| Indian food - the food of ancient tribes | | Posted Wednesday, February 08, 2006 5:03:36 PM by Kate Grant | American Indian food is not one of the famous kitchens around. We can correct this fact right now... You can find Indian food when visiting an Indian food market, but how often do you visit such a place? 
Indian tribes like Cherokee, Mandan, Paleo, Hopi, Crow, Chickasaw and Sioux, cooked pretty much the same food, depending on the area they were living in.
Traditional Indian food was usually consisted of meat, hunted by the men, and of dishes containing a triad of corn, beans and squash, also known as "the three sisters". These three staples are the core of many Indian recipes, one of the most famous is Succotash.
Why don't you try it at home? It's quite easy: In a large skillet combine onion, red pepper,corn and heat over high flame. Add cumin, saute for 5 minutes. When the vegetables have blacken a little, add summer squash, olive oil and garlic and saute for another minute.
Turn the heat to medium high add half a cup of broth, 2 cups of lima beans cilantro and a little hot sauce. Cook for another 5 minutes. stir frequently. Indian food might not be very sophisticated, but it's tasty and comforting.
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| | | Government takes on food adulteration menace | | Posted Saturday, December 30, 2006 2:56:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | A restaurant's licence can be suspended under the PFA Act, and the case can be taken up under the Indian Penal Code too, says Maharashtra's Khan."A consumer can also file a case at consumer forum or court demanding compensation, which should be proportionate to the injury and loss suffered, including hospitalisation and days away from work," says Shirish Deshpande of Mumbai Grahak Panchayat. "The case of food poisoning can be proved by showing one's admission in hospital, doctor's certificate and hotel bill," he says. If one has not secured the bill, one can start a correspondence with the restaurant. If the management does not deny anything, the letters can be used in building a case, advises Deshpande. The case though is easier to prove if there has been mass food poisoning, Deshpande concedes.... | |
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| | | Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers smell danger in Indian food aid | | Posted Saturday, December 09, 2006 12:57:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | The LTTE has smelt danger to its vital interests in the Sri Lankan government's plan to bring food from India to Jaffna to mitigate the severe food shortage there. The rebel Tamil group's Military Spokesman, Rasaiah Ilanthirayan, told Hindustan Times that the government's plan was a clever device to divert attention from the issue of re-opening the A9 main highway at Muhamalai, which is at the southern doorstep of Jaffna. Ilanthirayan said that if there was a severe shortage of food in Jaffna, home to 600,000 Tamils, it was only because the government had closed the A9 at Muhamalai. The closure of the road at this point was preventing the supply of food from the Wanni, an area south of Jaffna which is under the control of the LTTE, he said. "We have enough grain in the Wanni to meet at least 50 per cent of the needs of the people of Jaffna.... | |
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| | | 'Lahore Food Festival' draws crowds in Delhi | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 6:58:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | By Ashwini Upadhyay, New Delhi, Nov.12 : Lahore's is Pakistan's bonafide food centre. And the best place to experience the city's gourmet delights is The Food Street in Gawalmandi. It is unfortunate that we can't go over to savor the delicious Punjabi barbecue and kebabs. The only other way is to visit the 'Lahore Ke Galiyon Se' Food Festival here. Pakistan's tradition of gourmet cuisine has always fascinated foodies. The secret lies in the kitchen. Chef Ankur, was busy preparing 'Chapali-Kebab', the popular dish in Pakistan's Punjab Province. The recipe has been procured from across the border, the chef says. Actually, Muhammad Shafiq, executive chef of Lahore's Avari hotel and his compatriot Ayub Khan, had come for the festival to showcase evolving Pakistani cuisine. "The best part is that it has got a big selection of vegetarian food.... | |
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| | | Guyana looking forward to hosting Indian cricket fans | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 7:10:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | Georgetown (Guyana), Nov 9 (IANS) Guyana is looking forward to hosting Indian cricket fans when they come visiting this picturesque nation during the cricket World Cup next year. 'We Guyanese are a friendly people and we are specially looking forward to having Indian supporters as our guests,' Karan Singh, chief executive of the Guyana Local Organising Committee (LOC) of World Cup 2007, told IANS. The new 15,000-seat Providence Cricket Stadium, dedicated to the people of Guyana by Indian Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Wednesday, will hold six matches in the Super Eight stage of cricket's biggest tournament next year. 'You know, there are many families out here who are ready to host Indian fans even for free,' he said. Guyana is home to over 325,000 Indian origin people, most of whom are descendants of Indians who had come in the 19th and early 20th centuries to work as indentured labour in the sugarcane plantations here.... | |
