As usual…..I did the vanishing act, again 🙂 but have a good reason for that this time…Ma and Baba were here to stay with us in Melbourne…Oh! What a wonderful time we had together…visiting Tasmania where we went to Hobart, the 2nd oldest settlement of Australia and New Norfolk (a rusty old town rich in…
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Bengali Soru Chokli (Rice Flour Pancakes with Zucchini or Calabash/Bottle Gourd) & PatiShapta Pitha
Dear Cousins, (I am a bit late in writing this post coz Makar Sankranti has long gone..but nevertheless, please read it :D) As you know mid of January is the time for celebrations all over India. Between 13th Jan to 16th Jan, numerous festivals like Makar Sankranti, Lohri, Pongal, Magh Bihu, Uttarayan, etc. are celebrated…
Wholewheat Couscous Salad with Asparagus and Eggs Chermoula (My version of a Maghrebian Dinner)
Dear Cousins! Happy New Year!! What a start to the year..Daibi…2 back-to-back posts from you??!!! Wow, that is indeed commendable!! :D. Your post on the healthy aspects of street foods should have been written some 15-20 years back when mothers like ours totally prohibited us from eating these things…uufff the reasons she gave for not letting us…
Murgh Biryani (Chicken Biryani)
Dearest Rinki, On April 8, 1981, one of my mother’s great-aunts passed away. Two years after the incident on her second anniversary, her husband showed his regard for his partner of forty three years by doing something extraordinarily beautiful. Kings of yore may have built marble edifices, but he a simple ordinary man did what…
Juicy Honey-Sesame Chicken Drummettes, Fried Eggs with Tamarind Relish & Fish Tikkis
Woooooooow Daibi!!! What a walk!!! I sure miss Delhi on such days….when I visit next time, please, oh please take me there again..coz I see new things that I never tasted…me and Niloy together drooled over your Iftaar foods post and the other pictures on your DelhiByFoot Facebook page and took a pledge..WE HAVE TO GO TO DELHI 6 ON…
Spicy Veggie Cocktail Nibbles with Tangy Sesame Dip
Dear Rinki How are you today? How was the movie? I wish we too could have seen it especially Riz wanted to see Batman so much but to travel to Kolkata just now isn’t possible. We shall have to wait for it to come on DVD. On Thursday we were invited for a dinner party. It…
Exotic Indian Chutneys
1. Hot and Spicy Shrimp Chutney Shrimp 100 gm, cleaned Garlic 2-3 pods(tweak according to taste) Green Chili 2-3 Onion …
Basic Chutneys and Sauces
Pizza sauce You can always use the sauce out of a bottle, no crime in that, believe me I understand the woes of a busy mother or a weekend cook. But if by a miraculous stroke of luck the planets have aligned to give you the leisure and time and most importantly the energy to…
The Curry Cousins 