The Steaming Pot - Easy vegetarian recipes from India

I write this sitting in India, living through a lockdown to combat COVID-19. In these tough times, when kitchen essentials are in short supply, I am turning to comforting, minimalist recipes.

Ingredients with a long shelf life.

Recipes that skip a key item or two.

Ghee and rice.

Dishes that are quick to put together on work-from-home weekdays.

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The world of technology looks firmly food-wards when it wants to add color and flavor to its vocabulary.

Presenting for you a sampling of food words that describe products or concepts in fields ranging from cryptography to programming style to automation testing.

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I often shop online for cookware. The result can be a hit or miss. The size, thickness and “feel” of pots and pans is not evident till one sees them and handles them non-virtually. Then there is the bigger question of how well they would do their job, how sturdily they would hold up after months of use.

In this article, I talk about three of my favorite pots and pans – those that have stood the test of quality and time in my kitchen. If you’ve been wondering about buying cookware online, hopefully my experiences will help you make your decision.

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“Eat only as much as your cupped hands can hold“, goes a popular dietary maxim.

“Eat the rainbow“, advises another.

The Buddha Bowl beautifully embodies those two principles of nutrition: there’s a receptacle, a general rule that we put into it an assortment of grains, plant protein and vegetables, and a subgoal that the end result be as pleasing to the eye as it is to health.

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A round up of easy vegetarian rice dishes that you can whip up with little time and effort. The addition of vegetables, dals and condiments ensures that you get a range of flavors and nutrients with your meals.

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Had enough of aloo parathas and aloo tamatar, wondering what new to cook with that big bag of potatoes? Here’s a collection of interesting/unusual potato recipes to go with an Indian vegetarian dinner. Some of these recipes are easy, some involved – all are guaranteed to get the crowd hungry for more.

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Gifting times are round the corner. As one foodie to another, let me unabashedly say – nothing compares to the delight of receiving a gorgeously packaged food gift basket during holiday season. Use these ideas to plan food gift baskets for fellow foodies, or to let your loved ones know what *you* want!

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