Pico de Gallo, a piquant salsa or condiment integral to Mexican cuisine. Prepare a big bowl of this to go along with your Mexican spread.
#GetFitMarch – Yogurt, Half Full Meals and Bhel
It’s all about choosing the lesser evil
#GetFitMarch – Yogurt, Half Full Meals and Bhel
It’s all about choosing the lesser evil
Lunchbox Ideas : Vegetable Peanut Noodles
Noodles with plenty of vegetables, a lip-smacking dressing and lots of crushed peanuts make this a happy lunch! Or something to pack in your lunchbox.
Lemon Blueberry Muffins – with the kid in the kitchen
These lemon and blueberry muffins are my kid’s favourite! Do try it out with frozen blueberries that you get in most supermarkets these days in the frozen products section.
Homemade Fig, Vanilla and Black Pepper Jam
A little cafe surrounded by a kitchen garden – windows with fluttering lace curtains – a big oven on one side – cinnamon, yeast, vanilla scents in the air – sounds of happy chatter – the aroma of fresh coffee brewing – people waiting in anticipation of a simple good time – a cup of good coffee or ch
Eggplant salad with spicy greens – From garden to plate
Brinjal Blooms – I like these more than the vegetable 🙂 There are people you love at first sight and you can’t wait to know them more and spend more time with them. Then there are others who you can’t decide about. But you wouldn’t mind meeting them once in a while. And finally, the third type, wh
Cauliflower Potato Cold Salad with Middle-Eastern Flavours
Summer is upon us. As usual, the desire to heat piping hot food has evaporated in the heat. Cold salads, smoothies, seasonal fruits and lots of yogurt are all that I’m craving for. While I love to make (and eat) Tandoori Cauliflower where partly blanched florets are marinated in a onion-tomato-ginge
Honey Cake – a Recipe for Ukrainian Honey Cake
This is a quick and easy cake made with just 2 tablespoons of oil, egg free, and big on flavour. Perfect with a cup of tea or coffee
Beet, feta and water amaranth salad
Sometimes, one ingredient can be such an inspiration for a whole recipe to be built around it. Feta cheese for us is one such ingredient. Neither S nor I can resist the intense saltiness and rich flavour of feta. That so much salt isn’t good for our health is easily forgotten when we lay our hands o
Saraswat Lunch Menu from Rasachandrika
Regional Indian cooking has such variety that it’s mind-boggling. Every culture has had it’s cookbook bible that it trusts to preserve the heritage and authenticity – Meenakshi Ammal is one such great lady who put down traditional Tamil cuisine in three volumes. Such books are not only wonderful to discover in our kitchens the kind of food that is hardly ever available in restaurants, but also to give a great insight into the other cultures in our country. I can say the same about some of the food blogs 🙂 Rasachandrika, written by Ambabai Samshi is one such cooking bible for Saraswat community – and I was glad to buy it a few months ago – this showcases Chitrapur Saraswat cooking
Karela with kachori masala – Bitter gourd made better
As a child, I didn’t have the choice to avoid any foods. Whatever was made at home, I had to eat – and while at that time I hated the rules, I now realise that thanks to this, I appreciate all kinds of foods today. Bitter gourd was one exception though at that time, where I would have the option to