I am a person who loves winter. Hard to believe? But that’s who I am. I grew up in a hill station and loved the cool climate and later when I had to move to the plains for higher education I totally hated the idea of having to spend the rest of my days there.…
Two years ago when we came to know that we had to settle abroad, I frantically started collecting recipes that use microwave, for I was not sure how long it would take to get a gas connection in a foreign land. I painstakingly wrote down recipes from all courses and from various cuisines and cookbooks.…
If you had read my event announcement –Who’s Gonna cook for me??? ,then you will probably remember that a ‘rasam’ inspired me to host that event… Here is the instant rasam that my MIL lovingly prepared for me… You need: Ripe Tomatoes-2 medium sized Tamarind extract-1 cup Rasam powder-2 teaspoons Garlic-2 cloves,minced Asafoetida-A pinch Coriander…
Yesterday I caught the first glimpse of snow.It was not only the first one of the season but also the first one in my life!!!I was too happy for words.We went out and enjoyed a few moments[read- hours] in the snow.This sort of cold climate calls in for something warm from your kitchen but I…
Thirty days of non stop blogging was fun.Today is the last day of the marathon and finishing with a sweet note. One of my Chinese friend had come home yesterday and she taught me to prepare this wonderfully healthy dish-Yiner[a kind of fungus] hangzao[red dates] lianzi[lotus seeds] geng. Yiner also know as snow fungus is…
