There are very few times I have tried a recipe – where I have been unsure of how it would taste. Unsure if I would like it or not. This is one such recipe, where I totally was on experiment mode. I had read about this dish ‘Shukto’ – which is made from a medley … [Read more…]
I had tried these amazing ‘Zucchini crisps’ @ Maggiano’s Little Italy when I had gone for a party hosted there. They had served these cute little coins, that were breaded and fried, that tasted awesome. I probably filled up on most of those, and dessert on that day. 🙂 One of my friends who saw … [Read more…]
Vendhaya Keerai or methi, was not a well known dish in my family, until a lot of people started having diabetes and became more aware of methi being a healthy green that aids in controlling blood sugar in diabetics. I guess it is more a North Indian green as opposed to a South Indian. But, … [Read more…]
I had tasted aloo tikkis for the first time, and the best aloo tikkis so far, when visiting my dad while he was working in Varanasi, probably when I was about 10-12 years old. It was streetfare, where a guy sold pani puri and aloo tikkis, hot from the griddle for 25 paise a piece. … [Read more…]
I was talking to Krithi of Krithi’s kitchen the other day and I promised her I would send her something ‘different’,for the ‘Herbs and Flowers – Cilantro’ event, a part of the series by PJ that she is hosting. Something different and not the day of the mill cilantro chutney. Although there were several ideas … [Read more…]
While juggling work, a toddler and home doesn’t always allow me with a lot of time for cooking, what gets me through is planning ahead, and smart meals – one pot meals that lets me put food on the table in a jiffy. Although this is typically the case during weekdays, and we love to … [Read more…]