Be it Vishu or Bihu, all you need is a fistful of rice to prepare some delicious sweets

Be it Vishu or Bihu, all you need is a fistful of rice to prepare some delicious sweets

A bowl of Kerala special Ada pradhaman | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement April is not just about lilacs, as T S Eliot wrote. It is also about freshly harvested rice. The month, for most Indians, is a celebration of harvest festivals. And I, for one, am really happy with the food, especially the rice-based sweets […]

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Consoad: Bolcoke, marzipan, rose cookies, kulkuls… The tray of Christmas goodies shared by the Anglo-Indian community in Kerala’s Fort Kochi

Consoad: Bolcoke, marzipan, rose cookies, kulkuls… The tray of Christmas goodies shared by the Anglo-Indian community in Kerala’s Fort Kochi

Faylene and Godfrey Lobo’s house in Vypin is Christmas-ready, well almost. The Christmas tree will have to wait until the painters are done with the maintenance. It is usually up to coincide with Advent. Faylene has however started work on the confections and savouries that will be part of the consoad. While in Portugal it […]

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