I love using garlic in my cooking - but peeling it is an onerous, odorous task! The smell of the garlic stays on your fingers for a few days, and this can be unappetizing when you are eating laddoos, for instance! The standard way to quickly peel garlic can be googled - check it out on…
Can’t take the foodie out of me!
Have been battling fever and stomach infection since 25th night, so today that I am in a condition to sit upright I thought that I need to share this amazing recipe by Nigella Lawson that I saw yesterday on TLC. Even though my stomach revolted with the thought of any other food apart from curd…
Recipe: The Fusion Sandwich
I love sandwiches - there is nothing as exciting an adventure as figuring out what should go between two slices of bread! I have done all kind of sandwiches, from the revolting to the sublime: The jam & ketchup sandwich? Check! The molagai podi sandwich? Check! The egg, chives & peanut butter? Yes! Now, you…
Ahmedabad – Dhoklas, and dinner at The House of MG
Kanchuki, Nika & I got away for short break to The Little Rann of Kutch (migratory birds & wild asses!), Ahmedabad (the Sankranthi Kite Festival) and Mumbai (the Mumbai marathon) a few weeks ago. At Ahmedabad, we stayed in a clean, friendly and cheap hotel called Hotel Volga, just off Relief Road. We checked in…
Potato
My dad had, long back, told me this tale of Shahjehan, when he was dumped in jail by Aurangzeb. Aurangzeb had given the cook instructions that his dad be served only one vegetable and one dal for the entire time that he was in jail. Imagine, only one veg and one dal for the rest…
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