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“Morning and afternoon tea are elaborate rituals around which all schedules rotate and all meaningful work comes to a standstill.” – Kept: An American Househusband in India Ingredients 11/2 cups water 8 cardamom pods 8 whole cloves 1 cinnamon stick 2/3 cup milk 6 tsp sugar 3 tsp black tea […]
Halva (or halwa) means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. In India, it is a sweet confection, typically with moong dal (mung bean), semolina, wheat or carrot as a primary ingredient. I’ve never met a halva I didn’t like, but my favorite is carrot halva. […]
“Dinesh is now a slightly chubby personification of the Indian dream. His parents arranged for him an excellent match to intelligent and kindhearted Dharani—Dana describes her as a ‘female Dinesh’, intended as the most sincere of compliments. We visit their home, and Dharani cooks for us the best meal we eat […]
“…and sweet lassi, a frothy drink of yogurt, water, and sugar that serves very well to moderate the heat of some of the spicier dishes.” – Kept: An American Househusband in India. In India there are both sweet and salty lassis. The salty version, I’ve found, is an acquired taste, […]
When Dharani, Dinesh and kids visited us in the US, they found the food tolerable at best. “Everything’s so bland,” was a common complaint. This worked out nicely for us, because Dharani insisted on cooking in our kitchen on a daily basis. This is one of her family’s favorite chutneys. […]