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Black And White Wednesday – 28th September 2011

“No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.” ― Laurie Colwin

Daal Poori/ Deep fried Indian bread stuffed with Lentils — Guest Post for Radhika @ Food for 7 Stages of Life

We Indians are used to eating a lot of flat breads. In most of the Indian kitchens, it’s prepared every day and paired with some side dish or lentil soup. Having said that, if you are from eastern India, we are more used to eating rice in our daily meal. It’s only after my marriage continue reading »

Chocolate Chips Macadamia Nuts Cookies

Few days back, a friend visited us from India. She was here for some business meeting and in between, she took off some time to visit us. We met after a year, so you can imagine how much talking happened that day She and I worked in the same department which involved frequent short travels. continue reading »

Pork Vindaloo

In India, not many people are used to eating pork or beef but if you grow up in Shillong, it’s tough to ignore it. One of the most popular dishes in Shillong is ‘Jadoh’ – a pork and rice dish found in every corner of the street. Few months back, my friend Madhu opened a continue reading »

Chena Sondesh/Curdle Milk Fudge – A Guest Post for Roxana @ A Little Bit Of Everything

When I offered these to Arvind, he said ‘did you get these from the sweet shop’? I was on cloud 9 and kept blabbering about it to everybody for the next two days Sondesh or Sandesh, as you may call it, is sweet fudge made with milk and it is very popular among Bengalis. It’s continue reading »