Americans traditionally have been generous to a fault — especially when entertaining before dinner. Yet there are occasions when a more welcome alternative to “putting on a spread&#8221… ...

A traditional Onasadhya includes choru or boiled rice, sambar, rasam, moru or buttermilk, banana chips, pappadam, lime pickle,inji puli or tamarind-ginger pickle and vegetable dishes like avial, ...

The pappadam pact stayed intact. Until, one day, the middleman of god-land, Narada, happened to narrate this anecdote to sundry gods lazing around on fluffy clouds – and all hell broke loose in ...

This innovative dish, known as pappadam kappa pidi, served with traditional onion chutney, is a must-try starter at the Marriott Cassava Toddy Food Festival.

SANTA CRUZ >> Second to barbecue grilling, the smell of Indian cooking may be my favorite food aroma: curry, cinnamon, cardamom, saffron. So I was intrigued with the idea of a restaurant bein… ...

The auspicious festival also includes a sumptuous feast, Onam Sadhya, which typically contains up to 28 small dishes served on a banana leaf as a single course and eaten with bare hands.

All-time favourites like dal vada and pappadam may disappear from restaurants, at least temporarily, and the everyday saambar stock will probably get thinner with the price of pulse varieties ...