10 Best Udupi Recipes

If there’s a single day in the year to enjoy a meal, it’s Thanksgiving.  The entire family gathers together to share in the feast, each bringing their own dish to the occasion.  Turkey, gravy, stuffing, corn, but why not mix it up a little?  With the vast variety to chose from, something fresh and unique will contain a very special allure!

Within the state of Karnataka in India, there’s a special district towards the south home to all sorts of delicious food.  Udupi, known to many as the vegetarian hub of the state, was the birthplace of one of the country’s most crowned culinary jewels, the ‘masala dosa’, which has boomed all over the world.  That isn’t just some isolated incident however!  Featuring ingredients such as pumpkin, gourd, yam, mangoes and more, there’s an extensive set of options sure to help you find anything you’re looking for to bring a new flavor to your feast!

NDTV COOKS has compiled their own top ten from the area, and with Thanksgiving just a few days away, there’s still a little time to master one to share with the family!

To check it out, click here!

Why Indian Food hasn’t gone Mainstream

I’m going to be honest with you, when I’m researching information for these posts I keep finding things that almost help me a lot.  For example, mid October I stumbled upon “National Curry Week”, and naturally got super excited upon thinking I had found a neat topic.  It also made me question the rock I live under to not possibly know that, but further investigation led me to my answer.

It was National Curry Week in England.

And while that did explain some things, it actually opened a lot more questions.  It turns out that it’s actually explosively popular in other parts of the world, (for good reason as you all know!) but if Indian food can get a week up in Britain, how come we rarely hear about it in the States?

The issue was recently discussed by a menu trend analyst as well as the senior food editor at National Restaurant News.  One of the primary theories they share is that it is so different than what is so mainstream in America.  There just isn’t a clean jump from say, Italian to Indian.

Similarly, it doesn’t have a “personal champion” as they put it, someone to introduce it to the masses at large.

Oh a brighter note something that they do agree on is that with everything going for it, it should hit the mainstream, and when it does, it’ll happen quick!

To read their shared article in its entirety, click here.