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Last week for the first time ever I saw a purple radish. It looked a little bit like an UFO, or a mole that forgot to hide in his hole and stayed in the sun. I bought it for its looks, as a culinary curiosity, having no idea what to expect in terms of tas

My mum will make her own nian gao every CNY and its only during this time of the year my kids get to eat it as I never like those ready made ones that are sold in the supermarket. I strongly believed those contains lots and lots of other unhealthy ingre

Last week was Restaurant Week in Boston, and you can rest assured that John and I took full advantage of the 3 course prix fixe menus offered throughout the city and surrounding suburbs. The first on our list was Rialto , a regional Italian-themed restau

For my kid.,i started doing this recipe,now we all started to have this broccoli fry.This fry will go well with rasam satham.U can do the same recipe with Cauliflower also. Ingredients : Brocolli-2 cup cut in to lenth wise Salt/Pepper-to taste

The last few days I ve felt like a cast member of Glee. No, I haven t been dancing about the living room singing mash ups. I ve just gone quietly about my own business only to get a great, big slushie thrown in my face. While these icy facials came from

Gluten-Free Hot Soft Pretzel One of the treats that my 8-year old son has been craving lately is a hot soft pretzel. Now that he's on a gluten-free diet, I've been learning to bake quick breads and snacks (e.g., pumpkin muffins, almond scones , ban

This one's for chocoholics! A rich velvety fine-crumbed decadent chocolate cake, drizzled with smooth liquid chocolate... what more could a chocoholic ask for. This recipe is from Rose Levy Beranbaum . It's simple and it uses a no

I am a self admitted book nerd. I've never before made a souffle, largely because some book I read as a kid talked about how difficult they are and that you can't even sneeze when you have a souffle baking or it would fall. I have no idea how true this

I was very tired after work a couple of days back. As I reached out for a pepsi for that much needed caffeine induced energy boost, my husband asked me in surprise, "Arent you giving up pepsi this lent?". Grrr !!! I usually do not drink soft drinks during

Mom?s Rotisserie Chicken is a blast from the past ? at least it is for me, my brothers, and my sister. Back in the ?60s my family lived in a suburb of Minneapolis (Edina, to be exact) . Mom and Dad installed an outdoor grill powered by natural gas

Level: Medium Preparation Time: 5 min Cooking time: 40 min Serves: 4 Ashoka Halwa Ingredients Yellow split moong dhal : 1/2 cup Sugar: 1 cup Ghee: 1/2 cup Red food color: as desired (optional) Sliced Almonds: 1 tablespoo

Level: Easy Preparation time: 10 min Cooking time: 20 min Serves: 25 biscuits Eggless Coconut Cookies Ingredients All purpose flour/maida - 1 cup Unsalted butter - 1 stick Baking powder - 1/4 tsp Sugar - 1/2 cup Rava/Suj

(photo: courtesy of Dr. K. - loaves of Enna bread from Sicily) The following Pagnotte di Enna recipe was adopted from theArtisan.net web site who adopted their recipe from the book, Scienza e Technologia della Panificazione by Prof. Giovanni Quagl

Anything everything in bread and cornflakes are most stable weekday breakfast menu while in weekends I try to make typical Indian dishes. Today, I made this simple and delicious rice sevai upma just to fulfill my family wish to have the breakfast atlea

Thovayal is a thick chutney, served mainly for breakfast and dinner in Chettinad. Certain varieties of Thovayal are also served at lunch. The ingredients are often sauted in oil or ghee and then ground in a stone Ammi Kal. Very little water would be used

It's Friday! That means it's time for another kitchen excursion with Dorie Greenspan's From My French Table. For me, Friday's are not the only day that I have Dorie in my kitchen. I cook almost exclusively from this cookbook. It is always on the count

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So I have a confession to make: I have been really suspicious of Microwave cooking, because I always felt the flavour or consistency might go wrong But considering that I have a food blog, I can t let anything pass me by especially after seeing lots of M

My husband's birthday is between the 28th of February and the 1st of March this year. He is one of those unfortunately born on the 29th day of February, so his birthday is not an annual thing. He is not big on celebrations and would probably just forget h

Pesarattu (Pesara means green gram ,attu means Dosa or crape or Pan cake)) is a delicacy from southern state of Andhra Pradesh break fast recipe).This delicious Whole green gram Dosa is eaten with ginger chutney(dip).Simply this Crispy Dosa enjoyed wit

Since I made Veggie Patties at Home with all different kind of vegetables, these days I am almost reluctant to buy veggie burger patties from stores. This time I want to give a twist by adding some protein and complex carbs. The leftover brown rice was

Kewra Jal or Screwpine water is used to flavor a lot indian curries, biryanis ,drinks and desserts particularly those which are milk based.It is also used in lot of indian sweets made out of squashes and dried milk.Drinks prepared with Kewra are said

I always like to experiment with my left over rice. First thing I always try is Fried Rice, Second thing on the list is Pulihora. Usually I make lemon version of Pulihora using Reallemon Juice, But When I saw this Big Pummelo ( right next to GrapeFurit a

Perak Lane Fish Noodle is very famous and known well by Penang food lover for their delicious soup noodle, one of the time-honored shop. The shop located exactly at the junction, on your left if you facing the traffic light where an old kopitiam and that