We wanted to take my Mr L8H senior, my Father in law, somewhere special on his Birthday, and give him a different dining experience. We as a family love Sushi, but he does not want anything to do with raw…
Minado Japanese Restaurant, Natick
Category: Desserts
Frozen treat: Kulfi pops and a little girl somewhere
Deep down, I still feel connected to the little girl that’s inside of me. I still make whoopie dances when I am happy. I bare my teeth in mock consternation – a habit picked up from kiddie friend of mine…
Mango Mousse with Gulukand
I promised a friend of mine that I would be posting the recipe of this particular mango mousse that I recently made. It’s a regular mousse recipe, but what makes it different from an everyday mango mousse is an ingredient…
Eton Mess on Independence day #InaFridays
It’s Ina Friday again! And July 4th as well. Happy Independence Day USA! I decided to mix the two and come up with something stylishly July 4th – Ina’s Eton mess. The first time I came across Eton mess…
Some brain foods and Smoked salmon cream cheese ball
I am not a very organized person. There, I said it. I find it hard to create a time table, and stick to it. Or even create a menu and stick to it. I also love to cook and…
Mohanbhog, a traditional semolina pudding and a naughty dog
It was gone. In space of ten minutes. I cooked the pudding, with love, and a lot of sugar. It was sunny and warm, and I jumped at the opportunity to click some pictures that would not look like they…
Eggless Vanilla ice-cream (no machine)
When we were young, back in India, we could buy ice creams in form of bricks of about a liter each. Once, Mr L8H and his roommate in college – the eternal ice-cream lovers – saved some money and bought…
Weekend Gala Dinner Extravaganza #15
The weekly Dinner party is on !!!! Bring your dishes and share with all of us. Don’t you just love dinner parties? I adore them. Large, small, medium, private, public, dancy, fancy, stuck up, footloose, dressy, casual, kiddie, couples, birthday,…
Weekend Gala Dinner Extravaganza #14
The weekly Dinner party is on !!!! Bring your dishes and share with all of us. Don’t you just love dinner parties? I adore them. Large, small, medium, private, public, dancy, fancy, stuck up, footloose, dressy, casual, kiddie, couples,…
Falooda – hosting SNC challenge for September
I am thrilled to announce that I shall be hosting this month’s SNC challenge. Divya Pramil from You too can cook indian food started this challenge in October last year. Divided in to two teams of North and South, it’s fun and competitive…
Paasi | Payatham Paruppu Payasam | Moong Dal Kheer | SNC challenge
This months SNC challenge has been given by +Divya Pramil (from You too can cook) herself, the very talented lady who started this event last year. We have now many new wonderful bloggers who have joined the teams and the competition…
Malai Kulfi – an Indian ice cream
Cleaning out my pantry a couple of days back, I came across two cans of evaporated milk whose shelf life was about to get evaporated. Wracking my brain as to how to use both of them, I decided to make…
Badam Halwa – almond pudding
It has turned chilly during the evening in New England. The fall is about a month away and winter is further down the road. However, winter and New England are best buddies, so it does keep showing up earlier than…
Minnie’s sweet fresh cheese dessert Cups
Summer and cold desserts – they should be synonyms. Especially frozen cold desserts. Did you know that before advent of the modern day refrigerator, humans devised various ways to make ice and preserve meat and create amazing frozen desserts?…
Three minute Italian Dessert #InaFridays
One reason I love Ina’s recipes is that she has a knack of creating yummilicious ( is that a word?) recipes that take minutes to assemble. This month I had forgotten, seriously forgotten, about Ina Friday. I wasn’t prepared, hence…