Desi Mealz

Do you remember the summer vacations when we were kids? Till the age of 14-15 years, summer vacation meant only one thing. Nana Nani ke ghar jana hai.  I remember how excited my siblings and I used to get at that time. On the day of travel, our moms would wake up super early in the morning to make the food to carry while we travel. Now, Indians have this habit. Whenever we travel, we pack like there is no tomorrow. That too especially, when it comes to food. Suppose if four people are traveling, we pack enough to feed eight people. Our moms even had these dishes that she used to make at the time of travel only. That's why food is a big part of those memories.  Maybe this is the reason why Indians love to carry so much food while they travel. When you combine travel and food, you will find the best of memories.  After all these years, this still hasn't changed. When someone travels abroad or even within India, their mom packs homemade food to carry along.  Keeping all...

Undoubtedly, breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day. As it provides us the much-needed energy to get on with our day-to-day activities. Having breakfast means you are breaking the overnight fast from the time you slept to the time you woke up the next day.  Since breakfast holds so much importance, it is best if it is well planned. An instant healthy breakfast should be well balanced with nutrients like carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins. and essential minerals.  Due to the busy work schedule, you will probably be having a busy morning. In that case, try to plan breakfast the night before. You can even make a weekly schedule for breakfast then you will not spend much time thinking about what to make for breakfast.  In this article, you will find a list of healthy instant breakfast ideas. These breakfast recipes are easy to make and do not take much to prepare.  Check out the healthy instant breakfast ideas Rava Dosa: We are all familiar with the tradi...

When it comes to packing, are you an Arjun from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara? Who packs like a pro. Who's bag probably looks more organized than your room. Or are you an Imraan? Who just pretty much threw everything in the bag and called it a day. Maybe forgets to pack up a thing or two. Now your room looks better than Imraans bag, doesn't it? There is one more category I am sure a lot of people fall into. It's in between the bro packer and the one who just throws stuff in the bag. These people successfully manage to pack their bags decently without forgetting anything important.  And it is okay to forget a few things when we are traveling from one city to another. But it must carry all the necessary things when you are going on a backpacking trip. You never know when you will need what. So it is best to be prepared while backpacking.  This can be stressful if you don't exactly know what things to pack for a trip like this.  To help you out with this, we have prepared a lis...

It's been so long since we all are stuck at home, not able to travel anywhere.  By this time I am sure you have a list of places you want to visit as soon as you get a chance. You also have done detailed research on where to stay, what tourist spots you want to visit.  So if you already have a list of places you want to visit, why not add the list of foods you should carry while visiting these places.  Because at times, it can be a bit difficult to find a good restaurant. Especially when you reach your hotel room late in the night. All the restaurants will probably be closed by that time. It is always convenient to carry some snacks or ready-to-eat Indian meals to avoid starving.  There are so many options available in ready-to-eat snacks now. You will get a lot of options to choose from. And these are quick meals which get ready within a few minutes.  Let's look at the list of best travel foods which you can find online. Ready to make Tea/ Green tea  It i...

If you are given an option to choose between eating outside or ordering food online and eating at home, what will you choose?  If you are an outgoing person who loves to explore, visit new places then, you will probably jump at this opportunity to go out. (When it is safe to go out) For introverts like me, the answer is always to order food online and eat in the peace of my home. There is nothing better than the comfort of your own home.  But looking at the situation out there, it is more of a necessity to eat at home than a choice.  Food ordering websites and food delivery websites offer so many varieties of food that we can order from our homes.  Let's look into the reasons why ordering food online makes sense.  Various options to choose from:  This can actually be very confusing if you can't decide on what to eat. Because it gives you so many options to choose from. It makes it difficult to select one. But it's also a good thing, right?  From morni...

Have you noticed how our parents react to anything and everything which is not home-cooked? Your mom is probably going to say "Isse accha to main ghar par bana dungi". And your dad is going to back her up by saying "maine suna hai wo log ganda paani use karte hai'' or something like this. Because our parents have this perception, things that are not home-cooked are bad for our health and their pocket. This is the story of middle-class families.  And if I am being honest, even though I belong to a middle-class family, I never felt the need to go out and eat. Because my mom cooked delicious food every day.  But all this changed when I had to leave home to stay in the hostel. For someone like me who had delicious food cooked by mom her whole life, hostel was a big deal. Isn't it for all of us? And to my bad luck, my hostel mess had the worst food you can possibly imagine. On top of that, we were not allowed to keep the induction stove. (Well, most of the hostels...

Before the pandemic hit us all, just a handful of people knew the actual importance of ready to eat Indian food . These people were hostelers, travelers, and travel agencies.  Ready to eat food holds so much importance for those students who are living in the hostel. You will often find a hostelite saying I love you more to a packet of maggie than to girlfriends and boyfriends.  And Indian travelers might miss sightseeing. But god forbid if they miss a meal, it will be an episode of Roadies. That too with more views than actual Roadies. After taking Indians on a few trips, travel agencies and travel agents quickly understood this fact. Most of them included ready to eat Indian food in their travel pack.  After the pandemic took us by surprise, many of us tried to find that hidden chef buried deep inside us. Some were fortunate enough to find that chef and some went from "hum honge kamyab" to "ye dukh kahe khatam nahi ho raha".  And now most of us have busy work-fr...