Happy 50th Birthday Little Sister April in our huge family is a busy month, birthdays and birthdays and birthdays and an anniversary. Imagine my sister turning 50. Its funny how you think that all those who are younger to you are probably not getting older. I just spoke to my niece and its her birthday…
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Continue ReadingWhat is Punjabi? Punjab is a northwest state in India. Its considered as the bread basket of India. With five rivers passing through this state its one of the most fertile state in India. Punjabi refers to the people of Punjab, the language spoken there and also their cuisine is popularly known as Punjabi cuisine…
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Continue Readinga special treat for a special person What is ravioli? Its small pasta envelopes that contain a filling and is served with a sauce. We all are familiar with the savoury variety filled with meat, fish, cheese or vegetables and served with tomato, cheese or creamy sauce. Or just drizzled with loads of olive…
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Continue ReadingI love these secret ingredients Challenges come in our lives for a reason. They teach us, make us stronger and wiser. Some challenges can be pleasant and some very difficult. However we all have to face them and get through them. Our cooking challenges are not scary or difficult to face. They are fun and…
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Continue ReadingLeave the innocent children alone Time and again we are facing with news and reports of cruelty towards innocent children. Forced labour, ill treatment, child trafficking, children soldiers and now the shootout at Peshawar. A few days ago a video went viral online showing a Ugandan maid force feeding a toddler, and when the poor…
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Continue Readingfull of vegetables The recipe for vegetable handvo has been in my recipe book (followers may recall that all my recipes since I started cooking, are jotted in a big diary given to me by my dad) even before I got married. My friend’s mum use to make this very often as a snack…
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Continue ReadingI have come a long way I remember whenever I would try out a new recipe on my own or with my friends or kaki, we would follow the recipe word to word. But that was when we were learning. Now its getting the main ingredients and the method correct and then…
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Continue ReadingI missed my salads My dream holiday to Italy was worth ever penny. I cannot thank hubby dear enough for organizing the trip. It was the first time we booked the whole tour through Cosmos, and what a wonderful experience. Organized tours have advantages and disadvantages, but the advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages as age…
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Continue ReadingSHHHH COOKING SECRETLY # 2 I started making my choco coconut bites on Friday and kept them in the fridge so that I could coat them with chocolate the next day. However that was not possible as there was no water! We woke up in the morning to find our taps dry. Everyone…
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Shhhh cooking secretly# 1 I joined this group of enthusiast bloggers just recently. The initiator of this group is Priya of Priya’s Versatile Recipes. She pairs members each month and they send each other two secret ingredients.We get a month to prepare the dish, be it a sweet or savoury one.…
