Biography

My Name is Anusha. I m the content creator, recipe developer, photographer and video creator for Tomato Blues. Tomato Blues is where you will find vegetarian and vegan recipes with Indian roots and from all over the world. A little bit about My love for food, me and my life- I was born and brought up in Coimbatore, a city that falls in the Kongunadu region in Tamil Nadu. Coimbatore is known for its Siruvani water, warm people and delicious rustic Kongunad special food. Many people assume that Kongunad food is mostly meat based. But having lived in Coimbatore all through my childhood, i can assure you that there is nothing as delicious as a bowl of warm Arisi Paruppu Sadam or some creamy Pacha Payiru Kuzhambu. I graduated in Law from Bangalore. And during my stay in Bangalore, i also learned a lot about Karnataka cuisine, their love for bisi bisi thindi ( hot hot snacks), the subtle sweetness in all their curries and rice bath that gets served for breakfast. My five years of college life in Bangalore was where i discovered my love for food for the first time. Inedible fare available at my accommodation made me realise that cooking is a life skill that everyone should master. I married my husband as soon as i graduated. And when i tied the knot, not only was i a newly wed but also a novice cook. I was someone who did not know to cook much except dosa, idli and instant noodles. When my life began at Vadodara, a small city in Gujarat, which again is known for it farsaan, friendly people and harsh summers, I learned a lot about Gujarati food. The Gujarati Thali replete with farsan, desserts and rotla is always an awe inspiring meal for me. This is the reason why you will find Gujarati recipes here on Tomato Blues. Less than a year of being married and I discovered that i enjoyed cooking food and that i loved experimenting with flavors too. And there has been no looking back since then. I now live in Germany with my husband and have an in house six year old critique too.