Pesto if made well is lovely. There is a flood of commercial varieties on the shelves in India and the few that I have tried are greasy...

A kootu, also spelt as kutu, is a South Indian dish from Tamil Nadu and Kerala that is composed of a vegetable, lentils, and coconut...

When we think of Hyderabadi cuisine, Biryani pops to mind. But several other dishes are also iconic, coming to this blog soon, and Bhagare baingan is one of these classics. This dish arrived with the Mughals and is a legacy of the importance of eggplant in Muslim culture. Although this dish is strongly associated with the Mughal influence on the cuisine of this region, this dish is, in reality, a perfect merging of Mughal and Rayalseema cuisine. Poppy seeds travelled with th