The Steaming Pot - Easy vegetarian recipes from India

We are truly blessed in India to have access to a wide variety of mangoes* – from the tangy Totapuri to the syrupy-sweet Chausa, from the small Sindhura to the massive Banganapalli – each abundant in our neighborhood stores.

Regional variations exist of course: try as we might, we cannot get Bihar’s Malda mangoes in Bangalore (no, please don’t tell me they are on Blinkit; you need to eat the real deal) – but these variations only add to the richness of India’s mangoscape.

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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 busy days.

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The world of technology looks firmly foodward 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 programming style to automated testing.

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I often shop online for cookware. The result can be a hit or miss. We can’t accurately gauge the size, thickness and “feel” of pots and pans until we handle them non-virtually. Then there is the bigger question of how well the cookware 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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