Dehradun, March 2 -- Culinary Chronicles

Ramadaan Mubarak!

Not restricted to a religion, broken all shackles! It is a belief, it is only a faith that cannot divide the hearts.

Goodness implies virtue, sharing and eating food.

Fasting is about learning patience and experiencing hunger of the needy. Generally, I attempt to keep a "Roza" during Ramadan. Wait till the dusk falls with forbearance for food.

The day before for yesterday's Iftaar, I was seething the milk to thicken for "Rasmalai" that somehow got curdled and had to be metamorphosed into "Kalakand". A sweet start to break the fast!

Mohyals or the Hussaini Brahmins - the lineage to which we belong and are rather proud of, fought the war of Karbala on behalf of Husayn Ibn Ali,...