The idea for the above pic comes from a food photo, I saw on the Pinterest, by Dennis Prescott. It looked like a party on the platter 😊 […]
MAKHANA CHAAT – मखाना चाट (Roasted Fox Nuts Chaat)
Contrary to common perception, Indian food is not all rich and oily. There are certain curries that do fit the description but most Indian home–made meals are healthy, […]
KESARI PHIRNI – केसरी फ़िरनी (Saffron Rice Custard Pudding)
HAPPY HOLI ! Phirni is a popular north Indian dessert which is basically rice kheer (rice pudding) but with a twist. Unlike the regular rice kheer the texture of […]
GATTE WALA PAALAK SAAG aur DAL KA PARANTHA – गॅट्टे वाला पालक साग और दाल का परांठा (Chickpea Flour Dumplings in Spinach Curry with Lentil Flatbreads)
There are certain dishes that I learnt about from my mother-in-law and gatte ki sabzi is one of them. She taught me one version, that I have already […]
PATISHAPTA / पातिशप्ता (Indian style Crepes w/ Sweet Coconut Filling)
Bengali sweets arrived pretty late in my life, and they are now my weakness and absolute favorite. Honestly, the Bengali mishti (Bengali word for sweet confection / mithai) […]
AWADHI MURG BIRYANI – अवधी मुर्ग बिरयानी (Awadhi Chicken Biryani)
It is kind of sacrilege, for the food blogger in me, for not having shared the chicken biryani recipe in my eight years of blogging. I honestly have […]
KALE CHANEH / काले चने (Black Chickpea Curry)
Regular visitors here would know that I have been posting simple dishes, simple curries that comprise our everyday meals. My daughter insisted that I post simple, everyday meals […]
DAL MORADABADI / दाल मोरादाबादी (Yellow Mung Bean Soup)
During one of those customary yet mundane chit chat with a sister-in-law of mine, she happened to remark how she had been busy running around errands the whole […]