Ina Friday is back. First Friday of the month already, how time flies! This time, I wanted to try something I had never tried before. I settled for a very interesting dish that called for caviar. I…
Pancakes with Caviar #InaFridays
Category: Kitchen Korner
Find mouthwatering delectable recipes from all over the world. These recipes are my own interpretations which have a very high taste quotient without compromising the health ingredient.
Paneer kathi roll – SNC April Challenge for Southern Team
Long time back, while growing up in India, I remember the shock in one of my friend’s face as a young adult when she found out that we ate fish and rice at home almost everyday. She belonged to a…
Roti/Chappati Indian flatbread Step by step
Unlike the popular belief, Indians don’t eat naan at home (I actually had a lady enquire about that to me a while ago and I was surprised, to say the least, but I realized that probably is the most common…
Dhania Murg Makhni – Creamy Coriander chicken
Cilantro based recipes are quite common in India, but not many of them use the roots, which is primarily found in South Asian cuisine. Cilantro or coriander plant is one of those very few annual plants whose every part can…
Kuchumber – salad with scraped vegetables
When we landed in US, we were provided an apartment by my husband’s company that had a beautiful restroom, hereafter called ‘bathroom’. We were awed by it. There was triple – yes three – sinks, topped by mirrors that ran…
Chocolate Truffles #InaFridays
It’s the first Friday of the month again! At least, it was. Two days ago. Every month, the first Friday, a group of an awesome talented bloggers make a themed dish from the famed chef Ina Garten’s…
Chipotle and lime avocado taco boats
I had posted a picture on my FB page of my younger son having a sleepover birthday party a few years ago. Along with it, I had posted a comment on how it’s really simple to have the boys for…
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…
Kosha murgi – Chicken in a dry gravy
‘Kosha Murgi’ means chicken that has been slow cooked till the gravy has turned dry. We Bengalis call it ‘ga maakha’ , or gravy that just about coats the meat. It’s thick, rich and delicious. It uses little or no…
Mushroom and grape tomato bruschetta
I was at the coffee vending machine, filling my Styrofoam cup with aromatic coffee and a generous shot of half and half, when a gentleman right behind me exclaimed. ‘Did you take my cart?’ Startled, I looked back, just as…
My Valentine story
When my now teen son started kindergarten, his first Valentine day was a pizza party at school where I had decided to volunteer. The tiny tots made cute cards, and created even more clever craft projects. The other ones, that…
Scrumptious Bok Choy with spicy sesame dressing and a Thai Red Curry in a hurry
It’s all about roasting, grinding, making from scratch. That is how clever chefs are supposed to be, they never make anything that uses ready to pour and serve ingredients. Ever so often, I step into the kitchen, open…
Mustard Chicken from Ina Kitchen #InaFridays
Wednesday we had snow day, thanks to the 14th snowstorm of this winter that still has some distance to go. It royally messed up the week. Some of my friends felt it was Monday again, while I was totally zoned…
Triple Chocolate Oreo Cheesecake
How many times has it happened to you that you have suddenly lost motivation to do things that matter to you the most? Recently, I have been going through that patch. It happens to me on a regular basis, at…
How to crack Quail eggs the easy way
I started cooking quail eggs a few years ago because for some reason those were the only eggs Junior would eat. He ‘hated’ eggs, but quail eggs, it seems, did not fall into that category. I didn’t mind, because…