Delicious Jhatpat Mixed Rice
Anumita shares the recipe of Jhatpat (instant) Mixed Rice, a one-dish meal. It is a version of biriyani, polao and fried rice. It has the component of all of...
Fifteen Customs that are Distinctly American!
Anumita lists fifteen customs that are very different and stand out as American tradition/norms, which most foreigner find strange, initially. Slowly one understands and becomes a part of the flow, in...
Yummy Minty Egg Biriyani
Anumita RoyAnumita Roy is an artist at heart and legal/medical interpreter by profession. She creates word images in her verses and loves to write short stories. Mother of children...
Two Quintessential Bengali Style Fish Recipes
Anumita, our Managing Editor, shares two quintessential Bengali style fish recipes, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Fish is a quintessential food for most of the people...
An Assamese Delight: Chicken with Banana Flower
Sarika travels down the memory lane and laments that we still categorise people into regions, rather than identifying them as Indians. She shares an Assamese non-veg recipe, Kol De...
Delicious Malai Chicken Biriyani
Anumita RoyAnumita Roy is an artist at heart and legal/medical interpreter by profession. She creates word images in her verses and loves to write short stories. Mother of children...
Potatoes on My Plate!
Ruchira tells us about the antiquity and history of potatoes and its varied uses, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I am a non-vegetarian, by default, since...
Yummy and Wholesome Yakni Pulao: A Mogul Legacy
Yakni Polao recipe was handed over to us from the Moguls. It is said to have originated in Persia. Anumita shares the recipe, in the weekly column, exclusively in...
What is a Perfect Job?
Bangalore-based HR professional, Preeyan, tells us about the perfect job and the ‘jumpers’, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. To me, a perfect job is doing...
A Love Affair with Hot Okra – II
Continuing with her love for Okra, London-based Parna, a nutritionist and fitness expert, shares with us her version of Dhainrosher Jhaal from Bengal, which she calls Baked Mustard Okra....