Like any other art, cooking requires patience, practice and the right tools and equipment. There are hundreds of different kitchen gadgets available in the market and some variations on all of them! Although the great cooks will tell you, all they need is just these five basic things to cook…a sharp knife, a pot, a […]

Every one are so different, when it comes to our food preferences! Some people like hot and spicy meals, while others crave for chilled desserts and some cannot stand the smell of spices! Yep, its very hard to please everyone in the dinner table. So, if you wanna fix a dinner and clueless what would […]

  English Tamil Hindi Telugu Asparagus  – - – Baby Corn  Pinchu Makkacholam – - Beans, Green Beans, String Beans Beans Phaliyam Bins Beet Root, Beets Beet Root Chuquander Beetroot Bitter Gourd, Bitter Melon Pavakai Karela Kakarkaye Bottle Gourd  Soraikai Lauki Sorakaya Brinjal, Eggplant, Aubergine Kathirikai Baingan Vengaya Broad Beans  Avaraikai Sem Chikudukaya Broccoli  Broccoli […]

English Tamil Hindi Telugu Botanical Name – Maratti Mokku  - Marathi Moggu – - Vasambu  - – Acrorus clamus – Kadukkai  - – Terminalia chebula Ajowan, Tymol Seeds, Carom, Bishop’s weed Omam Oma Oma Trachyspermum ammi Allspice – - – Pimenta dioica Aniseed – Suwa, Shopa – Pimpinella anisum Asafoetida Perungayam Hing Hingua Ferula asafoetida […]

Sometimes, it is necessary for every cook to substitute one ingredient with another. Whenever the ingredients mentioned in your recipe is not available or if you are allergic to some foods, it is inevitable to think about the other alternates. So, its good to know the facts about the substitutions that we generally opt for. […]

I am not the right person to talk about the measurements, you see. You should consider taking advise from someone who is good in Mathematics. I hardly pay attention to anything that looks and sounds like numbers! In fact, me and the word ‘arithmetic’ should not even be in the same sentence!!! If you still […]

“Desi” – our local lingo to refer people from the Indian subcontinent in America. The term ‘desi’ comes from a Hindi word, meaning native (someone or something belongs to the land)…in this case, Indians, Nepalese, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Sri Lankan, Singaporean and Malasian Indians. The growing Indian-American population has given rise to the ready to eat […]