Moving back Home
Chicago to Chennai .. Many things may change, the utensils , the appliances, the stove…. the whole kitchen will look different. However… There are things that constant and evergreen in your memories, like my memories of the taste of food my grandma and my mom cooks. My grandma’s food tasted great…
Idli Podi
‘What’s for dinner? ‘ ‘Idly with left over sambhar’ ‘Will the sambhar be enough for all four of us?’ ‘No Dear, we can have Idli podi if we run out of sambhar.’ ……. After the dinner is ready and served on table, ‘Dear, come , let us have dinner.’…
You First Eat With Your Eyes- Cake Decoration
So true… I have baked several cookies to cakes , never had this satisfaction while serving the food this way. Yes, You guessed right , I am talking about cake decoration class I took. This is my latest muse, which quenches my thirst of baking as well as my thirst…
Having A Wonderful Summer…Kongura Pachadi
This summer is rolling full of fun and experiments. (More on experiments later ;)….) The main reason being the trip to my homeland -India. I am back with loads of memories just like the mangoes in this truck. Soo colorful and vibrant 🙂 Just like the rain drops in…
Nan Khatai
I don’t know about others, I love to eat local food on trains. Especially on the train from Chennai to my suburban home town, the train is busy with food vendors selling stuff ranging from samosas, butter biscuits, boiled peanuts, mangoes, etc etc. I love the smell of those nei…
Mysore Bonda
In the days when I started cooking, it was more like experimenting. My grandma eyeballs her ingredients, so is my mom. They are really good at it , though I needed a more reliable cooking steps to begin with. Mallika Badrinath’s cookery show got in my watch list slowly. Her…
Sambhar Powder
Just one more day of vacation …I am ready to pack off my winter break activities and be ready for work. I made a big list of To Do’s and started working toward it only after realizing my break is gonna end. Mostly , they were about refilling the pantry…
Badusha- A Pictorial
Here I am..again remembering my blog . Happy Diwali to all! Diwali- The only time in the year I am motivated to cook sweets. It just happened that in my family all are spice lovers and none got a sweet tooth except for those chocolates. I remembered that the year…
First meal of the week – Pongal
Just as assured as sun rises every day in the east..there are few rituals of every one which do not change over time. For us it is ‘Pongal’ being the first meal of the week. It is an equation that does not need any proof : Sunday AM= pongal 🙂…
Jangiri- A Taste Of Excitement
Lately, I miss my adventurous indulgences. Mostly deep fried snacks were store bought and had no attachment to our heart. The ‘homemade’ pride was missing apparently. As diwali fell on a weekend this year and all the more as we did not have the time to make a trip to…
