Cooking
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The “Induction-Only” Experiment: A Year Without Gas in Bangalore
When we first landed in Bangalore a year ago, we were braced for the usual logistical hurdles. Top of the list? The dreaded gas connection.
5 Delicious Hacks to Motivate Daily Cooking (Without Pulling Your Hair Out!)
I love cooking, but then it can get overwhelming at times – esp when it comes to planning the meal~ Here are a few hacks that I have come to…
Recipe and a story… Our Family’s Salna
If you were to go out and tell someone you had salna with parotta, they would immediately ask for the name of the place where you had it..In the South…
Matar Kachori [Peas Kachori]
I love experimenting with food, trying out new recipes, and so when I spotted this Matar Kachori recipe shared by Sangeetha [her blog – http://www.healthfooddesivideshi.com], I knew I had to…
Travel & food- Part I
It is no secret that I love to travel, and I have been fortunate to travel quite a bit over the last couple of years.
Experiment with foods – Noodles with veggies
Over the years, have learnt to play around with food- textures, flavours, build layers.. I know all this sounds like something you hear on a TV cookery show, but that’s…
Food & Our Grandmothers..
I must’ve been three when I first climbed onto a tiny stool and stood beside my aarthimma [that’s what I called my grandmother] flipping dosais on a hot tawa.
[Recipe] Kewa Datshi
Off late during my trips to familiar towns, I make it a point to do something different.. Last time I was in Delhi, I explored not one but nearly 5…
[Food tales] My love for experimenting with food & Mirchi peanut gobi …
I have been told that I made dosa when I was 3 years old, with my gramma beside me.. Looks like I was into cooking from then on.
Cranberry & Chocolates… at Cocoashala
Nuts and chocolate- yes, tried and tested.. Raisins and chocolate- yes, that has also been tried and tested Cranberry and chocolate- well, ummm errr.. Sounds interesting, but do the flavours…
Food Tales.. Breakfast like a queen!
For as long as I can remember, Breakfast has always been a defacto at home..Infact, during school days it used to be a mini lunch of sorts, which then changed…
Home cooking – Bhindi Khadi, Millet rice and Mushroom curry
Gramma and I have been experimenting a lot these days, one such was Bhindi Khadi, millet rice and Mushroom curry that I made for lunch few weeks ago.
Food Tales… Preferences..
Last evening while at dinner we were talking about how in one household you could have three people cooking the same dish three different ways.
Foodology, Chennai
The bright orange shelves, black plates and bowl, colourful knives and cutlery is what caught my eye as I pushed open the glass doors. And then a sudden wave of…
[Recipe] Veg korma
A bunch of us friends had decided to do a potluck dinner at a friend’s house and I was assigned the task of making a Veg korma.
Cooking with the Tadka Girls- Pasta in lemon pepper sauce!
Few weeks or maybe a month ago, I read a blog post by a friend in which she had mentioned this book “Around The World With The Tadka Girls [Ruchira…
The Biryani & Haleem Workshop is back… 8th December!!
When you bring two ladies who are passionate about food, and love to experiment you are in for a treat, actually a feast! Maaria of Adoniya launched a series of…
[Recipe] Tomato garlic chutney
Damn, it was nearly 7.40pm and I hadnt cooked dinner yet.. Did a mental run through of all that I had and after a short debate I knew what I…
[Recipe] Dal Tadka
I was getting back home after my evening walk and suddenly I thought of Dal Tadka and the past hour I spent looking at recipes on the net to see…
{recipe} Clear vegetable soup
I like my soup to be chunky, dont like it completely smooth. And one soup I love is the clear vegetable soup. I remember having a version of this in…
{Recipe} Broccoli Soup
I could hear granpa yelling from the dining room, he had sat down near the fridge to sort through the stuff gramma and mom had bought.
{Recipe} Pumpkin Soup
A soup I fell in love with from the very 1st spoonful I took in Eden was the Pumpkin Soup… And I have made this over and over, and love…
{recipe} Spinach Soup
It was one of those days when I had been sneezing all day, and there seemed to be no light at the end of the tunnel.
[Recipe] Celebrating International Chocolate Day – Chocolate Pancakes
To be honest, am not a big chocolate fan. Am not the kind who will rush to grab that last piece of chocolate or attack the bar once someone hands…
Bread upma with a difference
Ever since I moved to a place of my own, it has been fun in all ways. I enjoy cooking for Me. I have the freedom to make anything I…
[Recipe] Quick Fix Pasta
I had been busy cleaning up the house, and other chores that it completely slipped my mind that I had to cook lunch. Only when I was talking to a…
Sunday Lunch- Noodles, Schezuan style
I stood there in the kitchen wondering what to make for lunch when the doorbell rang. Glad to get away from the fridge and stove, I answered the door to…
A cookout with a difference at Dario’s
I for one began cooking, or atleast entering the kitchen quite early. Mom & Gramma used to say – at the age of 3 I was making dosas and thus…
Colorful Salad
So I was in one of those weird moods today, and that is all I needed to whip up this salad. I opened the fridge, stood in front of it…
Cook & Dine, Rhapsody, Chennai- II
There I was, back in Rhapsody, after nearly 8-9 months. And I was here to attend the Cook & Dine event at Rhapsody, Courtyard by Marriott.
