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The jackal’s share

Edit Indian Express 22 May 2016
Frederick Forsyth merely reinforced a stereotype when he called his very first thriller, The Day of the Jackal ... Its Hindi name geedhar actually means coward ... Also, like us, they are omnivorous and will eat practically anything ... Males usually weigh in at around 14 kg maximum, and are as large as (but much slimmer than), say, a Labrador retriever, so they’re not exactly heavyweights and bringing down a chital or sambar is quite a feat....

Blazing the track

Edit Deccan Herald 19 May 2016
L My perfect weekend. As a child, I used to spend most of my weekends on the racing track because I used to accompany my father Akbar Ebrahim to some of his races ... I travel extensively on work and hardly get time to spend weekends at home ... I also enjoy the combination of ‘sambar’ and ‘idli’, and ‘dosa’ and ‘chutney’ just as much as Japanese, Korean and Pan-Asian cuisine....

Amma sets new records

Edit Deccan Chronicle 19 May 2016
The lone ranger has won yet again ... A former Union minister was taking a shot, promising to clean up the mess created by the two Dravidian majors in the past five decades ... No one was spared ... “Two-leaves” ... In the Amma Canteens she has set up all over the state, an idli costs just Rs 1, variety rice Rs 5, sambar/curd rice Rs 3 and two chappatis at night Rs 3, so one could have one’s fill for just Rs 15, or even less ... ....

Pocket-friendly meals in town

Edit The Times of India 18 May 2016
Mumbai is undoubtedly one of the best places for food. We often talk about fancy restaurants and their delectable menus, but delicious value meals define the actual foodie spirit of the city ... Value meal ... Where ... Price ... Along with the regular items like rice, chapati, sabzis and curd, the rice plate also include sambar, rasam, and the Kerala papads ... The sambar, too, has coconut in it and all dishes come close to authentic South Indian food....

Expiry dates fixation

Edit Deccan Herald 18 May 2016
My aunt was shocked to find containers of cooked food prepared for the week ahead. My aunt Annapoorni, not to be bracketed with Bertie Wooster’s Aunt Agatha, is a benign lady; always ready to spread good cheer and camaraderie and take things with a pinch, or even a tablespoon, of salt ... “This deep freeze refrigerator is a boon,” Anand told her handling his laptop and a plate of sambar sadham simultaneously ... ....

6 Amazing Wildlife Encounters, beyond the Tiger

Edit DNA India 17 May 2016
It had the distinct honk of a sambar with a high pitch, which indicated that it was a male. So we assumed a tiger or leopard was around because unlike the deer and some other animals, the sambar thanks to its bad vision only calls when a predator or mammal is very close ... Next we heard a loud splash, the barking of dogs and the cry of the sambar getting louder....

Biryani suppliers make a meal of it

Edit The Times of India 17 May 2016
Although it was wrapped in newspaper and foil, people did not have to make a second-guess ... He looked around before saying ... Those who did not hit the biryani stalls and preferred a vegetarian option, could be seen at Amma canteens where ladles of sambar rice and curd rice continued to be served through the day. ....

The cutest couple in the world of pickles

Edit Indian Express 17 May 2016
Vedapuri Subramaniam is a lean, wiry, young entrepreneur of 76. His wife Meenakshi, after whom their website Meenakshimami.com has been named, turns 70 this year. Their day usually begins before sunrise at about 5am and winds up at about 10.30pm ... “It’s almost like how guests at a wedding tell the host that the sambar needs a dash of salt, or the rasam is too tangy so some water can be added to adjust its taste,” says Meenakshi ... ....

Amma canteens feed Chennaiites on polling day

Edit The Times of India 16 May 2016
CHENNAI ... Though the crowd was slimmer than usual, steaming sambar rice and ladles of curd rice continued to be served all through the day to cater to the continuous stream of patrons and newbies ... A Class 11 student, disappointed after scouring the city for a burger, decided to make do with the sambar rice at the Amma canteen instead....

Amma canteens feed several Chennaiites on polling day

Edit The Times of India 16 May 2016
CHENNAI ... Though the crowd was slimmer than usual, steaming sambar rice and ladles of curd rice continued to be served all through the day to cater to the continuous stream of patrons and newbies ... A Class 11 student, disappointed after scouring the city for a burger, decided to make do with the sambar rice at the Amma canteen instead....

Make this traditional gravy from the temple town of Srirangam

Edit Indian Express 16 May 2016
The Srirangam Vatha Kuzhambu uses no garlic and is not made using the regular sambhar powder. (Source. Bhojana Recipes) ... Read More. Make this traditional gravy from the temple town of SrirangamThe culinary adventures of Ghiyath Shah, the sultan of MalwaInternational Hummus Day ... The Srirangam vatha kuzhambu, made in Tiruchirapalli, is also different in that it uses no garlic or regular sambar powder, but has its own spice mix ... Ingredients ... ....

A positive outcome

Edit Deccan Herald 15 May 2016
Expat zone. When Akiko Tsuda made a backpack trip to India at the age of 6, she wasn’t a big fan of the country. She didn’t like the traffic, the crowd or the food during the one month that she was travelling here. She had to look for Japanese restaurants in the country to find the food that she likes ... He loves Indian food more than Japanese, especially ‘dosa’, ‘idli’ and ‘sambar rice’ ... ....

Zoo staff faces hard time keeping up with demand of 10L litres of water a day in summers

Edit The Times of India 14 May 2016
Thiruvananthapuram. While the city reels under one of the harshest summers ever, the zoo and museum staff are working overtime to keep alive the flora and the animals ... The museum garden spread over 15 acres usually required 2 lakh litres of water a day ... The sambar deer and Nilghai deer consumer 20 litres of water a day while the deer species numbering up to 500 guzzle up to 6,500 litres of water a day during peak temperatures ... ....
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