healthy vegetarian cooking
When I wrote my earlier post, A is for Avial, I had forgotten that I’d have another BIG favourite dish from our cuisine – it is Paruppu Usili. I cannot proclaim my love for this enough. And I don’t know of too many people who’ve grown up eating this, not listing it as one of their top favourites. I
Avial, a traditional South Indian curry made using a mix of vegetables and a delicately spiced masala with coconut, cumin seeds and green chillies – the perfect accompaniment to rice
When I entered Riwaz, the beautiful Mughal inspired yet modern interiors were what struck me first. Warm lighting, carefully chosen silver artefacts used in the decor and soothing music were the other things I mentally ticked off. The cutlery and the menu were in total sync with the jaali-work inte
Bottle Gourd is a boring vegetable, no doubt. There is hardly a person who loves it. It’s one of those “damn! it’s dudhi for lunch today” kind of vegetables, very difficult to glam up or make delicious. It has no flavour of its own, so when fried into a kofta or made into a spicy koottu, it is somew
2014 has taken off and how! Other than the workshops at Saffron Trail Kitchen, I was called in for some corporate workshops on healthy cooking in Feb, in which I had a lot of fun, interacting with a variety of audiences. Pic courtesy: Harsha Priolkar March started off with me having a stall selling
It is very easy to make a pizza at home once you get the basics right What’s more, you can make it healthier by: -adding healthy ingredients to the dough such as flaxseed and some whole wheat flour -keep the crust as thin as you like to reduce the carbs -add as little cheese as you want This is one
The Movenpick Hotel and Spa in Bangalore (Mathikere) has a new offering, which is totally unique to India – The Swiss Bakery + Cafe. The Swiss are famous for their breads such as Zoft and Burebrot (farmer’s bread) and their pastries are of course, legendary. The bakery and cafe represents this to a
Since I have decided that I will do something newsworthy, every single month of 2014 (at least newsworthy of the blog headlines), this is the big news of Jan 2014. Saffron Trail is on YouTube. After Blog–Facebook Page–Twitter–one might think YouTube is the natural progression to this train of thi
When you hear the name Royal Afghan, it’s easy to assume that it’s going to be a carnivores paradise, which indeed it was. But I was in for a pleasant surprise too. It turned out to be one of the most memorable meals I’ve had in a long time! Last week, we were invited to share a table with the legen
Arachuvitta Sambar is the ultimate comfort food. The flavour of mum’s or granny’s cooking which you will never find in a restaurant. Get the authentic recipe here
A recipe for Puli Aval / Tamarind Poha, one of my favourite tiffin dishes that my great-grandmother would prepare for us. This is her recipe and I’m sure you’ll love it as much as I do.
This is one cake recipe you must keep in your recipe folder – a simple easy eggless chocolate cake.
