Feb 08
My world famous Mexican paste, (oh I meant my household famous mexican paste) is quite a handy sauce to have in your freezer. I made some a while back and used it to make Mexican rice then. Popped the leftovers in the freezer and brought it out for a perfect Sunday meal Had some store …
Feb 08
An amalgamation of simple home cooked South Indian dishes. Hyderabadi baingan and Mangalorean tomato saar served with steamed rice. The Baingan is spicy and tangy with a pickle like flavour to it. The recipe is courtesy veg recipes of India and I am a big fan of Dassana’s cooking. The tomato saar is my moms …
Feb 06
I recently bought some goose berries from the local vendor, at least I thought they were goose berries. While researching some recipes, I realised that they are not called gooseberries but have multiple names Cape gooseberry (South Africa), Inca berry, Aztec berry, golden berry, giant ground cherry, African ground cherry, Peruvian groundcherry, Peruvian cherry, pok pok (Madagascar), poha (Hawaii), ras bhari(India), aguaymanto (Peru), uvilla (Ecuador), uchuva (Colombia), harankash (Egypt), amour en cage (France, French for love in a cage), and Physalis (United …
Feb 04
My mind seems to be moving towards romantic, intimate dishes this week. What could be the reason I wonder? 🙂 I had soaked some figs in Cognac for my fig sauce in which I had pan seared chicken last night. I had some figs left over, and wanted to make a dessert with it. Read …
Feb 03
I am part of a group of like minded foodies who interact on a daily basis about all things Food. Recently we decided to challenge ourselves by working on a common ingredient and presenting different dishes with it. With Valentine fast approaching, we agreed on an ingredient that is considered an aphrodisiac too. FIGS. Figs, whose …
Feb 02
14th February changed for us around 9 years ago. From being Valentines Day to being the birth of our daughter. Ever since we rarely celebrate Valentines as the focus is on our daughter Inaya. My neighbour recently gifted me a bag of humongous strawberries and was wondering what to do with it. Since I have …
Jan 30
I enjoy my evening tea and when the clock strikes 5, my senses start craving for a hot cup of tea. Yesterday a virtual friend Sarika Shah pinged me and mentioned that she would be in the vicinity. Now for the uninitiated, I have made many friends in the virtual land of Facebook. Being a …
Jan 28
Long ago, I read this recipe in a magazine. Don’t remember which – Woman’s Era, Caravan. Yeah my mom still subscribes to them. Now this is before I got into cooking. I had the habit of writing recipes in a long note book and saving it for a rainy day. A few years back, this …
Jan 28
In my previous post, i told you about the dinner invitation and my plan the white forest fudge. So leisurely made the fudge and set it. Did a photo shoot too. Then decided to give my husband a taste and he declared it was too sweet. My kids took a bite and absolutely adored it. …
Jan 28
We were recently invited over for dinner to my husband’s office colleagues house. I was keen on taking something with me but couldn’t afford to do anything elaborate. My maid was away at her village and elaborate translates to a lot of prep work and clean up post cooking. An easy dessert, that uses minimal …
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