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The book that I am currently reading on my Kindle is Dianne Jacob’s "Will Write For Food" - a complete guide about how-to’s to the art of food writing. The book has references and interviews with many renowned star chefs Molly O Neill (who compares making a soup to a road trip in a blizzard) to accomplished food editors like Ruth Reichl to NYT restaurant critic Mimi Sheraton and many others.

Barley Lentil Chunky Soup
Fall is all around us and during these cold, rainy, gloomy days - we need something that provides some warmth to our sullen bodies and pep us up. Hence this Barley Lentil Chunky soup which is in-short a ’store-house’ of all essential nutrients. I made this soup for the first time for dinner in the beginning of the week and served it yesterday for lunch again along with

There are some recipes which sound just flawless, like this luscious, creamy lentil dish. When best of the two worlds meet and make love, this is what we get (to eat): (Brown Rice + Bisibelebath). I recommend to make this ultra simple bisibelebath powder at home instead of getting some store-bought brand. Go for the latter, only if you fall short of time. I have tried to make this recipe with

The book that I am currently reading on my Kindle is Dianne Jacob’s "Will Write For Food" - a complete guide about how-to’s to the art of food writing. The book has references and interviews with many renowned star chefs Molly O Neill (who compares making a soup to a road trip in a blizzard) to accomplished food editors like Ruth Reichl to NYT restaurant critic Mimi Sheraton and many others.

Barley Lentil Chunky Soup
Fall is all around us and during these cold, rainy, gloomy days - we need something that provides some warmth to our sullen bodies and pep us up. Hence this Barley Lentil Chunky soup which is in-short a ’store-house’ of all essential nutrients. I made this soup for the first time for dinner in the beginning of the week and served it yesterday for lunch again along with

There are some recipes which sound just flawless, like this luscious, creamy lentil dish. When best of the two worlds meet and make love, this is what we get (to eat): (Brown Rice + Bisibelebath). I recommend to make this ultra simple bisibelebath powder at home instead of getting some store-bought brand. Go for the latter, only if you fall short of time. I have tried to make this recipe with

Chickpea Sundal
Typically made on Navarathi days as ‘neivedyam’, Sundal prepared with any kind of legumes is a very healthy and highly nutritious snack cum side dish. It is interesting how you make a dish all-the-time but never care to blog about it. :-). Well, that happens to me all the time. Blame my laziness or the hectic life-style juggling between work & home. This is one such simple dish

"It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions"

~ Marcel Proust

Who said ‘resolutions’ can be made only at the beginning of the year??. (or more precisely on January 1st). I made one last Sunday. - to consume white rice just once a week or less. It is my humble start for a healthy living. That means my plain-old-white-rice will be replaced by all kinds of whole

Growing up, for me and my sister, one of our favorite evening brunches was - to devour on munchies usually made up of ‘puff pastry’. Back then, making all these goodies at home was a distant dream and were something we could get only in a bakery shop. Each puff (veggie or egg) used to cost Rs 2 each and I used to save up all my pocket money to splurge on these yummy, buttery goodies, every now

A ‘Paratha’ is basically a pan-fried Indian flatbread. With innumerable number of options as stuffing, this dish is very popularly made in the northern part of India. This is my first, successful attempt to make ‘Gobhi Paratha’, with the stuffing properly tucked in between the layers (and not oozing out, like it did in past times). This is perfect for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and for

Breakfast is like one of the most important meals of the day and if you are like me, who loves to start off on a delicious savoury note, then this dish is for you. Not only for breakfast, it can be made as a lazy brunch or just snack off if you wish to. Tastes best when served warm.

Preparation:

Whisk together in a bowl - 2 tbsp of milk, salt, 1 tsp hot sauce or less (or finely chopped green

There are some times when you start reading a book, you are transported to a different world altogether and once it is done you sigh with utmost satisfaction and at the same time wish the story would continue for ever and ever. The School Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister is one such delicious read. It is a story about a chef, a restaurenter, Lillian who teaches cooking classes every

Some *recipes* are just P.E.R.F.E.C.T, in every sense - simple, everyday ingredients, no fancy equipment needed, just mix them all together as if you are making a pot of coffee and Whoopee, there you have a perfectly baked cake. My best pal DK of ChefInYou made one such cake and I was eagerly waiting for a perfect occassion to make it, myself.

Yesterday we had a potluck for Halloween cum Diwali

There are some dishes which just swirl me back to the memory lane and remind me of all-the-good-old-care-free days, when every minute of my life was magic, when I was endlessly being pampered by my mother & her yummy treats. then, at that point of time, I was too young to realize how precious those days were. …now, when I am a married woman and have a responsibility to take care of the family,

Flowers in the farmer’s market, today
Looking at any beautiful flower reminds me of Rabindranath Tagore’s poem - ‘Flower’.

Pluck this little flower and take it, delay not! I fear lest it droop and drop into the dust.

I may not find a place in thy garland, but honour it with a touch of pain from thy hand and pluck it.
I fear lest the day end before I am aware, and the time of offering go by.

Fall is here and so are the bounty full of beautiful fruits and vegetables in the markets. No, I am not talking about the Super markets like this & this where water is sprinkled all-day-long to give a fake-fresh-look to the fruits & vegetables. Yes, I am talking about our age old ‘Farmer’s Market’ where we get to see & meet the *real people* who have grown the produce. It has been almost 2 weeks

Did you ever see a car sticker that says - "If you can read this, thank your teacher" ? and whenever I do, I, with the bottom of my heart thank everybody who helped be the way I am today. - Good or Bad, everybody had a contribution  to make to my life & I had a lot to learn. That’s how the life goes. like a train journey where you are traveling with so many others - some stay with you

Did you ever see a car sticker that says - "If you can read this, thank your teacher" ? and whenever I do, I, with the bottom of my heart thank everybody who helped be the way I am today. - Good or Bad, everybody had a contribution  to make to my life & I had a lot to learn. That’s how the life goes. like a train journey where you are traveling with so many others - some stay with you

 The sheer pleasure of getting to know a variety of recipes and cooking them from my blogger friends is just pure bliss. I cannot thank enough all of you out there who whip such amazing delicacies in your kitchens & feed your family, day-in and day-out. There is nothing that beats a hot-home-cooked-meal made with lots of love. Isn’t it!
Here are two recipes being featured on YRTML this week.

 The sheer pleasure of getting to know a variety of recipes and cooking them from my blogger friends is just pure bliss. I cannot thank enough all of you out there who whip such amazing delicacies in your kitchens & feed your family, day-in and day-out. There is nothing that beats a hot-home-cooked-meal made with lots of love. Isn’t it!
Here are two recipes being featured on YRTML this week.

Vegetable Biryani by Nags of Edible Garden (Click here for the recipe)

Who doesn’t crave for a delicious biryani with a spicy paneer side dish as their dinner. Probably not every singe day, but think about those special occasions or those lazy sunday afternoons with a tiny little caveat - without spending much time in the kitchen. For all of those, Nags’s Vegetable Biryani is the answer. The

Vegetable Biryani by Nags of Edible Garden (Click here for the recipe)

Who doesn’t crave for a delicious biryani with a spicy paneer side dish as their dinner. Probably not every singe day, but think about those special occasions or those lazy sunday afternoons with a tiny little caveat - without spending much time in the kitchen. For all of those, Nags’s Vegetable Biryani is the answer. The