Aloo Mooli Gajar Paratha(Radish, potato carrot parathas)

What beast?? If you start reading this post, thinking this is about some exotic meat dish……Nah..sorry to disappoint you. Well, I have been participating in so many events, challenging myself, and it got me to think that I had to confront my own challenges in the kitchen. Stuff that I never do, coss it most … [Read more…]

Soybean Mushroom Curry

Planning Ahead your meals….that is one of the greatest strengths when it comes to getting dinner on the table without a lot of fuss. I do that all the time, especially after I come home from my grocery shopping. I wash and wrap the herbs in a paper towel. I sometimes, wash, dry and peel … [Read more…]

Pomgranita – Pomegranate Granita

Once you become a food blogger and start entering events organized by other bloggers, the question:”What should I make to participate in X event” always lies in the back of your mind. Very similar to how ‘Whats for dinner’ always does. Its an exciting feeling, to discover a recipe, try it and then relish it. … [Read more…]

Torta di Pasta (Spaghetti Torte)

On one of my health crazy days, I spotted this big bag of whole wheat spaghetti at Costco for a very good price. I love the Veggie meatballs and falafels I get in Costco, and pair them with spaghetti all the time. They are really good.(DH doesn’t care for the real deal with meatballs..or maybe … [Read more…]

Curried Vegetable Barley soup

Barley, one of the grains not very well known in Indian kitchens, has been my recent acquaintances. That is, after I tasted ‘pearl barley’. It tasted very much like rice, only a bit chewier. I started using it when I make paruppu adai, and then sometimes I add a handful when I soak the rice … [Read more…]

Vegetable Rava Upma/Kichadi

Among a lot of sweet nothings that goes on the phone calls that go on between you and your fiancee, in an arranged marriage, there are a few unavoidable questions, like, ‘Whats your favorite food’. Its just a subject you bring up – talk for talk’s sake – but you don’t at all expect to … [Read more…]