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  • 🥄 Taste Memory
  • 🍽 Foodways
  • 🔬 Ingredients
  • ✨ Diaspora & Desi
  • 📦 Containers
  • đź›– Canteens & Corners
  • đź“– Folklore & Fiction
  • 🔥 Rituals & Rhythms
  • đź§‚ The Leftovers
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    Kala Namak and Gossip

    - By Amit Deshpande

    You don’t just *add* kala namak—you *deploy* it. It’s not for every dish. It’s for *the* dish. The one that…

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    Green Chili Regret

    - By Amit Deshpande

    It always starts with confidence. Maybe even overconfidence. You’re cooking something simple—an aloo sabzi, a bowl of dal, maybe even…

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    Mustard Seeds Know When to Pop

    - By Amit Deshpande

    There’s a very specific moment in Indian cooking—right after the oil heats, right before everything else begins—when you drop in…

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    Tamarind’s Quiet Drama

    - By Amit Deshpande

    It doesn’t scream. It doesn’t burn. It doesn’t numb your tongue or turn your hands yellow. But give tamarind just…

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    Ghee: Smell of Sunday

    - By Amit Deshpande

    In our home, you didn’t need a clock to know it was Sunday. The smell did the work. Warm, nutty,…

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    Jeera in Everything

    - By Amit Deshpande

    There’s a little moment in the Indian kitchen, right at the beginning of cooking, when the oil warms, the pan…

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    Clove: The Overachiever in the Spice Box

    - By Amit Deshpande

    If you were to take a peek into any Indian kitchen, there’s one spice that might be easy to overlook,…

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    Sooji vs. Rava: Same Same but Regionally Different

    - By Amit Deshpande

    When you think of comfort food, one dish that’s bound to come to mind in any corner of India is…

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    The Oil That Built the Dish

    - By Amit Deshpande

    When you think of Indian food, the mind immediately jumps to spices—the fragrant, colorful, and often fiery seasonings that form…

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    Peanuts in the Poha: Texture, Surprise, and the Joy of Crunch

    - By Amit Deshpande

    In the sprawling, chaotic, and delightful world of Indian food, there’s something quietly profound about the combination of textures. We’re…

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