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| | | Food distribution bottleneck eases in North | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 7:10:06 AM by Blog57 Team | | COLOMBO: As the Indian Government is actively working on the modalities to provide relief assistance to the Jaffna peninsula following the Sri Lanka Government's request the 'bottleneck' situation in the north for the past three months has now greatly eased with regard to the distribution of food and other essential commodities, defence sources said. It is not only ships that are carrying food and fuel to Jaffna despite the turbulent North-East monsoon weather in the seas, the service of the Air Force's C-130 Hercules aircraft has also been obtained to ferry essential items to the peninsula. The C-130 SLAF cargo carrier had taken 18,000 metric tonnes of milk powder to Jaffna on Saturday while 17,500 kilos of tinned fish and other food items were air lifted by the same aircraft on Sunday, defence sources added.... | |
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| | | Indian chefs win bronze in magic menu contest | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 7:11:01 AM by Blog57 Team | | Chennai, Nov 3 (IANS) To concoct a magic menu out of a 'black box' and win a bronze medal in their debut at an international cooking contest in Russia is what a team of Indian chefs did with élan. At the final of the Euro-Asian Festival of Cookery Art in Ekaterinburg, Russia, participants were given a 'black box' which they had to open to find the mystery ingredients. And with just the given products, rustle up a magic menu. The Indian chefs cooked a delicious French meal of tomato soup, rice, chicken, sausage, smoked salmon, celery and sauces to win the bronze at the contest, in which they were participating for the first time. The India team sent by the Indian Federation of Culinary Associations (IFCA) had to compete against teams from 20 countries that have been regularly taking part in the event, which began in 1900 in France.... | |
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| | | Reliance to open first stores of 'Indian Wal-Mart' | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 2:58:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | HYDERABAD, India : Major company Reliance Industries said it would open a series of stores here this week with the aim of building an Indian version of Wal-Mart, the world's largest retail chain. The 11 "neighbourhood" stores, to be called Reliance Fresh, will sell groceries and other goods from Friday as a pilot project to "understand customer needs," Reliance said. "We are starting a pilot journey of listening to customers and learning from them," said Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries whose main business is petroleum refining. Ambani has said he wants to make the company's new stores arm, Reliance Retail, a "Wal-Mart in India" and has set an annual sales target of 25 billion dollars by 2011. Reliance, India's biggest company by market capitalization, plans to transform the retail landscape.... | |
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| | | Indian annual inflation at 5.26 pct on Oct. 14 | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 7:02:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's wholesale price index rose 5.26 percent in the 12 months to Oct. 14, higher than the previous week's 5.16 percent due to a rise in the prices of manufactured and food items, data showed on Friday. The figure was higher than a forecast of 5.19 percent from a Reuters poll of analysts. The annual inflation rate was at 4.77 percent during the corresponding week of the previous year. The wholesale price index is more closely watched than the consumer price index, which is published monthly, because it has a higher number of products in its basket and is published weekly. .... | |
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| | | Pass the ice cream and picnic basket, we're not ready for autumnal food | | Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 6:57:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | ICE cream, salad, sushi, feta cheese and cold meats are autumn's unlikely food favourites as the unseasonable weather disrupts our natural eating habits. Supermarkets have seen sales of traditionally summer foods rise above last year's levels, a trend which could be down to temperatures remaining high for this time of year. While it has started to feel a bit nippier this week, 2006 has had the longest summer on record, according to the Met Office, with a record-breaking September. The unseasonable warmth has led us to abandon not only coats and scarves but warming winter foods like casseroles and hot sponge puddings. Instead we are continuing to eat picnic style food and cold buffets long after the summer holidays have ended. .... | |
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| | | Uganda: Indian Companies to Invest in Fish Farming | | Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 2:54:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | Two Indian companies are to invest in aquaculture, the fisheries state minister has said. Fred Mukisa yesterday said the firms would invest US$12m (over sh20b). He said the Indian government had also pledged to support Uganda develop aquaculture through South-South Cooperation under the auspices of the Food and Agricultural Organisation. He said a technical cooperation framework was being elaborated to support aquaculture infrastructure development and emerging commercial fish farmers. He named one of the Indian firms as M/S Angelique, which has developed a proposal to invest US$4m. .... | |
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