Mar 15
An absolute favourite in our house. My nephew adores and it when he comes over he says “Chikki (short for Chikamma or maasi) make stroganoff for me naa.” Stroganoff originates from Russia but you can find it peeking out in many a country’s cuisine. Traditionally made with beef, but I have made it using chicken. …
Mar 15
Shepherd’s pie is a type of savoury pie made with minced meat and mashed potato on top. It comes from the United Kingdom and Ireland though now the dish is now popular worldwide. In modern British English, the dish is usually called “cottage pie” if it is made with beef. If it is made with lamb it is usually called “shepherd’s pie” In early cookery books, …
Mar 15
A special person deserves a special cake. It was M’s birthday and we decided to have a party by calling his friends over for dinner. I causually asked him, have u ever had a birthday party with friends over and was surprised when he answered in the negative. Thought back to the 14 years we …
Mar 12
A fellow foodie Nithya had posted a dish called Ice Cream bread. Was quite intrigued with the idea and saved the recipe to try later. Had half a tub of vanilla icecream wasting away in the freezer as all of us were down with the seasonal flu. Made some strawberry compote and was wondering what …
Mar 12
I recently was gifted a box of strawberries from a very dear friend. A while back I had shortlisted some strawberry recipes on Pinterest, and these bars were very tempting. Used the recipe as inspiration and gave it my own twist with the ingredients at hand. Have used this recipe before to make Oats Hazelnut …
Mar 11
My son had this big event at school. They were celebrating the festivals of India and his class had been assigned the festival of Eid. I made date rolls to be packaged as give aways for the event. Mom has this super easy and healthy recipe that she has been making for years. I hate …
Mar 11
One week no cooking only nursing. Kids and I have been down with the seasonal flu and looks like finally we are on the road to recovery. My group of foodie friends were given chillies as a challenge and with everything happening thought I would miss the deadline. Had big plans for this spicy ingredients …
Mar 11
I asked mom to get some red chillies for a dish I wanted to make a few days ago. She bought me a whole bunch of red birds eye chilli. I used it for the Basa and then for the margarita and still it wouldn’t get over. So made a Thai sweet chilli sauce from …
Mar 02
VADE VADE VADE CUTLESS CUTLESS CUTLESS If u have travelled by train (which we did a lot of) you know what those words mean and how your heart starts thumping waiting for the first sight of the oily delicious deep fried balls of joy. I lived in Goa for a bit and travelled back to …
Mar 02
Three alphabets G-O-A opens up a pitaara of memories and visuals and drunk days/nights and the aroma of food and the shirtless (hot and not) studs zooming around in bikes. Are u in Goa now Ok let’s move ahead, macchi frying somewhere, Rosy Aunty toiling over a steaming hot vat of feni, Bobbito (I knew …
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