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…
Baking Competition Desserts Fruit HomeCooked Masterchef
Hasselback Apple w/ a Salted Caramel Parfait
I devour recipe videos, articles and blogs on food, and food shows on a regular basis, and my inspiration to cook comes from all of this. Recently, a leading food magazine in the UAE organised a competition on apples, and I knew this was…
When I have breakfast, I love to have one that is fulfilling and wholesome and, of course, delicious! Pancakes and French toast are my favourite to-go breakfast options. So, today, I made some delicious Whole Wheat and Oatmeal topped with local raspberries from my…
I am back after a short hiatus. Had a bake sale last month - a spur of the moment decision, which gave me great insight into the palate of Mumbai's foodies. Been busy with work since then, and although I have been cooking loads,…
Lemons and limes are very different from each other - while lemons are bigger, yellow and have a thick rind/skin, limes are smaller often green (it gets yellow once it ripens), more tart and has a thinner skin. Of late, I've fallen head over…
The food world is filled with classic flavour combinations: apple-cinnamon, lamb-rosemary, garlic-almost anything, steak-onions, chocolate-hazelnut (read nutella), chicken-cherry tomatoes, tomato-basil-mozzarella and much more. Now, I love all these combinations, but then sometimes, the mind aspires for the unique; something you haven't tried before. So,…
The mango season is here, and I've been going crazy trying out new things with this luscious fruit. One of them was the Roasted Corn and Mango Salad, which is so simple and easy. Another one was a dessert. I made a mango pavlova…
Mangoes are here! As a child, every time we visited India in the summers, I was subjected to mangoes all the time. Green mangoes (kairi) with chilli powder and salt (lip smacking) or simple aamras with pooris (which soon became a staple for a…
Last week was not such a good week - what with being ill and having several other issues to sort out - not to mention that my office computer crashed and I've lost all my data. No, it wasn't a nice week at all!…
Time flies so fast! It seems like New Years' was just yesterday, but then we are already heading towards April. The past one year has been a dream come true. Sure, we've had our ups and downs, but I guess marrying the one person…