Curating a monsoon food and art festival at The Park New Delhi has been fun and a good learning experience. I discovered the importance of seasonal foods in our cooking traditions… Seasonal diets have always been an intrinsic part of Indian regional cuisine(s). While we may not have had codified “kitchen literature”, and recipes and [...]
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Monsoon cuisines of India
Posted by Anoothi Vishal on July 24th, 2010
Posted in Cuisines, Culture in India, Eat Healthy, Luxury 
Tags: Agrarian World, Art Festival, Art Literature, Climactic Conditions, Cuisines Of India, Curating, Family Recipes, Food Community, Ganpati, Golen, Indian Families, Methods Of Cooking, Monsoons In India, Odd Shower, Onam, Rakshabandhan, Regional Cuisine, Savouries, Seasonal Foods, Teej 
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Posted by Anoothi Vishal on August 10th, 2009
Chicken soup is what mothers recommend, not to mention Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, each time you feel a little low — whether from a bout of flu or from the business of living. But my all-time favourite is a variation of it — a chicken sweet-corn soup, that staple of Indian-Chinese food across [...]
Posted in Cuisines, Eat Healthy Tags: Canned Corn, Canned Crab, Chaat Masala, Chicken Soup, Chicken Sweet Corn Soup, Chillies, Chinese Food, Concoction, Coriander, Cornflour, Dalal, Fortune Cookie, Fresh Seafood, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Noida, Soya, Suburbian, Sweet Corn Soup, Vegetarians 1 Comment »Indian Food Made Easy by Anjum Anand
Posted by Anoothi Vishal on April 2nd, 2009
A presenter of BBC2’s Indian Food Made Easy, Anjum Anand is as attractive as some of the recipes photographed for this beautifully brought out book—with photographs by Vanessa Courtier. Anjum’s show was being aired on Discovery Travel and Living in India and the book was brought out alongside, or at least that’s how I laid [...]
Posted in C'Wealth Cuisines, Eat Healthy, Recipes Tags: Anjum Anand, Bbc2, Bread Crumbs, Burgers, Chicken Meat, Chicken Section, Chicken Tikka, Chilli Chicken, Chutneys, Courtier, Discovery Travel, Indian Food, Indian Spices, Lamb Kebabs, Lamb Section, Lentils, Lettuce, Light Meals, Succulent Chicken, Yoghurt Comments OffEating cheaper and healthier in India
Posted by Anoothi Vishal on February 6th, 2009
When the going is not good, financially, the world just gets fatter—has been a finding in the US. The reason is not hard to look for: With lesser money to spend on “non essentials”, jobs on the line and fears of more loss, people cut back on healthier but more expensive dining options; fresh fish, [...]
Posted in Eat Healthy Tags: Cheap Burgers, Dabba, Economic Necessity, Empty Calories, Everyman, Financial Situation, Fresh Fish, Fruits And Veggies, Happy Meal, Obesity And Health Risks, Parathas, Relative Poverty, Roti, Sambhar, Samosa, Unhealthy Eating, Value Meals, Western Paradigm, Wholesome Food, Young Kids 1 Comment »
