Recipes

Recalling a friend’s balcony garden, touching moments of receiving spinach, and memories of their childhood chore of cleaning the fridge. The process of preparing a mixed vegetable dish, “chorchori,” is shared, along with spices and personal anecdotes, culminating with reflections on home and culinary inspirations.

Barko shares memories of Nigerian puff puff, a beloved street food in West Africa. They recount their mother’s heartfelt dedication to her Sunday school class and an event hosted for Samaritan’s Purse, where they prepared puff puffs for the children. The puff puff experience symbolizes cultural connection, family bonds, and the essence of Nigerian life.

The author recounts their mother’s frequent travels, particularly a recent Christian pilgrimage to Israel. Despite her travels, she prefers homemade meals, so her family baked Banana Nut Bread for her trip. With their mother away during Christmas, the family faced a cooking mishap but enjoyed a memorable celebration with their grandma, cherishing old family recipes.

I went to learn how to make mini samosas from my foodie chef friend Richa once again on a rainy day recently. Funny, how it rains whenever I plan a trip to her place! 🙂

For Salad and Chai Lovers I had invited my friend Richa over for tea and she’s a salad lover. I thought a…

Cleaning up is usually a pain if you don’t use mechanical devices. Sparkling Bengal Gram Salad is my go-to option for a clean table, plate, bowl or floorboard. At times.

Mutton Stew with Appams is a favourite dish of mine. I didn’t originally have it with Appams though. It came later in life.

Hainanese Chicken Rice is a comfort food in some parts of the world. I tried it for the first time in Singapore.…

This is my take on a Simple Classic Bitter gourd dish which I kind of found a bit more palatable. It’s a hybrid version and not entirely as healthy as one would like it to be -perhaps a bit tastier and it kind of works. Isn’t that the whole point of food that is good? 🙂

Simple fish curry recipe from Coorg- all excited to try a new kitchen experiment with different ingredients and flavours!