Street Foods of India - Ram Ladoo (Delhi) 54 5 (5 votes)
Come winters in Delhi and a very different foodie tends to emerge. One that longs for a nice mid morning drive to pick up some Chhole Bhature , get it packed and rush home so that all can have a heavy brunch. Or, some hot aloo tikki in the[...]

A Short Chennai Foodie Trail 53 1
Just came back from a 4 day trip to Chennai. It was a good escape from the severe cold wave in Delhi. 30 degrees temperature during day was a welcome change for the entire family. Though it was to celebrate the 60th Brithday celebrations of my[...]

Lemon & Red Chili Chutney 53 1
Let me begin by wishing everyone a very happy new year. After a very long hiatus, due to work and family commitments, I finally put up a post on this blog. So whoever, thought this blog was dead, will need to wait some more. As a resolution, I[...]

Mango Rasam 53 1
I had my in-laws over a couple of weeks back, and this time my grand mother-in-law was also visiting and staying over for a day. This is those times when my kitchen undergoes a total makeover of sorts. Being from Chennai, you can smell some strong[...]

Shahi Paneer 54 6 (6 votes)
It's raining outside as I write this post, and believe me, it feels good. The temperatures had been on a steady incline for the past 2 days and this afternoon it felt as if we were in for a tough week. Of late, rains preceded by a storm and[...]

Lahori Aloo (Potatoes in Onion & Yogurt Gravy) 51 1 (1 vote)
I have mentioned this before that my wife is a vegetarian and has a fondness for potatoes. Hence, I typically need to work overtime figuring out potato recipes to bring something different for her every now and then. This simple and evergreen[...]

Khumb Hariyali Kofta 53 1
Gastronome by Choice has finally gone live on twitter. It took me some time to get this going but now that this is out of the way...it feels good. You can follow it by clicking on http://twitter.com/Gastronomeblog . Lemme know what you think.[...]

Sorbets 53 1
The heat wave doesn't seem like ending this year. One thing that does take a huge beating during extremely hot summer months is the appetite. One thing that I do turn to, during summers is some nice homemade kulfi (milk based ice cream). This[...]

Bharwaan Lauki aur Mattar Ki Tarri (Stuffed bottle gourd in peas gravy) 53 1
I ran away from Delhi to escape the heat and went over to Palampur for the week. The heat wave did not spare me there either. It was much much cooler than Delhi and Punjab, but I think they will require some air conditioning too. It was a[...]

Hungarian Shortbread 53 1
I happened to come across this amazing recipe browsing through my collection of cookery magazines. The magazine had been with me for quite some time and I had read it so many times trying to look for something to cook or bake and surprisingly I[...]