My mother-in-law keeps telling me about the weirdest pachadi’s ever. I have never tasted them or heard about them before and neither has my mom. My mother-in-law learned a few from her mom, a few more from her mother-in-law and a few more from neighbors. Her bendakaya pachadi and cabbage pachadi are apparently from her …

I know! How can you make a chutney out of Okra when they are so slimy? Well I questioned my mother in law the same when she first made this pachadi the first time I visited their home after marriage without VJ. He doesn’t tell me much about his mom’s food, but I poke and …

It’s so hot here in Hyderabad that Arlo wants to stay in the AC room all day. In fact as soon as he gets sleepy he’s been dragging me to the AC room and asks me to turn on the AC. It’s only February and the heat has reached peaks. I know it won’t get …