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Suresh Hinduja's Blog



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Bengali Recipes

Posted by Suresh Hinduja, 20 May 2010 - - - - - - · 78 views

Bengali Wedding Feast And Bahubhat A Bengali weddin s a midnight celebration and reminiscent of all that is poetic and sentimental. The bride dressed in a red and gold sari, wears a crown of soft white wood and is given vermillion in her hair with ornaments of every variety. The groom too wears his crown and a flowing silk...


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Langhar Recipes

Posted by Suresh Hinduja, 20 May 2010 - - - - - - · 21 views

Guru Nanak Jayanti and Guru Parab

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For Sikhs, there is no greater occasion of joy than the full moon day around October-November when Guru Nanak was born, and Guru Parab, the birthday of Guru Gobind Singh. It is a day when they rededicate themselves to...


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Parsi Jashan Recipes

Posted by Suresh Hinduja, 20 May 2010 - - - - - - · 47 views
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Parsi Jashan Parsis are a fun loving community and celebrate every possible festival with equal fervour. They eat sweets for Diwali, dance for New Year and dress up for Christmas. Their marriages, fashions and other celebrations are accompanied by legendary feasts of meat, sweets and fish specialities. Though cosmopolitan, Parsis believe...


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Recipes from Kerala

Posted by Suresh Hinduja, 20 May 2010 - - - - - - · 28 views

If all the people of Kerala - India's southernmost state were to vote for the most popular and important festival of the state, they would choose Onam unanimously. Coming almost at the end of the monsoons - around August/September, the festival celebrates the mythical return of the good kin ahabali to his subjects each year. According to legend he was...


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A WEDDING FEAST IN UTTAR PRADESH

Posted by Suresh Hinduja, 20 May 2010 - - - - - - · 56 views

A WEDDING FEAST IN UTTAR PRADESH
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Uttar pradesh - the state where the Ganga, Yamuna, Gomati and many other rivers flow, is the cradle of Indian culture. Weddings and festive days are celebrated with great flamboyance and pageantry; a typically...


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Rahul Basu's guide to eating out in Chennai

Posted by Suresh Hinduja, 20 May 2010 - - - - - - · 249 views

Rahul Basu's guide to eating out in Chennai Posted Image Rahul Basu is our expert on eating out in Chennai. He is a theoretical physicist working at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, which is an autonomous institute of the Dept of Atomic Energy. When he is...


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Pronunciation Guide for Pasta Shapes

Posted by Suresh Hinduja, 10 May 2010 - - - - - - · 47 views

When making delicious pasta dishes, be sure to choose a pasta shape and sauce that complement each other. Thin, delicate pastas like angel hair or thin spaghetti, should be served with light, thin sauces. Thicker pasta shapes, like fettuccine, work well with heavier sauces. Pasta shapes with holes or ridges like mostaccioli or radiatore, are perfect for...


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Facts About Pasta

Posted by Suresh Hinduja, 10 May 2010 - - - - - - · 34 views

EVERYBODY LOVES TRIVIA - HERE'S THE DISH ON PASTA.

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Posted Image In 18th century England, macaroni was a synonym for perfection and excellence. That's why, for example, the feather in Yankee Doodle's cap...


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Chilli Saga

Posted by Suresh Hinduja, 10 May 2010 - - - - - - · 14 views

Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain for a specific purpose-to bring to world the famed spices of the orient. The winds however had other plans. They steered him to another coast leaving him at large to discover another spice - chilli, which has since set palates across the world afire. Certain occidental cuisines that looked upon this pod with...


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Cuisine of a Mystical Land

Posted by Suresh Hinduja, 10 May 2010 - - - - - - · 25 views

Snugly nestled in the thickets of Eastern Himalayas lies truly a magical land aptly named the last Shangri-la on Earth. This is Bhutan whose mystique landscape matches wildly with it's cuisine. The people of Dragon Kingdom simply love to eat and they like it hot, very hot. The Bhutanese are passionate about chilli and these fiery little things form a...