For the first recipe of 2009, here is a delicious, crunchy, chewy, quick and absolutely easy dessert! Put your oven to pre heat at 220 deg C. Wash and cut 2 juicy, ripe apples into medium sized chunks into a big bowl… discard core and seeds. Chop 2 medium sized bananas and about 3/4th of [...]

This one happened completely by mistake … We were in Singapore a few days back, and i wanted to cook some quickie soup for everyone… I left the garlic in the pan a little longer than i should have (was playing World of Warcraft and got involved in a messy fight ) and was too [...]

I had told her to get some pumpkin, nice, yellow pumkin… she got doodhi (bottle gourd)! Now, i have never really liked doodhi in any of its many preparations… …And so, it sat in the fridge for some time, waiting patiently for its turn to be cooked… Sunday evening, i was feeling creative and decided [...]

Last night a husband and wife were sitting in the living room, talking about life… In-between, they talked about the idea of living or dying. He said to her: ‘Dear, never let me live in a vegetative state, totally dependent on machines and liquids from a bottle. If you see me in that state I [...]

This one needs a bit of planning, but its really mouth wateringly tasty! (of course ) Get yourself 1-2 big lettuces, and carefully separate out the leaves. Each leaf should be nice and big. Wash the leaves carefully, put them in a bowl and refrigerate them. They need to stay in the fridge for about [...]

Early next morning, we drove to Frankfurt and onto the flight for Stavanger… On the flight Guruji served us Upma and sandwiches that Urmila had packed for us… It felt so very special. And he kept asking after we were done, “aur chahiye?!” (will you have some more?!)… Reached Stavanger to a spirited welcome by [...]

Bread Butter Sliced Cheese Pesto and/or Sundried tomato paste Btw, Here is my recipe for Pesto Fresh Basil leaves Tomato Olive oil Caesar Dressing (optional) Thinly slice a tomato and separate out and wash a few fresh basil and spinach leaves. On two slices of bread, spread some butter and some pesto or sundried tomato [...]

Apple and Potato??? Yup you read it right! I ate (do you eat or drink soup? Well, whatever…) this soup in the ITC Eden Pavilion at Kolkata… and as usual modified it to taste better It is incredibly simple to make and tastes otherworldly… 5 medium sized sweet apples, peeled, cored and cut into medium [...]

This will require some planning. Curdle about a liter of milk by adding juice of a lemon. Drain the water, we will not need it but its very healthy and can be used to make rice in or add to flour to make chapattis, etc. Hang the curdled part in a muslin cloth or a [...]

Very tasty, very classy and extremely quick spaghetti to make … Though strictly speaking aglio e olio means only garlic and olive oil, i like to add just a teeny bit of other veggies to give it colour and make it more interesting! For 4 people, you will need 3/4th a packet of whole wheat [...]