Come evenings (except Wednesdays and Sundays) in Taipei, and this is the tune you start hearing all around. For the Taipei-kars definitely do things musically – even if it as mundane as garbage throwing. If you have seen the video link above, you can see how two garbage trucks come to each of the localities […]
In my last post, I suddenly realised that the moong bean cannot have a passing reference, like say toor dal. This was the inspiration behind today’s post, and I grew to appreciate the versatility of the humble moong (much like the humbler potato), after eating it in all forms, textures, dishes (this is the first […]
Perhaps no vegetarian meal is complete with the protein powerhouse that dal is. However, just like there are many ways to skin a cat, there are far far too many ways to make your dal. First, to broadly categorise it – there are three primary dals- moong, toor and masoor. Of course there are the urad […]
It is one of those days you know. When it has rained incessantly through the night, and the next day begins on a greyish note. All you want to do is snuggle some more. You are loath to leave the warmth of the bed, much worse get ready to go to work. Your mind does […]
Every accomplished cook has to go through that ritual by fire, namely making your own masalas. In fact you are not accomplished, if you resort to using store bought, ready-made powders and mixes, and pass off the results as your own. Of course, anyone who is starting out or is pressed for time has had […]
Social media can make you nostalgic. It can land you on pages of people who used to be a regular feature in your life, but now have disappeared just because you have geographically moved away from them. They are people who are not great friends or relatives, but merely acquaintances with whom you were associated […]
There is a signal I must cross each day before reaching my Institute gates. It goes green for exactly 32 seconds, where pedestrians and cyclists can cross in any manner they want to, as the vehicular traffic comes to a standstill (think of a rectangle, and all possible routes along the sides and diagonals). Now […]
Last week, I wrote about our breakfast Ajji. This week’s post is about our dinner Ajji. This formidable looking lady runs the shop around the corner, which opens late in the day, and stays open late in the night, sometimes well past midnight. The evening Ajji’s place is where we head to, when we are […]
There are quite a few ajjis (grandmothers) that I have adopted here in Taipei. The term ajji actually was bestowed on them by the Scientist (he has known to refer some of his friends by that name too – for these ‘girl friends’ were way older than him, but managed to look years younger!). The […]
So these days the Scientist and I are watching the re-run of a Marathi soap on YouTube. Currently it is chronicling how the new daughter-in-law who had never entered the kitchen before marriage, has to cook for the whole joint family, as ordered by the matriarch. A pretty usual scenario these days, for many girls […]
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