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. She is 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.
One of the first few people I invited over for lunch at my apartment in Bengaluru was an old childhood friend Souvik and his artist wife Antara. I recalled meeting her earlier at an exhibition of her works. I bought one of her paintings (a cute illustration of 3 chickens) for my kitchen which is probably still somewhere in Singapore.
As I grew up I realised that there were many different versions of this stew. One of my favourites is the Mutton Stew that I ate at a few friends and neighbour’s places who came from Kerala. Their style of stew had a lot of spices and coconut milk which was different from the English style of Stew
Inspired by an old CNY celebration pic This Hainanese Chicken Rice with a twist dish was made for CNY 2024 for a…
From Singapore to Kolkata I returned from Singapore to India in 2022. It was a migration journey fraught with many noughts and…
What’s in a tale I was told about the dangers of consuming too much red meat, alcohol and sugar. Honestly, it is…
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!
Nolengur-a Bengali date palm molasses used now for home-made ice-cream!
Where do I begin… What do you do with leftover egg whites when you follow recipes which call for only egg yolks?…
Steamed Soy Ginger fish and Stir fried Broccoli for an easy yummy dinner –Notes for those looking for details on “How to…