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Onions a political barometer

The price of onions in Maharashtra tells you more about inflation and political health than the financial papers.

Bring on the Emmenthal,the Gruyere, the Gouda, the Pecorino...

In fact add the Taleggio, the Casciotti, the Provola, the Edam, the Buchette,the Crottin de Chavignol.... and a hundred others.We are ready to try them all.

So you want to be the author of a cookbook?

Perhaps you need to publish it yourself. Besides Jigyasa Giri and Pratibha Jain who  brought out the wildly successful "Cooking with Pedatha'  last year, there are some other successful authors who did.

Watch what you eat from today!

And we thought we were safe from all that. Even if you read the small print you won't find these GM foods mentioned.  Now in India!

Hara Kanda Bhaji-Spring Onion, Scallion or Green Onion Vegetable

I like spring onions in many dishes. They are almost always part of my salads. They also makes a delicious cooked vegetable. Spring onions are the shoots that grow from the onion bulb. Look for light and bright green leaves which are fresh, not limp. The onions at the root should be quite small. They have a flavour much like chives but a lot stronger.This is one of those super fast recipes to keep at hand .

Ingredients

1 bunch of Spring onions. Wash well and chop into 1/2 inch bits. Makes about 4 cups of greens.
2 tbsp. Vegetable oil
1 tsp. methi / fenugreek seeds
3 green chillies finely chopped
1/2 tsp. hing / asafetoeda
3 tbsp. besan atta / bengal gram flour
Salt
Marble size piece of gur/ jaggery or 1 tsp sugar

Heat the oil in a kadhai or heavy pan. Add the methi seeds and green chillies and saute for a few seconds till the seeds splutter. Add the spring onions the salt and gur and stir well before covering tightly and cooking on a low fire till done. About 7 minutes. Move the greens to the side and let the water evaporate on high heat. Now add the besan sprinkling it over the greens a spoon at a time taking care to see that they do not form lumps . Stir well and add more besan till the greens are lightly coated with the gram flour.Cover and cook till the gram flour smells done, not raw. This takes about 7 minutes when stirred well from time to time.. Do not let it stick to the pan.Serve hot with chapathi or rice. Believe me it tastes delicious.

Amche Olive Oil?

Wasteland wanted for new directions in farming.

Monty Panesar's food is another man's poison.

Do our chaps eat better ?  Evidently if you go by the results of the last India /England Twenty20.!

Towards cleaner Street Food

To all those who love street food here's some good news. Beleghatta Canal moves towards better times.

Catherine Zeta Jones and Tikka Masala

What a load of bunkum.

Catering to the Corporate World

Bombay, Delhi, Pune, Chennai. Everywhere you work you have access to a good hot meal  from speciality catering companies.