Chicken Chaap – A Gorgeous recipe
In India, one evening, my brother-in-law (my sister’s husband) ordered dinner from a nearby restaurant that specialized in Biryani and an aromatically brilliant dish known as Chicken Chaap. It was so...
View ArticleLazy winter days
I so apologize for MIA for so many days after my last post. I haven’t been busy. I haven’t been sick. I haven’t had guests. I haven’t been cleaning. I have been cooking (but clicking no pictures). I...
View ArticleMicrowave Coffee Cappuccino style – just a minute
It’s snowing again. I don’t drink coffee or any other beverage for that matter on a regular basis. But give me a frozen morning, and I will run for that cuppa you bet. Today, it is frozen. The...
View ArticleBruschetta with Mushroom sabzi
It took us 48 hours, exact, from door to door, flying back from India to USA. Kid you not, my kid was whimpering by the end of it. We stood for over 3 hours at the Kolkata immigration. We then flew...
View ArticleTuna Bites on Pasta with vegetable platter
My Koi pond is frozen. Last two days, my brain had frozen over in the biting cold. Literally. Today, as the golden morning sun kissed the snow sprinkled trees of my backyard, it compelled me to shake...
View ArticleQuick Pressure Cooker Biriyani (Mutton/Lamb/Chicken)
Long back, there was a little girl who loved rain coats. She thought it made everyone who wore it out in the rain look super cool and chic (I have no clue why she thought chic….then I have little...
View ArticleKalakand – a decadent Indian sweet made of Ricotta Cheese
Winter holidays as a child meant visits to the extended family and a never-ending brouhaha with cousins and their friends, who of course would also become our friends by default for that short...
View ArticleShould you microchip your dog?
Yesterday, late evening, our GSD got lost. We went in a panic mode. It was dark, and there was no way we could see his dark form in the darkness unless we developed X-Ray visions. We called out his...
View ArticleLEMON CRÈME BRÛLÉE
Have you had a chance to visit Nazneet at Coffee and Crumphets? You haven’t? Oh dear! You have NO idea how much you are missing out on. Nazneen makes cooking at home look glamorous, and yet so at...
View ArticleTandoori Chicken – from scratch
Once my Dad was posted in the northern part of Punjab, a small state in the north-west India, that also borders Pakistan. The people of Punjab are famous for their flamboyant style, hospitality, zest...
View ArticleSardine croquettes with Flax seed
This post is all about Power Foods. I am a part of this exceptionally talented blogging group that showcases a Power Food each week. The Power Food ingredient each week is based on the book Power...
View ArticleAn Angry Birdie and grilled fish with roasted pumpkin seeds for dinner
A while ago, on a Friday morning of a long weekend, a little birdie’s husband announced, ” Mr X and his family are coming to dinner. I was speaking with them, and realized we haven’t met in a long...
View ArticleKauraishootir Ghoogni
At dentist office, the doctor informed me that she would have to extract a broken tooth out of my younger son’s mouth . The rest of the broken half was sitting in a big cavity that needed to be...
View ArticleA hungry wait, some curried eggs with foreign spices
We went for a day trip to a place called Varanasi, in India. This was ages ago, when I was still a pony tailed middle-schooler and not taken seriously by anyone – kids or adults. Varanasi is...
View ArticleHappy Saint Patrick’s Day!
A few years ago, we were walking down a street by the Boston Park. It was a weekend afternoon, during the first few days of a brand new spring. The green was everywhere – the dewy, translucent green...
View ArticleBLT with C and E and a Y for yumm
“Can I have a BELT ?” rasped a very big man with a voice that sounded like it was coming out of a hollow tube. “You mean a BLT, sir?’, asked the cashier. “No, I meant a BELT. Roger knows it.” Roger...
View ArticleA Belated Birthday and Tiramisu eggless
Early last year, I assured my younger son Imp Jr, that he could have a Pool Party for his birthday. It would have to be in June, three months after his actual birthday, because it would be too cold...
View ArticleSorshe Maacher Paturi – Fish in mustard sauce cooked in banana leaf
Right after I started blogging, I came across a blog that was called Coffee and Crumpets. It caught my crumpets like no other. Belonging to generation of Indians whose grandparents served the...
View ArticleHyderabadi Vegetable Dum Biriyani
Divya Pramil from Youtoocancookindianfood.blogspot.com posted a very interesting challenge. She divided the Indian subcontinent into two geographical teams – North Indian, and South Indian – in a...
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