Layered Parotta
When I think of one city that I want to settle in, I think of my Madras. I know a lot of my present companions/roommates/friends won’t agree with me and in fact, I know that they would take the time to argue with me …
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Roasted Pumpkin and Garlic Soup
Whenever the temperature drops, I get a craving for soup. In our house, my sister is the best at making soups and my personal favourite is her tomato soup. Once I was in the kitchen with her, busy gossiping and was surprised to see …
What could possibly go wrong with a bake sale?
Last weekend, I had a bake sale in my front yard for the neighbourhood. I’m in the hunt for a job and before I go out there announcing to the world that I know a thing or two about food, I wanted to test …
Kara Boondhi
Happy Diwali everyone! I realise I’m a week late, but I hope everyone enjoyed the joy and light filled festivities. I love this time of the year. Back home, we always had a celebration. When we were kids, my dad would buy Nans and …
Spinach and Artichokes Stuffed Pretzel
The first winter I was here, I planned to go to NYC for a weekend and the first thing someone told me when I told them about my plans, was to try soft pretzels. Naturally I thought this was weird advice, as there are …
Homemade Veggie Burgers
I love a good bun, any kind of bun, actually. When I was a kid, my mom used to get these milk buns at a local bakery filled with tutti-fruity bits. Sometimes, I’d cut it in half and spread some jam in the middle. …
Nutella Chocolate Biscotti
Evening tea times are never complete without biscuits to go with it. Not that I have all the time to host tea parties, but every once in awhile all of us are there at home at the same time, the weather is pleasant outside, …
Eggplant Parmesan
Eggplant Parmesan was one of the first baked dishes that I tried here in the US. It’s mainly because I felt so adventurous the first time I went grocery shopping, that I grabbed one of almost all vegetables that I could find. Either way, I’m …
Vegetable Stew
Have you ever had the good fortune of having appam and stew? An appam is a crepe made out of rice flour and coconut milk and it is dipped in a veggie coconut stew which I assume what everything in heaven would taste like. …
Fresh Blueberry Scones
Ever seen the cartoon where there is a pie cooling on the windowsill, fingers of aroma wafting from it, enticing Spike, making him forget that he was in the middle of pummeling Tom? If not the same, I’m sure you’d have at least seen …