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 …
Mar 02
Sometimes its fun to play with food. Made a bento box – A bento box,( in Japanese is a single portion takeout that resembles the ‘tiffin’ we make for our family members for their work, school or journey) for the kids as a surprise It’s a combination of Banana nutella roti rolls, (Roti layered with Nutella …
Feb 26
We have a restaurant called Global Fusion in Mumbai which has an awesome buffet spread. I first tasted the brinjal dish there and fell in love with it. When I asked the staff for the recipe, they were very vague about it and I came back confused about the recipe. But my mind was set …
Feb 22
Birthdays are always super exciting. I am like a little child when my birthday comes. I would shout out “ITS MY BIRTHDAY” all day if I could. Is it mid life crisis. Naah. It’s just the child in me who loves it. I love planning surprises for other people’s birthday and just wait to see …
Feb 22
A healthy breakfast option. Appeys. The person who invented the Appey pan is a pure genius. It takes minimal oil and has multiple uses. I have made poha vada, sabudana vada, koftas, etc in an appey pan. The original appey recipe is a bit time consuming as like idlis, we need to soak, grind and …
Feb 22
I love Thai food. Close to coastal southie flavours with the use of coconut but the addition of lemon grass and fish sauce add that twist to the dish. I was keen on making green curry but lack of ingredients made me opt for the tried and tasted red curry. Fiery, spicy, creamy with hot …
Feb 22
Today was a momentous day as I delivered my very first catering order. Cooking has always been a passion though I treated it like a hobby. The past six months, I have seen my learning graph rising and my interests in cooking developing multifold. I did think that in the future, I would take a …
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