[Recipe] Semiya Dosai
Dinner was Idli… And I will eat Idli only if it is the last thing available on earth, that is when the plants, bugs, and everything else has perished and…
[Recipe] Spinach Daal
What you need: Spinach: 2 cups Onion: 2 Green chillies: 2 Cooked green gram dal/moong dal: 1/2 cup Tamarind: 1 small sized ball Tomato: 2 Urad dal: 1/2 tsp(for tempering)…
Make me a Master Cook with Shazia Khan
Friday night around 8pm, or was it 9pm? I forgot. All I remember was getting a message from Manju Madhu saying “Congratulations, you have won..
ECO kitchen… the place- I
The saturday that went by was a day that was with a purpose. I planned the day so I can get out of the house around 12noon.
[Recipe] Pottukadala Chutney
I wanted to make something for the Dosa, but was unsure what.. Couldnt make onion based as grandparents dont eat, so waited for gramma to return from temple visit.
[Recipe] Raw Papaya Salad… Som Tam
We have a Papaya tree in our backyard and today morning i noticed granpa asking the gardener to bring in the only papaya fruit on it.
Cook & Dine, Rhapsody, Chennai
Everywhere i turn, i see people cooking or baking or talking about one of the two. Looks like the bug is in the air! I enjoy cooking as well..
Cooking with Sara Koshy
Ever since i became a part of the Chennai Food Guide group, well, more family, it has been an amazing journey. The only thing i have not been able to…
Goanese Potato a la Chellam
Yes, Goanese potato.. Now stop flipping through your cookery books, this is a different recipe[ kinda sorta maybe] and no the Chellam is not Trisha from Gilli or other movies…
Hunger pangs and an Eggless Strawberry Yogurt Cake
I was feeling like a snack, but it was one where i wanted to eat fruits. I opened and stood in front of the fridge for a few minutes, discovered…
Celery Soup
Grandparents are always up for something new and today it was Celery soup. Gramma had bought celery and leek few days ago, inspired by a recipe she saw on a…
Recipe- Crisp cauliflowers
It had been raining, plus the weather was chill.. One of those days when we wanted something hot to nibble on! Grandparents were watching a Carnatic concert on TV while…
Eggless Chocolate Cake in Microwave
I had posted this on my other blog the day i made the cake and now reposting it here!! What you need: 1cup maida 3/4 tsp baking powder, 3/4 tsp…
Cooking is an art
When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste. ~Laiko Bahrs How true… I am reading this quote for the 1st time, but i have been doing exactly…
[Recipe] Beetroot & Garlic meet..
ot into one of those moods.. felt like cooking something fun.. and all i came up with were 2 beetroots that had become spongy… 🙂 Pulled em out, chopped em…
Movie.. M.A.S.H and kitchen invasion…
Woke up excited knowing i was gonna be out the door by 8.30am… and it was Sunday~!! We[me , friend, n her son] went to watch A Christmas Carol in…
i dont wanna cook….
Phase 1 We had a part time cook at home.. he would come in the morning, make lunch, and dinner and scoot by 4ish… and then came a day when…
Easy …Difficult
Was just thinking back on all that has been happening in life and decided to pen this post….[plus the fact that today i got ragged royally by friends about not…
[Recipe] Pad Thai noodles a la Box…
Couple of days back when i was scrounging about at Nilgiris (the supermarket near home), i came upon these boxes with cute noodle pics on them… Upon closer inspection, i…
Eggless Chocolate Cake in Microwave.. Yummmy
Couple of days back, my dear friend A called asking if i wanna come Shopping with her( she wanted to buy something for her hubby, since it was his bday)..
Worms on a platter?
Like caterpillars? Those tiny green wriggley crawlies??? You must have played with one of them when you were small, as a toy.. and am sure you’ve seen some wriggling around…
[Cooking] Breakfast recipes
My all time favorite breakfast is rice flakes (we call it aval in tamil.. think its poha in hindi).. it is so easy to cook and tastes yummy too.
Videos worth a watch…
Some videos from youtube that are kickass and fun to watch… Awesome editing… When you got time but dont know what to do… here is an idea… ;o)
[Cooking] Kofta in Spinach gravy
After long, was watching tv in the evening with my gramma… we were surfing channels looking for something she wanted to watch.. since we dint find it, went over to…
[Cooking] MicrowaveCarrot halwa.. my 1st attempt
During my recent trip to Mumbai, i had carrot halwa at my friend’s house. . she and her hubb had tried out this recipe in their new Microwave..
[Cooking] Mushroom Stroganoff
Today lunch was fun. No,I dint go out but tried out a new recipe and must say it turned out yummy.. Thanks to my uncle for introducing me to this…
A woman’s day is never done!!! :)
A Woman’s day is never done… Woman: Hello God! Yet another day has dawned and here I am once again in front of you. Please make sure Gan gets to…