The Mango Meen Curry was accidentally conceived in the kitchen, while trying to balance a salty curry with a sweet element. So I wanted to make a south indian inspired pomfret curry, to make use of the week old curry leaves going dry. But even after I added all the ingredients that I had initially…
Category: Quick Cooks
Mango Prawn Glass Noodle Salad
Last week I rustled up a glass noodle salad with ripe mangoes and prawns, and this was a real flavour bomb, with sweet, salty, sour and heat all fighting for its space with equal gusto ♥️ For me, this was the perfect light and bright summer bowl.
How to Pickle Vegetables: Pickle It Like a Pro!
Pickling, as we know, is a process of preserving food in a way which completely changes the way it tastes. We as Indians have grown up seeing a lot of pickles around the house, to be had with parathas or daal-bhaat or with good old muri-makha. Those pickles, be it everyone’s favourite raw mango pickle…
Sun-dried Tomatoes in Ten minutes
I love sun-dried tomatoes and the extremely concentrated flavour that it provides. Now considering my resolve to eat more salads in the days to come, I was looking to find a steady supply of it. However, I hate how expensive they generally are. Now to explore avenues of making it myself, I soon realized that…
Cauliflower Fried Rice without Rice: The no-carb, mock rice
Being the ‘bheto-bangali’ that I unabashedly am, to go without rice is something I dread. However, with carbs being the new diet monster and with me trying to shed a few kilos, I tried my hand at making the latest keto sensation – the cauliflower rice. So here goes the recipe! Ingredients: Cauliflower – 1…
Spaghetti Aglio E Olio: Back to the Basics
In a world where Pasta not only features in the menu of every cafe, but also comes in instant boil and eat packets, I am surely a misfit. Well, I too have had my share of ‘Pink Pasta’ and ‘Tandoori Pasta’ and even a ‘Thai Green Curry Pasta’, and have secretly enjoyed some of them…
The Kosha Mangsho Pie on Stove
Disclaimer: This is NOT a recipe post! When two dear friends got rolls of filo pastry from Paris, I couldn’t wait to use them. The first thing that came to my mind was a pie. I love the criss-cross of pies, and almost anything which has flour, butter and meat in them. But there were…
The Lazy Woman’s Pesto
Have you ever had days when you woke up and craved to gorge into one particular thing? No? Lucky you. But sadly, last Saturday was exactly that kind of a day for me, when I woke up craving for a hearty pesto spaghetti. I am a person who generally doesn’t order in food. I prefer…
Lau-Pata mora Shorshe-Narkol Kakrol
Well, the name may sound to be pretty big and daunting, but this is yet another of my Quick Cooks. It takes five ingredients, ten minutes of preparation and another ten minutes in the microwave to be ready. Kakrol or teasel gourd is a vegetable that I am particularly biased towards. But tired of having…
Let’s get Rolling: My Asian Rice Paper – Seafood Rolls
I have an inexplicable attraction towards rolled food. Be it the legendary Kolkata kathi rolls, sushi rolls, cinnamon rolls, or even a chicken roulade. And this of course extends to Vietnamese spring rolls too! Those translucent little sticks, packed with bursts of flavours and a dozen textures, are a joy to eat. So when I…
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