I have become an ardent fan of Aditya Bal's "Chakh Le India" (NDTV Good Times). These days he has been traveling to the hinterlands of the country - learning how to cook local dishes. Today's episode was in Coorg, Karnataka. I had no idea coffee plants bear flowers too. I saw the flower for the first time in my life today. :-)

Further on in the episode, a lady served him a simple meal of a cooked leafy green vegetable, green chilli chutney and tapioca roots boiled in salt and turmeric. I was wondering about the absence of rice or rotis. But Bal was unfazed, he crushed the roots and started tucking them in with the vegetable and chutney. :-)

I guess one life will not be enough if I have to explore the culinary heritage of my country :-(