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Khar: The Astringent of Assam
By Shakthi Bharathi and Himasweeta Sarma According to Ayurveda, there are six tastes known as the ‘rasas’. Each rasa plays its own role in boosting health and influencing the taster’s mood. Thus, the perfect meal has to contain all six rasas: salty, sweet, pungent, sour, bitter, and astringent. Astringents, the last of these, are peculiar. […]
Sundakkai: The Bitter Berry
By Shakthi Bharathi According to Ayurveda, there are six tastes known as the ‘rasas’. Each rasa plays its own role in boosting health and influencing the taster’s mood. Thus, the perfect meal has to contain all six rasas: salty, sweet, pungent, sour, bitter, and astringent. Bitterness often gets a bad reputation as the smell of […]
Kokum: The Versatile Fruit
By Shakthi Bharathi According to Ayurveda, there are six tastes known as the ‘rasas’. Each rasa plays its own role in boosting health and influencing the taster’s mood. Thus, the perfect meal has to contain all six rasas: salty, sweet, pungent, sour, bitter, and astringent. ‘Sour’ is a combination of the first three—it has the […]
Raja Mircha: The King of Chilies
By Shakthi Bharathi According to Ayurveda, there are six tastes known as the ‘rasas’. Each rasa plays its own role in boosting health and influencing the taster’s mood. Thus, the perfect meal has to contain all six rasas: salty, sweet, pungent, sour, bitter, and astringent. India has been invaded time and again for its greatest […]
Jaggery: The Healthy Sugar
By Shakthi Bharathi According to Ayurveda, there are six tastes known as the ‘rasas’. Each rasa plays its own role in boosting health and influencing the taster’s mood. Thus, the perfect meal has to contain all six rasas: salty, sweet, pungent, sour, bitter, and astringent. India, known for its festive sweets as much as its […]
Kala Namak: The Black Salt
By Shakthi Bharathi According to Ayurveda, there are six tastes known as the ‘rasas’. Each rasa plays its own role in boosting health and influencing the taster’s mood. Thus, the perfect meal has to contain all six rasas: salty, sweet, pungent, sour, bitter, and astringent. Salt, the first of these, has always been valuable […]
The Invention of Gadbad Ice Cream
By Sinchana Shetty During the summer season, when the craving for ice cream is higher than the temperature, some go for the classic Gadbad Ice Cream. Popularised in Mangalore, packaged versions of this ice cream can now be found in every store. But do you know how this iconic ice cream came to be? It […]
Gobi’s Globetrotting Gastro-tale!
Cauliflower was brought to India from England in 1822, and became an instant hit with the local population, who incorporated the vegetable into their traditional recipes.
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Dr Kotnis in China
In 1938, twenty-eight-year-old Dr Dwarkanath Kotnis was part of a medical mission that India sent to aid China in its war with Japan. Dr Kotnis was committed to saving lives, even in the precarious war-time situation. He remained behind to continue his work in China after the rest of his group returned. He was, and remains, a selfless and fearless hero to the people of China and India alike.
