A frittata roughly translates as egg cake
Frittata is Italian for an open omelette or a crustless quiche. Its essentially translates as egg cake. Its also very easy to make. And unlike an omelette which is usually an individual serving, a frittata should be served like a pie...
Read MoreA take on the Bombay classic frankie
Frankie is synonymous to everyone's childhood in this city. Everyone loves their own customised frankie. Add, chicken or paneer, keep it dry or saucy, add onions or without. The variations are endless and the possibilities super delicious. This meal in a wrap is incredibly easy to make and fun to eat.
Read MoreJuicy, succulent lamb burgers. A super summer Sunday lunch treat
"Inspired - I'm making Indian style mince lamb patties and sticking them in a bun with tomatoes, onions, feta, olives, green chutney etc. then just to enjoy them for what they are, I shall eat the lamb burgers on their ownsome for dinner tonight"
Read MoreTofu can be fun as well!
Fancy it up on a week night with this very easy to replicate stir fry of tofu and vegetables and my take on an egg fried brown rice. Delicious, fun, quick and easy- perfect for a week night and pack it for work the next day.
Read MoreCooked in our stove top Tandoor. Its authentically delicious.
Roasted vegetables in the home tandoor is a brilliant every night easy to make recipe. Experiment, add more veggies, add your spices. The trick is in slow cooking the veggies in the oven/tandoor.
Read MoreWell my friend The Knife of Finely Chopped gave me one pickled Chiang Mai sausage that he got back from Thailand. He was worried I may not cook pork at home when he showed me the sausage but I grabbed it from him, thanked him and put it in my bag..
Read MoreThis post is certainly not for the faint of heart
Anand had promised me a squid session. I wanted to learn how to eviscerate a squid which essentially means I wanted to stick my fingers in its mantle (the large white bulb like thing) and pull out its organs.
Read MoreA rasam button- download rasam at a click of a button
So I was craving some hot, spicy rasam, a soup that would open up my clogged up sinuses. my taste buds were all messed up because of the anti-biotics. What kind of rasam was I craving. Spicy yes- but also wanted some crunchy vegetables in it. So I googled some recipes and combined a couple to make myself some hot, spicy and crunchy rasam. I made a mooli &carrot rasam. And it was yummm!
Read MoreIt was very kind of Manashi and Michael to have me over and cook Momos. So it turns out that at some point Michael actually ran a Momo catering business from home and so I got to taste their expert momos. Of course folding a momo required a lot of practice and it seemed like everyone was out of practice except for Michael's mom. Quickly my young hosts caught on and we were on our way to making momos. There is no hard and fast rule about the shape so we went ahead and had some fun with it.
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