Kerala Ishtu: Creamy vegetable stew Roli Books Keralan 'ishtu' is a deliciously creamy and mild vegetarian stew In The Great Indian Thali cookbook, Nandita Iyer shares her recipe for a mild, coconut-based stew made with seasonal vegetables and a hint of spice. The Kerala ishtu, however, can be made with or without meat – either using beef or lamb, or …
It is said that context is everything. Fortuitously, I was able to task Ather Farouqui to undertake the Urdu translation of the play which he named Babur ki Aulad and translated in both Urdu and Nagri scripts without changing the language of either of the two: the Nagri version was the same as the Urdu one. In this most challenging …
Sabita Radhakrishna, 80, dons many hats. “I learned all about Syrian Christian and Moplah cuisine from two remarkable Kerala cookery experts in Dubai, with whom I spent a considerable amount of time cooking and observing their demo,” she says. Even the red rice they consume is loaded with health benefits” she says, adding, “The hallmark of the cuisine of Kerala …
‘Chaltaa hun thodi duur har ik tez-rau ke saath/pehchaantaa nahin hun abhi raahbar ko main’ or ‘I go along some distance with every swift walker/I do not yet recognize the guide’ — Mirza Ghalib. For, after all, as they quote from Pritchet, Ghalib’s each verse can be a ‘meaning machine’, and they give nine different interpretations for the sher: ‘Na …
