No grinding. No fancy masala. No biryani powder. Just the OG Tomato Rice every Amma packed in our lunch boxes. ❤️🍅 This is not a fancy recipe — this is the original tomato rice that many of us grew up eating from our school lunch boxes. Made with just onions, tomatoes, garlic, and a few …
No basmati? No problem. 😄 This recipe was born out of a pure biryani craving — the kind that hits suddenly and refuses to leave. I wanted biryani. I didn’t want takeout. I didn’t want to go out. But I had no basmati rice and no jeeraga samba. What I did have? Everyday ponni rice. …
Some recipes heal you. Not just in body — but in heart too. 🤍 I was living in Coimbatore and I fell sick one day. Cold, digestive issues — the kind of day when you just want someone to take care of you. My support system back then was my house help Akka. She was …
Some cravings hit you at the most unexpected moments. 😄 There was a small eatery in my neighbourhood when I was growing up. Their chapattis were amazing — but what I loved most was the lobia curry they served at night. Karamani gravy, rich and flavourful, the kind that you remember for years. Whenever possible …
Almost a decade ago my husband and I visited Mumbai and did what any food lover would do — we ate our way through every street and every eatery we could find. 😄 One evening we stopped at a street stall and watched an anna making tawa pulao on a massive iron tawa. The sound …
