Stirred into our dals are secrets from a… Last week we talked about grains versus pulses; toor; and why none of my favourite dals is a lentil (Scan the QR…
Pulse fiction: Swetha Sivakumar on dal as a toor… I am fascinated by dals. Maybe by the end of this piece, you will be too. PREMIUM (Adobe Stock) This…
From starch to finish: Swetha Sivakumar on how… Do corn starch and wheat flour have moisture in them? PREMIUM Puffed rice is used in snacks such as Rice…
The veggie with mass a-peel: Swetha Sivakumar on… When potatoes first arrived in Europe in the 16th century, aboard Spanish trading ships, they were not…
Grounds report: A coffee trail with Swetha… In 1723, more than 200 years after Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean; a French naval officer…
Laying it on thick: Swetha Sivakumar on… A can of condensed milk didn’t last long in our house, once it was opened. My mother would use about half in some…
Sticky situation: Swetha Sivakumar on how gavar… It is difficult to imagine that gavar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), the vegetable relished across the subcontinent…
The weird fruit that Hass it all: Swetha… Half an avocado (about 34 gm) contains only 0.2 gm of sugar. (Shutterstock) This is rather baffling,…
Black and brown and fed all over: Swetha… Today, the rust-removing lubricant WD-40 has no patent, because the company doesn’t want to reveal its formula.…
What heats the chilli: Swetha Sivakumar faces… Whichever way one spells it — chilli, chili or chile (India, US and Mexico, respectively) — it is definitely not a…