The food cooked by our mothers and grandmothers have a very unique flavour because they do most things by hand and spend ours churning out dishes. If you use homemade yogurt, ghee etc the taste and aroma of food is totally different than if you use factory made products.

Crushing garlic with pestle is so different than using a chopper and then…[Read more]

Very nicely put. We have almost forgotten how to enjoy simple things in life.

Though very depressing, your post sums up the situation to a tee. Writers are forced to spend longer hours on the keyboard and generally good and bad writers are earning the same amount because a lot more depends on how active you are on social media than how well ranked an article is on search engines.

Times have changed a lot and I guess we have to move along. But with online games and computers, physical and emotional health has deteriorated in our children. There should be a balance and it is up to the parents to provide this balance by taking children to parks and gardens or enrolling children in swimming, sports classes etc. But technology…[Read more]

I would prefer a book anytime over a TV program or movie. I like TV and movies but in small doses and they have to be exceptionally good with a strong plot, great cast and good story.

This one fits Stephen King’s definition of great opening line: “Listen. Come in here. You want to know about this.”

At what stage do you add sweet corn?

Chicken corn soup is a must have dish in our home in winter and there is usually a pot in which stock is being prepared on a daily basis.

My recipe is quite similar to yours. But I make a coarse paste of sweet corn in blender and add it with shredded chicken in stock and boil thoroughly before adding…[Read more]