For some reason, i had never done this, thinking it to be some exotic, difficult thing to do Here are photos: You put a hanky (a muslin cloth is recommended, a hanky works just fine) on a vessel, and plonk the curds into it Then tie up the ends of the hanky and hang it… [...]

A Super tasty greek dip, i absolutely love… Its extremely simple to make, but needs advance preparation… Spread a thin and big hankerchief over a medium sized vessel. Empty a full tub of Nestle yogurt (dahi) into it. You could of course use home made dahi or any other dahi really… We are putting about [...]

Here is a fairly complicated recipe to keep you guys busy while i am in silence You will need: for the white sauce: 3 heaped tablespoons whole wheat flour 100 gms butter 1 litre milkat room temperature 1/2 tin of cheddar (amul, brittania, etc) cheese grated In a fairly large vessel, heat the butter till [...]

Tomato Rice This is a very gentle, subtle flavoured rice… i love it! Take 5 generous handfuls of rice and soak in water for about an hour. Wash the rice well and bung it into a cooker. Puree 7-8 tomatoes and optionally cook it for a while in olive oil. Add this to the rice. [...]

Very easy and extremely tasty!! Get together: 5-7 Potatoes small to medium size Olive oil Butter (a generous tablespoonful) 1/2 cup grated cheese (cheddar is best), you could use lesser if you wish Mushrooms (1 packet) 1-2 Carrots medium size, cut (dice) into very small pieces 1 clove of garlic, peeled and squashed or diced [...]

Finally!! a no sugar, no white flour recipe that works really well!! This recipe really gets your hands dirty… you have been warned You will need: 4-5 medium sized ripe bananas 1 cup Maple Syrup (You could even experiment with honey and let me know the result) 1/2 cup butter (cold butter from the fridge [...]

Peel and cut into medium chunky pieces a small pumpkin Wash and cut into chunky pieces 1 medium sized potato (dont peel it) Prep up some french beans (about 50 gms), a handful of green peas Chop up 1 tomato as well Mash up 1 clove of garlic (optional) Put a pressure cooker on medium [...]

Here is a really delicious treat: Set an oven to preheat to 200 deg Meanwhile, Wash and peel 2-3 carrots, 1 sweet potato, 1 radish and then cut them up into medium round slices Wash and cut 1-2 zucchinis into medium round slices Wash and cut 1-2 tomatoes and 1 medium potato into chunky thick [...]

Here is a recipe for making the very humble potato in an easy and very different way: Take 5 biggish potatoes, wash them thoroughly, if you have a scrapper, scrape em, otherwise just wash them well, do not remove the skin. Then plonk them into a pressure cooker with some water and salt and a [...]

When i was visiting Poona the last time, i saw a hodgepodge of grated carrots on the dining table which didn’t look the least appetizing… while waiting for the other veggie that was being heated, i took an experimental bite of the carrot thingie and was totally taken aback by how extremely tasty it was! [...]