Meet South India’s Favorite Comfort Food

Few things can beat the feeling of biting into a piping hot idli, soft as cloud and with the characteristic sharp after-taste that this amazing dish leaves on one’s palate. Idli, the south Indian version of rice cake, is made from a fermented batter of ground rice, lentils, fenugreek seeds and salt. For...

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Check Out This Unique Indian Ingredient

While most Indian restaurants have popularized northern Indian cuisine and Southern Indian cuisine heavily, there are certain regional cuisines which even most Indians have little knowledge of. We already covered gems like black rice and red ant chutney. This week we have akhuni. Akhuni comes from the North...

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Exotic Dining Takes A New Form With Red Ant Chutney

In a land known for its exotic ways of life, there is something to surprise you at every turn. A lot of such exotic elements come from the food of India. Apart from the well known vindaloos, naans and various curries, Indian food also has some relatively unknown foods like black rice, fermented soya bean,...

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The Black (Food) Beauty!

So, everybody knows India is the land of rice and curry. The fluffy snow white grains of rice seamlessly take on the flavors of curry to create a taste explosion in your mouth. But, there’s another lesser know variety of rice which rarely gets its due in the spotlight. Black rice, also known as purple rice...

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