There can't be a better time than now to stop and appreciate everything we've been missing about the changing seasons. From the serenading sounds of a koel to the flame of the forest in full bloom or walking down a pathway strewn with the golden showers of the Indian laburnum— we've never really had the time to register the transitions of seasons and the beauty it brings.

Sadly, the cold chains that make everything available to us all year round, have made us dismissive of the satisfaction and wholeness of seasonal cooking—something that once made us mindful of the varying needs of our bodies in the heat, cold, rain and dry weather.