World Cup finals BBC world news For so many days I had pages open on my ipad researching vegetarian cuisines from Brazil, France, Germany, Costa Rica, Argentina, Netherlands, Belgium, Chile, etc. The search was narrowed down to Brazil, Germany, Netherlands and Argentina.Unfortunately Brazil suffered a humiliating defeat in both the hands of the…
Egg Free Peanut Butter M&M Cookies
Recipe: Egg Free Peanut Butter M&M Cookies Egg Free Peanut Butter M&M Cookies are melt…
Zeytin Piyazi
Recipe: Zeytin Piyazi Zeytin Piyazi is a tangy, refreshing, easy to make Turkish green olive…
Mushroom & Spinach Crustless Quiche
Recipe: Mushroom & Spinach Crustless Quiche Mushroom & Spinach Crustless Quiche is an easy to…
Vegetable Raita
Recipe: Vegetable Raita Vegetable Raita is an easy to make Indian side dish or salad.…
Pomegranate Mousse
Recipe: Pomegranate Mousse Pomegranate Mousse is an easy, creamy, delectable dessert. Simple and yet the…
Baked Cauliflower Bites
Recipe: Baked Cauliflower Bites Baked Cauliflower Bites is a delicious, crispy starter or appetizer dish.…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Rajgira Sheera | Halwa Rajgira Sheera | Halwa is a gluten free, delicious Indian sweet dish that is prepared from amaranth flour, ghee, sugar and milk. Mostly prepared during fasting days like Ekadashi, Navratri, Shravan, Ram Navmi, etc, it is an easy recipe. However, go and make it whenever you feel like. It…
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Continue Readingdifferent hands, different outcome Have you ever noticed how the same recipe prepared by different people appears totally different and yet the basic ingredients used are the same. The way my mum use to make handvo and the way I make it appears different. The way my mother in law makes so many…
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Continue Readinghold that sugar! We all know that sugar is not good for our health but how often do we get attracted to sweet things… sweet drinks, cakes, muffins, cookies, indian sweets. It is so difficult to resist the very things that are bad for our health. I have tried substituting sugar with the artificial…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Chidambaram Gotsu Chidambaram Gotsu is a delicious side dish prepared with brinjal and roasted ground spices. It is traditionally served with jeeraga samba rice. However, nowadays it is served with idli, dosa, ven pongal. In fact, the recipes calls for smaller young eggplants or brinjals. I guess because it would cook faster and…
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Continue Readinga lovely present After my son’s wedding got over, my bhabhis kept insisting that I tell them how much my wedding sari costed. Basically, when a daughter’s kids get married, in our tradition, the wedding sari comes from the parents home or the mayka. I bought the sari of my choice and my…
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Continue ReadingConfused? It is stated in the Oxford food and nutrition dictionary that kipfel, kipferl (plural kipfels) were invented by bakers in Vienna to celebrate the lifting of the siege of Vienna in 1683. They were made in the shape of a crescent. Kipfels (kip-fuhls) are rich buttery yeast pastries filled with lekvar…
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Continue ReadingHard work Esther, the lady who brings vegetables to our doorsteps daily is a petite woman, but very strong. When she started coming to our building last year, to sell vegetables, she was shy, meek and rarely smiled. As time has gone by she has become more confident, strong, smiles and even jokes…
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Continue ReadingLife Values Last week we went for dinner to Ajay’s aunt and uncle’s house. I couldn’t go empty handed to their house, so I decided to try out one of the bookmarked recipes, custard cookies.I can’t remember from where I must have written this recipe. I am so glad that…
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Continue ReadingA Persian bread I recently joined the group We Knead to Bake. Komaj (#18) was the bread given by the Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen, the initiator of the group. Komaj is a Persian sweet savoury bread from south east Iran where cumin grows in abundance. No wonder this bread has cumin and turmeric…
