Bollamma's Pandhi Curry

The one thing that organic gardener and landscape designer Lathika George learnt during her sojourns into the farmlands of India is that their kitchens were centres of alchemy. To some, this description might sound like an exaggeration. But, George, who first-hand witnessed how the "food grown on the farm or collected from the wild was elevated to magic," would ascribe this talent to only a rare few. They don't follow recipes while cooking, yet, each time, they bring something astoundingly fresh and delectable to the table, she says.