I am off on a summer vacation, and will be back in about a week. Thanks to everyone visiting my blog regularly. A special thanks to everyone who has been kind to leave comments on this blog..Please leave comments, if you see something you like on this blog. It really does make my day. Be … [Read more…]
‘Water, no ice…’, I said to the waitress at the restaurant, and as is usual she brought me water that was ice cold. That is quite normal, what I can’t understand is the skeptical look most waitresses give me, when I ask them for water without ice.How did Americans learn to fill their glasses half … [Read more…]
I had gotten these beautiful grape tomatoes this week and wanted to use them in a dish where they were gonna be the star of the dish. While I was thinking about this, I saw the recipe for this ‘Pasta Ponza’ on the food network show ‘Giada at Home’. Giada is one of my favorite … [Read more…]
This recipe is adapted from Neelam Batra’s ‘From Chilis to Chutneys’ – its a great book of contemporary recipes, combining Indian cooking with American ingredients. I particularly liked this paratha, since the dough does not need any water, but is made with non fat cottage cheese instead. Cottage cheese is an excellent source of protein … [Read more…]
I almost always have used Sago only to make dessert, that too payasam. So, when I wanted to make something for ‘Cooking with Seeds – Sago’ event, I wanted to make something savory. I planned on making sago veg cutlets and soaked the sago for a couple of hours yesterday evening. Unfortunately, the sago I … [Read more…]
I have always wanted to make chowder. Seafood chowders are very famous here in the Pacific Northwest and I know of a lot of restaurants here that are renowned for their chowders. Unfortunately, they don’t serve vegetarian chowders(duh!) and I’ve always wondered how this dish would taste. When the Fruit/Veggie of the month was announced … [Read more…]