Serve with ketchup or green chutney along with a sprinkle of seedha namak or chaat masala. Sabudana pappadums Having a fun snack is essential whether you are fasting or even if you are just feeling ...

The past few years have not been easy on this South Asian island, but the place — and its people — are on the upswing.

From those humble origins grew the Patak company, which put a range of curry sauces, pickles, pastes and pappadums in supermarkets around the country. The family business moved to Lancashire in ...

In terms of texture, you have the crisp pappadums and chips on the left, the firm but soft curries in the middle and the watery olan, pulissery and theeyal to the right. With all this left corner, ...

We started munching on spicy cashew nuts and broken pieces of pappadums (split before frying? I don’t know) with just the one condiment: a rich, very thickly cut and dark mango chutney.

All of it was accompanied by a regional variety of red rice, pickled vegetables, and crispy pappadums. The ingredients had all been grown within a stone’s throw of where we sat, and everything ...