This month’s Indian cooking challenge was a savory snack.Chegodilu /chakodi is a traditional snack from the state of Andrapradesh,India but also found in many snack stores in Tamilnadu.It is one of my favorite snack and I was very eager to try it out . We were given two sets of procedures and I found the…
Don’t we all have some funny,memorable and of course some disastrous moments in the kitchen!!! Malar of Kitchen Tantra has come up with an event to showcase the kitchen disasters,an event aptly named Kitchen mishaps I have had my share of disasters in the kitchen.The first one being rava kesari.I tried that when I was…
Last night’s dinner was at a Japanese restaurant called Zhaoqian Noodles. This restaurant is just a few blocks away from our apartment and we go past it almost everyday but never once did we feel like dining there. Last evening we planned to go to Walmart.The time was around 7.30 pm and not too cold.This…
I regularly buy vegetables from a vendor who sits with his elderly grandmother.That grandmother is such a cute little lady,who helps her grandson[who must be around 35 years] pack the vegetables that has be weighed. The wrinkles on her face speak untold volumes of sufferings and her joys that she faced in raising her family…
Gajar ka dhoodh is a delicious blend of carrots,almonds,milk,condensed milk with a hint of spices-cardamom and saffron. Gajar ka dhodh reminds me of my aunt who used to prepare this for my cousin and me.I used to spend my winter vacation with my aunts family and they would spend the summer vacations with us.It used…
