I have two boys. One loves peas, and the other one hates it. I am not kidding. You should watch them eating a dish that has peas. One spends precious eating time picking the green little pebbles and piling…
Month: June 2012
Garam Chai! – The Quintessential Indian Tea
In India, no one ever calls ahead before dropping in a for a visit. Maybe you are sitting at home one fine evening, reading a fabulous book and have just come to the clincher. Or maybe watching…
My First Blogging Award
Less than two months into blogging, I have been nominated twice and now been awarded…… AWARDED (gasp!) an award. *Trumpet blows* THE VERSATILE BLOGGER AWARD It proves two, no three things. a) I am doing something right. b) Someone is…
Zaffrani Mango Mousse
Today morning I read about Anna’s Blue Ribbon Challenge at Crunchy Creamy Sweet. Normally I take at least two days to sit on a post before I post it. When I read her post (somehow I had completely missed…
Mushroom bell pepper curry – a nutritional gold mine
New England is weird this year. It was warm in the winter, and it’s chilly in the summer. It’s mid June, still it’s not comfortable to step out without a light jacket. Not too bad though. As far as…
Father’s Day – The boys bake pineapple pastry and an incredible story
On Thursday, I retold an amazing story I had read on news to the boys. It was about a 5 year old boy named Saroo who had gotten lost in a train in India, found his way to an adopted…
Salt water pool and its advantages
Price of your own backyard swimming pool: $$$$ Swimming in that pool: Priceless Keeping the pool clean and debris free: Thankless For everything else, there’s Mom. The day our pool reopened for the summer, all my kids wanted to…
Saffron-rose ice-cream; eggless, cream less, machine less
I can’t resist a good scoop of ice cream. Unfortunately, my sweet tooth has been getting more and more demanding as I grow older. I eat double the amount of sugar than I did twenty years ago. I know I…
Mango mint sweet and tangy
Yard work is hard work, and not necessarily a pleasant one, unless you like pulling out weeds and stepping on mushy soil and who-knows-what-else while cleaning it all up. The result is infinitely satisfying, but the journey is one of…
FoodStories Nominee for June!
I am thrilled. I have been nominated for a second time, for CJ’s June edition of Food Stories Award For Excellence In Story Telling, which is an award given for excellence in telling stories around food . Isn’t that super…
Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese dip
I am not a fancy cook, but I like my dishes to look pretty and of course, taste – well just as my three boys like it. My opinions don’t count much. If they eat, I eat. If I…
Seafood fritters with smoked salmon cream cheese dip, an “Easy Recipe”
Did I tell you that I have downloaded this awesome recipe-uploader plugin called ‘Easy Recipe‘? Maureen from Orgasmic Chef had her man design it for her (ain’t she lucky?). But she didn’t stop there. Once she found how…
The ‘blast’ that almost happened
Every word that you are going to read below is true, nothing added, nothing subtracted. When Ma called me on Monday afternoon US time (Monday night in India), she was literally shaking. She had discovered oil on the floor, right near the…
Red Lentil Soup, Bengali style and mustard oil
Have you ever tasted Mustard oil? It’s a fantastically flavored oil, a little heavy, and has a pungent vapor that can tear you up when heated. It’s rich in Omega3 fatty acids.
Kasuri Methi Murg – Chicken made with exotic Fenugreek leaves
I have been wondering lately – does New England weather always suck, or am I special? It’s been grey, drizzly, and with the yellow mucky pollen wash of the last two weeks still lurking in those unreachable nook and…