Gobi Manchurian Pizza

You heard that right! Gobi Manchurian Pizza!!! Your favorite starter "Gobi Manchurian" as a Pizza topping. Dinner does not get better than this!!! I try to cook healthy an eat healthy most of the times. My regular lunch or dinner is chapati with some vegetables. But then, there are some days (or nights) that all I want to do is indulge. Friday night was just that - Indulgence Night. This Pizza was a product of circumstances. Seriously, I had no choice. Na ah. I had (still have) lots of cauliflower. I had Mozzarella left over from my UBER-ly...

Kashmiri Green Apple and Brinjal Curry | Bom Chount Wangan

This Green Apple and Brinjal Curry also called Bom Chount Wangan is a specialty of the Himalayan state of Kashmir. If you’d told me last month that I would be cooking a Green Apple and Brinjal Curry, I would have laughed it off. “NEVER!!!” would have been my reaction. Apples? In a savory curry? No way, right? I had the same thought process, until NOW. Over a cup of tea when we were discussing recipes and blogs (this is the direction most of my conversations take, not surprisingly!), my cousin mentioned her Kashmiri friend makes this awesome Green Apple and...

Stuffed Potato Skins

Crispy potato, crunchy green Capsicum, punchy tomato sauce and oozy mozzarella cheese. That’s what this whole blog post it about. I’ve never baked a potato. Or rather, until last week, I had never baked a potato. And now that I have, I feel I’ve opened a door with many many possibilities. This recipe is a result of entering a competition that asked contestants to cook with 5 ingredients – Potato, Tomato, Capsicum, Cheese and Olive Oil. You couldn’t leave out an ingredient. I thought of a few options but decided I really wanted to stuff something. Stuffed...

Maggi Pakoda | Instant Noodle Fritters with Step by Step Photo Instructions

Maggi Pakoda recipe with step by step video instructions. Maggi Pakodas are deep fried fritters made using Maggi instant noodles, chickpea flour (besan) and a few spices. Maggi Pakoda are instant noodles fritters and any instant noodles can be used. Maggi Pakoda are perfect for snacking on a rainy evening. They go famously with a hot cup of chai. In a hurry? Jump to Video or Jump to Recipe Every time it rains, I want something hot and spicy (and mostly fried). What I crave when it rains, I crave more when we are out on a long drive during...

Mint Peanut Chutney | Pudina Mungfali Chutney

Call it what you like - Mint and Peanut Chutney or Mint Pesto, there is no doubt you will fall in love with it. I'm sure by now you are aware of my complete and total obsession with Mint. I simply cannot get over it. While the pot in the balcony keeps spilling over with fresh Mint, I will continue to use it in my kitchen. This Mint Peanut Chutney is a hand me down recipe. I got it from my sister Gee and she got it from her Mother-in-Law. I totally hated hand me downs when I was a kid. The books, the clothes, the toys. But I'm always open to hand...

Mysore Masala Dosa

Mysore Masala Dosa is a rice and lentil pancake that has a chilli and garlic chutney spread on the inside and stuffed with a potato bhaji and served with a simple coconut chutney. Weekends are meant to be slept in. Aren't they? But sometimes, waking up early on a weekend has it's own excitement - that slight chill in the air, the sky all grey and cloudy, birds chirping away from their hiding places and an occasional car or bus on the road. At times like this, all I need is a steaming hot cup of coffee and a blanket to wrap myself as I sit in the balcony watching...

Instant Cucumber Dhokla | Cucumber Chickpea Steamed Cakes

Cucumber Dhokla is a savory steamed chickpea flour and semolina cake with added cucumber that is perfect for breakfast or as a tea time healthy snack. I've been missing around the blog for 2 weeks now. I've been busy cooking up an amazing spread that will soon appear here. Now that's what I would love to say. But that's not what I have been doing. Everyone at home has been under the weather and what I have been cooking has been just soup and regular dal rice. and my taste buds totally ditched me too. I could barely make out what the food tasted like. I...

Khara Pongal

I spent 10 hours travelling by train yesterday. 10 long HOURS. Can you imagine starting out at 5am, travelling by train for 5 hours and then spending a few hours at your destination and then travelling 5 hours in train coming back and then charging through the horrible HORRIBLE traffic home and having to cook your own dinner??? 5am is close to mid night for me. I'm so not a morning person. I was exhausted. I was more than exhausted, I don't even have a word for it. It was late to order food or parcel something from a restaurant. I was hungry and I had...