Adding a whiff of freshness to the search for authentic and traditional recipes, the Tirupati leg of The Hindu’s ‘Our State, Our Taste’ culinary contest brought to the fore ‘Vepapuvvu Annam’, a dish that has almost vanished from the dining tables of our modern homes. Prasanna Venkatesh, Aashirvaad Masala Karam ITC’s area executive Rajasekhar, Hotel Vista Orchid Grand’s director Padmanaba …
If there is one unassuming Telugu household dish that rose to commercial popularity effortlessly it is the muddapappu avakai annam. Homely components Muddapappu avakai annam get its name from the three things that go into making the dish – muddapappu, avakai and annam. Once it came, I enjoyed it and appreciated the importance of Telugu comfort food on a bar …
The videos of Pakistanis brawling amongst themselves over a bag of atta continues to linger. Pakistan’s current food crisis, bankruptcy and nationwide chaos is simply a forerunner of a darker future that awaits it. The food crisis they have created obviously doesn’t impact them — it’s the same old story of the tyranny that led to the French Revolution. At …
Amid rising coronavirus cases and deaths across the country, burial sites and crematoriums have been choc-a-bloc, so much so that at times reports have claimed the cremations/burials have been done without customs of last rites. The New Indian Express reported how the NGO, Annam Seva Foundation, run by three woman Tailam Saraswathi, P Eswaramma and Battula Devisree are providing a …
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