A very simple Apple Pie Before I start writing about apple pie I wanted to write about my feeling during our second lockdown. I love sitting by the window and working and observing people who walk by with their dogs. Occasionally we exchange smiles and some other times my kids shout a Hello. A poem […]
Simple Carrot Cake This good Friday while I am baking Carrot Cake and I am also praying for the small blessings that grace our life in this critical situation. Most importantly, when things are falling apart, it takes the destruction of old while the news ones are germinating. For instance, I showed my germinating seedlings […]
Inspiration to grow my own food After several failed attempts at tickling my nurturing instinct, I have finally fallen in low with growing my own food while living in a small apartment. Size doesn’t matter nor does the presence of rooted soil. What matters is a conviction and devotion towards your plants and very importantly […]
Gatari Amavasya Half dazed I would walk into the kitchen and on the way our glass dining table would have Samay (oil lamps) of all shapes and sizes cleaned and polished and left to dry. Beside them would also be barnis washed throughly and left to dry upside down so that all the water trickles down. Next day they […]
Indian Shows from the 80s Before I start cooking our Sunday favourite Chicken Xacuti I would like to write about my yesterday Sunday. I would rush to get back from my art school just to be glued to the television and get my right seat in our bedroom because getting one later when Mahabharata would […]
Easy Classic Buffalo Wings This recipe has been our midnight favourite for the last decade and it’s time to publish it. Trust me it’s the best accompaniment to pig out with your Netflix chill. Here is a bit of trivia about Frank’s® RedHot® which was the secret ingredient used in the original recipe created in Buffalo, […]
Raja Mum’s Way Its 5 o’clock and I am literally dragged out of the bed. Half dazed and have to get fresh. Getting smeared with fresh yellow turmeric at that hour I can only think of my collars. Carefully my mum makes floral motifs on my forehead with a matchstick smeared in sandalwood paste. While the […]
Goa and Prawns Balchao Before I begin writing about Prawns Balchao I wanted to write about Mapusa Market. My husband’s extended family is from Goa and it is customary in my family to visit the Mangeshi temple in Goa. So a year into marriage we decided on visiting Goa and all the religious places. Weird […]
I hate Milk Every Time I had any cough or cold my mum would make a kadha or use hot mustard oil to get rid of it. Only once when I had jaundice as a kid then I had to try two alternate medicines which I hated one was turmeric milk and the other was […]
This cake was baked inspired from the idea of Willo-the-wisp and ghost light which is meant to misguide travellers from their path by resembling a flickering lantern. It is seen mostly over swamps bugs and marshy lands. In literature this is used metaphorically to resemble a feeling of hope or a goal which we want […]