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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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’ 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…