cuisine - Different Truths

May 24, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

Vindaloo: A Delightful Marriage of Eastern and Western Cuisines in Goa

Vindaloo is a garbled pronunciation of the original Portuguese dish ‘carne de Vinha d’alhos,’ which means, meat marinated in wine vinegar and garlic. The local conditions tweaked the dish...

May 19, 2017
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Yummilicious Malai Kulfi to Beat the Heat

Hyderabad-based Sarika shares the recipe of Malai Kulfi, an Indian cuisine, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Until last year, summer breaks were fun and frolic for...

April 12, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food

The Story of Succulent Kebabs

The Moroccan traveller Ibn Batuta stated that kebab was an important part of the food partaken by Indian royalty as far back as 1200 AD. The kebab that the...

January 11, 2017
Lily Swarn
Food, History & Culture

Butter Chicken: The Emperor of Salivating Gluttons

The fascinating journey of Butter Chicken can be traced to a tiny eatery in the old city of Delhi. It rose to international acclaim and to being the staple dish...

November 25, 2016
Arindam Roy
Awards & Honours

First Anniversary of Different Truths: Felicitations and Team DT

Different Truths completes one year at the strike of the midnight hour, in India. A year back, two Founders dared to dream. Soon it became a shared vision. Poets and...

November 9, 2016
Lily Swarn
People, Place, Travel & Food

Music, Monuments, Culture and Style gives Lucknow its Nawabi Nazakat

The fragrance of kebabs wafts out of the very mention of Lucknow and the cultural bonanza it offers is the stuff dreams are made of. The city is synonymous with...

November 4, 2016
Anumita Roy
Food

Rejuvenate with Clean Food: Asparagus and Garlic Green Beans Stir Fries

Clean foods are those which are less cooked or not cooked at all. A mild sauté or steam of vegetables both leafy and fibrous is good for the body....

June 21, 2016
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

How Green is my Platter!

Mother’s recipe is the ultimate comfort food. Sarika shares an ethnic Bengali dish, the secret of making Kachu saag – just the way her mother does. It is time consuming...

January 13, 2016
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Sarika shares her version of the wholesome Shepherd’s Pie. Traditionally cooked with minced mutton, she changed it to minced chicken. Here’s an Indian version of the English and Irish cuisine. Shepherd’s...

December 3, 2015
Mira Pawar
Fairs & Festivals

The Fervor and Gaiety at Pushkaram Festival

Pushkaram festival is an auspicious fair-festival celebrated in Andhra Pradesh and Telengana states, every twelve years. During the Pushkaram festival devotees brave various difficulties. They rush to observe the holy tradition....

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