You could describe Chayote Squash as a pear-shaped vegetable with thin skin and a succulent, almost fleshy consistency.

“The sound of curds falling on a heap of rice is the loveliest sound in the world,” wrote the Indian author R.K. Narayan of curd rice, a dish so simple that its name doubles as the recipe.

One image featured a large thaali consisting of idiyappam, masala boiled eggs, two types of curries or stews, raita, tomato rice and curd rice. YUM! The other photo was of a glass of good old ...