Each ingredient carefully cleaned, cut, dried and cured under the scorching sun, homemade pickles in India are much more than a condiment. So we decided to make a Pickle Map of India with traditional varieties from every corner of the country.
Indian pakoras go by many names across different states — tele bhajas, begunis or vengayam pakoras, but they are an emotion wrapped in layers of spiced besan and fried till golden brown.
Every region in India has its own special spices that can make the most mundane dish taste heavenly. So we decided to celebrate this culinary heritage by making a Spice Map of India, with some GI-tagged varieties on it!
But food preferences are so subjective, and they form such a major part of our identities. Would it be fair to say that Indian food is more unique than other cuisines of the world?
When Ashish Sood first landed in Australia, he was forced to sleep on a bench in Brisbane. Things have changed since then, but not his desire to give back to society!