Matroni
Made using cashewnuts and rose syrup, the Matroni often features on a consoada, a rare Christmas tradition of sweet and savoury snacks innate to Portuguese-Indian households in Kochi.
Kerala
To Ensure High-quality Spices, Traceability is Everything
Where can our spices be traced back to? Aswin Prasannakumar and Yathi Kumar, co-founders of Nilgiri Marten Spices,talk to Yashvi Shah about good spices, sourcing their produce, and how sweetening their tea with Marayoor…
The Locavore Meetup, Kochi
At this bilingual meetup, in collaboration with the Kerala Museum, we explored the culinary and ecological experiences of forest-dwelling communities.
Nilgiri Marten Spices: The Best of Single-origin Spices
Founded in 2022 by Aswin Prasannakumar and Yathi Kumar, Bengaluru-based Nilgiri Marten Spices (NMS) aims to sell spices entirely traceable to the regions they are cultivated in.
Koorka Ularthu
Koorka Ularthu is a simple tuber stir fry, made commonly by the Syrian Christian community in Kerala.
Fish Pickle
This fish pickle from Mrs K.M.Mathew’s Finest Recipes is spicy and tangy, adding a burst of flavor to any meal.
Achappam
This sweet and crispy achappam, from Mrs K.M. Mathew’s Finest Recipes, is made with rice flour and coconut milk.
When Bamboo Rice Carpets the Forest Floor
Forested groves in central Kerala’s Edamalayar valley have showered the Muthuvar people with bamboo rice for the first time in six decades. In a labour of love, women of the community have gathered, cleaned, and dehusked…
Watching The Great Indian Kitchen with 300 College Students
Why are so many women in India still saddled with kitchen chores? Vinay Kumar, who teaches a critical reading and writing course in Bengaluru, writes about the experience of watching 'The Great Indian Kitchen' with his c…