Weekend!

What a week this has been… M has not keept well the entire week, I had a gazillion things to do at work and off work, a couple of drafts to work on, and in between all these, I had to fix up some time to complete my last couple of driving lessons. By Friday, [...]

M’s Simple Vermicelli Pudding

Its a Friday! Before the world heads out for a grand ”weekend” revelry, I thought I will post a quick something for all you health conscious dessert lovers… Growing up, desserts always meant – Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Mousse & Ice Cream. And in this limited world, I never realized what a bouquet of myriad sweet delicacies I was missing [...]

Grilled Chicken, anyone?

Well. Not much of a story here. It was a Friday morning. We woke up early, got ready for office, decided to have breakfast together before rushing off. Over omelets, toasts and OJ,  we discussed dinner plans. “What about grilled chicken at Empire’s? We could walk around Brigade Road too”. I had my own idea: “Why don’t [...]

Of Indians and pickles…

Anybody who has ever heard anything about Indian food knows the obsession that Indians have with pickles. Garlic, mangoes, gooseberries, tomatoes, tamarind, bamboo shoots: you name it, we have pickles for it. Almost every Indian can tell you stories from his childhood of stolen pickle jars, of grandmoms and aunts preparing mounds and mounds of [...]

What does one do when there’s only carrots and peas at home?

I don’t know about you, but once in a while I get into this ‘I-don’t-wanna-walk-all-the-way-to-the-grocery-store’ mood. I get soooo lazy, I’d rather go hungry than move myself from the couch. Ok ok, ya you caught me. Me and go hungry? Yes, that is pretty impossible. Fine. Let me re-phrase: I’d rather order in than move [...]

Mangoes!

Its that time of the year again! Mangoes, glorious mangoes, everywhere! Big fat ones, small little ones, red ones, green ones, yellow ones. And I go on a mango eating frenzy. Here are the ways I usually have them- I freeze them! Yes. You heard me right. A lot of normal people I know do [...]

Birthday!

My dear M’s birthday was just around the corner. Every year (for the last 3 odd years I have known him), it so happens that we always buy a massive mousse cake for my birthday and that makes such a huge diference to both our waistlines that we decide not to eat any special cake [...]

Rainy evening and a whole bunch of ‘shammis’

Both my husband and I have a fascination for rain. Where I stay, in Bangalore (India), summer brings in cool breezes and bursts of rain every single day. If you ignore the terrible traffic jams that come with it, sitting in the veranda, watching the whole world soak in the freshness as raindrops go pitter [...]

Ways to use up peanut butter

Trust me, I am not one of those people who let glorious peanut butter rot away in the cellar. I diligently eat a PBJ sandwich every night before going to sleep, slather peanut butter on cream-crackers and biscuits and cookies, mix it into smoothies, brush it on home-made satays, use it as a noodle sauce [...]

Phinks and yogurt…

Back in my childhood days, mom had to force me to have a taste of anything belonging to the yogurt food group – it was one of my pet peeves. And then one day, I shift in to this new city with a new found friend:  Phinks. She was (and still is) a tiny sweet girl as [...]