No Worries Curries Blog: Indian Food

August 07, 2022

By Conchita de Souza

A Brief History of the Potato & The Tastiest Potato Dishes in Indian Cuisine

August 07, 2022By Conchita de Souza

A Brief History of the Potato & The Tastiest Potato Dishes in Indian Cuisine

Whether you like your potatoes boiled, steamed, mashed, (air) fried, roasted, baked or sauteed, there are no limitations on creativity when it comes to cooking with this spud of a vegetable. If you wanted to, you could cook potatoes differently for every day of the week and never tire of it!

April 08, 2021

By Conchita de Souza

Accompaniments to Indian Meals

April 08, 2021By Conchita de Souza

Accompaniments to Indian Meals

Additionally, accompaniments can serve to fulfill the Ayurvedic concept of a balanced and nutritious meal being one that contains all six tastes or shad rasa. The six tastes are madhura (sweet), amla (sour), lavana (salty), katu (pungent), tikta (bitter), and kashaya (astringent) and they are tied in with a person’s dosha (constitution), as well as the seasons.

July 08, 2020

By Conchita de Souza

The Tadka (Tempering) Element in Indian Cuisine

July 08, 2020By Conchita de Souza

The Tadka (Tempering) Element in Indian Cuisine

This post examines another key component of Indian Cuisine - the tadka or tarka (also goes by the names chhonk, baghaar, phoron). The word tadka might sound familiar to you as many Indian restaurants have adopted it in their menu listings but also as their restaurant name. The method is seen all across India but varies according to the regions, thereby making it a unifying element in Indian cooking.

June 05, 2020

By Conchita de Souza

Types of Oils Used in Indian Cuisine

June 05, 2020By Conchita de Souza

Types of Oils Used in Indian Cuisine

In Indian cooking, the flavours and aromas are most often attributed to a masala - a combination of spices used.* However, the oil in which the spices are tempered and in which the ingredients are cooked, is often overlooked as a contributing factor to flavour.

Various oils are used in India depending on which part of the country you are from and depending too on the dish that you are preparing.

Below is an overview of the most commonly used oils:

March 08, 2020

By Conchita de Souza

All About Sprouting - How does it work & What are its health benefits?

March 08, 2020By Conchita de Souza

All About Sprouting - How does it work & What are its health benefits?

Sprouting is the practice of germinating seeds, thereby making them easier to digest and enabling your body to better access the nutrients contained within them. Once sprouted, these seeds can be consumed either raw or cooked. You can sprout anything from beans, legumes, grains, nuts and seeds.

February 06, 2020

By Conchita de Souza

Quick & Simple Recipes for Weeknight Dinners

February 06, 2020By Conchita de Souza

Quick & Simple Recipes for Weeknight Dinners

Adding our spice blends will not only help you to maximise time on a weeknight (and space in your pantry) but will also diversify the flavours in your cooking.

November 08, 2019

By Conchita de Souza

Indian Cultured Foods - Natural Sources of Probiotics to Promote Gut Health

November 08, 2019By Conchita de Souza

Indian Cultured Foods - Natural Sources of Probiotics to Promote Gut Health

Broadly speaking, the term “gut health” refers to the bacteria that lives in your digestive tract (known as gastrointestinal tract). The bacteria contained within is affected by numerous factors starting from how we were born (c-section or vaginal birth), to the environment we grew up in as well as what we eat.

May 28, 2019

By Conchita de Souza

Capital of a Nation & of Culinary Delights - Delhicious Delhi

May 28, 2019By Conchita de Souza

Capital of a Nation & of Culinary Delights - Delhicious Delhi

I spent close to two years living in a large suburb called Noida - just on the outskirts of Delhi. Many a weekend was spent taking the over-populated, but very clean and well-connected metro into town and exploring all corners of Delhi. Much like any large city, each quarter had something different to offer; from high end shopping in the white colonial buildings of Connaught Place (CP, as it is is affectionately abbreviated) to exploring historical sites like an ancient step-well situated just ten minutes from the city centre.

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