Nature’s Rhythm
Two pictures of a curry leaf plant, ten days apart that show Nature’s Rhythm !! Spring is here and life springs in this plant too.
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Sabudana Vada Sans Oil
Read the post to see how to make Sabudana Vada in an airfryer/air oven without much oil. A healthier version of the oil soaked snack !
Restaurant Food ? Noooo !
The food at home is always fresh and made with care and love. Restaurant food cannot really match that .. positive side effect of the pandemic?
Don’t Exit the Dragon …… Fruit !!
Read all about the Dragon Fruit. Enjoy this summer fruit and don’t exit this dragon …. fruit :):) but definitely exit the dragon (Chinese) productsÂ
Tasty Dhoklas and Upma with Whey
Two days back Amma was heating milk to set curds but unfortunately the milk curdled. I immediately separated the milk solids as paneer but was left with a lot of whey since this was Amul’s cow milk and the quantity of milk solids was relatively little. I added a couple of tablespoons of curd to … Read more
Instant Beetroot Pickle
Many people don’t know what to do with Beetroot, one of the most nutritious vegetable available to us. My earliest memory of the beetroot is about using it to colour my lips to match with Bhagwan Krishna’s lips on a picture in the puja room at Dehu Road. I have always been attracted to that … Read more
Re-imagining Traditional Food
For the past 10 days, we have been trying to improve our intake of uncooked fresh vegetables because we realised that while we do eat healthy, the content of uncooked vegetables is very low in our preparations. I tried re-imagining two of our favourite breakfast items – Sabudana Khichadi and Poha. Sabudana Khichadi as Bhel … Read more
Homemade Hummus
One of the things that we always eat when we travel abroad is “Hummus”. The variety and quality that we get in Europe or Turkey or even the US is just outstanding and for vegetarians, its a treat with all types of bread. I have never tried to make it at home, but decided to … Read more
Rajbhog …. its a Mango !
Till ten days back, if anyone said “Rajbhog”, I only thought of the Bengali sweet by that name. Even now if you merely type Rajbhog Mangoes, Google comes up with recipes for the sweet. I saw a message from EatRightBasket, the online organic store based in Noida saying they have the “Rajbhog” Mangoes from Bihar … Read more
Milk Stories – Mother Dairy, Arokya, Chitale Bandhu
When we first came to Delhi in 1997, I discovered Mother Dairy milk. We lived in Patparganj, right behind the Mother Dairy factory and there was a vending machine in the small market behind our society flat. I couldn’t get over how tasty the milk was and especially the one that we got from the … Read more