You know that one recipe that you keep going back to every time someone requests it? For me, its Nigella Lawson’s brownies. Years ago, from my ‘food-blogging-is-in days’, I had attended a waffle making competition at the erstwhile Cafe Sundance at Churchgate, Mumbai. And…
I really believe that it is very important for all home cooks to have a few seasoned recipes up their sleeve. One of those is a good banana bread. Along with brownies, a good pasta, a damn good casserole. But I digress. I mean,…
Hello there! How have you been? It’s been almost a year since I actually sat down to write anything on the blog! And, what a time to do it! We are currently in lockdown – an event none of us would have ever thought…
Yes, the name sounds a little ominous, I know. But give it a chance. Cauliflower has been proven time and again to be one of the most versatile ingredients in the world both in terms of cuisines and dishes – read: cauliflower pizza, cauliflower…
The Middle East has some beautiful Mediterranean ingredients that are quite unique to the region – and not everything is about Shawarma or Hummus. There is so much more – like Za’atar (a spice mix using dried herbs and seeds), Labneh (a smooth creamy…
My parents were typical ‘South Indians’ when it came to our daily breakfast – moreso my father. Of course, we had the odd scrambled or fried egg or omelette, and French Toast was always a treat – but most other times, it was some…
There was a time when Sunday mornings in Mumbai were carefree, brunch was the best meal eaten and the world of South Mumbai was open for us to explore since I lived in Gamdevi at that time. That’s when my friend Sneha would come…
Just the other day I exclaimed to a friend that I don’t think I’d have even tried making Bohri food had I not shifted to Dubai in 2015. Prior to that, we used to get our fix from my mother-in-law’s house – so be…
If there’s one thing I’ve figured out about my community (Chitrapur Saraswat), it is that we worship a Holy Trinity of another kind! Try as you might, you can’t pull an ‘amchi’ away from the byadgi mirchi, garlic and coconut. We just can.not. live…
Growing up, I found my mum’s recipe book quite fascinating. It was a medium-sized, light brown, hardbound book with pages that had yellowed with the ages. Some pages had more character than the others with stains hinting at their popularity with our family! This…
It’s been a while since I made a dish and blogged about it that very day. Today’s dish came about as a result of my current saturation with eggs. Don’t get me wrong; I love eating eggs for breakfast. Put a plate of nicely…