Seaside villages in Thiruvananthapuram like St. Andrews have a special cuisine for Christmas

Seaside villages in Thiruvananthapuram like St. Andrews have a special cuisine for Christmas

Come Christmas, home cook and culinary expert Marina Charles is busy baking her signature Orappam, a dessert that is must at homes in St. Andrews, a serene, beachside village, 14 kilometres from Thiruvananthapuram. Rice flour is cooked in coconut milk with sugar and ghee till it achieves a thick paste-like consistency. A little fennel is […]

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Seaside villages in Thiruvananthapuram like St. Andrews have a special cuisine for Christmas

Seaside villages in Thiruvananthapuram like St. Andrews have a special cuisine for Christmas

Come Christmas, home cook and culinary expert Marina Charles is busy baking her signature Orappam, a dessert that is must at homes in St. Andrews, a serene, beachside village, 14 kilometres from Thiruvananthapuram. Rice flour is cooked in coconut milk with sugar and ghee till it achieves a thick paste-like consistency. A little fennel is […]

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Madras Day | An Anglo-Indian memory of St Thomas Mount

Madras Day | An Anglo-Indian memory of St Thomas Mount

Dust devils spiral and mango trees creak with the weight of history as boys run about the sun-seared grounds. It is late afternoon at St Thomas Mount and outside the 1830-built St Thomas Garrison Church, you can hear the thump of cricket ball on bat. Not long ago, on these grounds adjoining the Mohite stadium […]

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How the Portuguese introduced the signature dish of Muttamala to Malabar

How the Portuguese introduced the signature dish of Muttamala to Malabar

Muttamaala, a signature dish from Malabar | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh Heaps of golden-coloured noodle-like strands served on a whitish marble-like base make their appearance in many bakeries in Kerala during this time of the year. It is only made on special occasions or during Ramzan, Called Muttamaala, the literal translation of which is ‘egg […]

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Dubai has become a melting pot of global cuisines thanks to its 85% expat population

Dubai has become a melting pot of global cuisines thanks to its 85% expat population

The golden city has everything from Portuguese and Indian food to the slightly lesser known Belarusian and Sudanese fare The golden city has everything from Portuguese and Indian food to the slightly lesser known Belarusian and Sudanese fare Dubai to me has always been something akin to a sprawling food court on steroids. The image […]

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