0_0&lnkctr=srchrd-sr&strackid=5dbe623aaf5460a6_0_srl&trkid=222336

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12/20/2011

Are you a "Samosa" lover?

If yes, you definitely shouldn't miss this site.

http://www.samosa-connection.com

Culinary history of the samosa and how it spread from Central Asia to conquer large parts of the world.

10/18/2011

World's Oldest Marathon Runner completes Toronto Marathon at age of 100 and reveals his secret....

Is it ginger curry & tea OR staying healthy & being positive?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2032862/Ginger-curry-copious-cups-tea-Worlds-oldest-marathon-runner-100-reveals-secrets-success.html

Quick-footed centenarian Fauja Singh has become the first person to sign up to the 2012 Edinburgh Marathon Festival.

10/10/2011

Interesting.... an Italian American Sikh taxi driver in NYC. Also, some ideas on cooking Italian dishes, Punjabi cuisine way.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15236154

Maria Provenzano Singh explains what life is like as a female Italian American Sikh taxi driver in New York.

10/07/2011

Spice Watch: Turmeric may prevent Alzheimer's disease expert says

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5436618/Curry-may-prevent-Alzheimers-disease-expert-says.html

10/06/2011

Beyond Food: Raising Kids by Canadian-Indian comedian Russell Peters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn5jlrxcpkI

Now he's talking about y parents should beat their kids! SERIOUSLY gotta watch it!

09/15/2011

Authentic Indian food always has proper health-balance & taste-balance.