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Baked Eggs with Mushrooms

2014-07-04T12:50:40+02:00

Baked eggs or eggs en cocotte is a rustic French preparation that is very versatile. Your imagination is the limit here. If you, like me, can't resist butter, (...)

Caramel Custard Steamed

2014-05-04T14:12:32+02:00

This post is dedicated to my grandmother-my dad's mom, as it is her version of making this popular dessert. Caramel custard is a well-known, easy-to-make (...)

Bombay Toast

2014-04-23T16:53:08+02:00

Bombay toast is everyone's favorite snack. It holds a spot in our childhood memories, having filled innumerable tiffin boxes and our tummies. There must be a (...)

Quick kheema (meat mince)

2014-04-10T17:13:18+02:00

When you get back home from work with a tired and famished child in tow, who could fall asleep at any moment, you have only an hour or so to get dinner on the (...)

Thai cooking series: pad see ew - step by step

2014-02-02T09:07:54+01:00

In my second installment of the Thai Cooking Series, I'm going to show you how to make delicious Pad See Ew. This basically means "stir fried (pad) with soy (...)

Thai stir-fried vegetables with prawns

2014-02-01T05:18:58+01:00

In this new series on my blog, I hope to share with you all recipes, notes, photographs, and vignettes from my study of Thai cuisine. This is rustic, simple, (...)

Scrambled paratha or kothu parotta

2013-07-11T09:07:24+02:00

I love this recipe for a variety of reasons. It does not require any curry or side dish and can be had on its own. It’s versatile as a snack or a mini-meal any (...)

Mahe-Style Fish Salad

2013-07-09T07:11:30+02:00

This recipe was brought to my attention by Vrinda chechi (Vrinda Giri, in Chennai now), who is my dad's cousin (the Fish Baked In White Sauce that I remembered (...)

Improper title for culinary recipe

2013-06-28T13:30:22+02:00

This is a post that has come in just too late...I don't think the saying "better late than never" even makes sense in this context. For the procrastinator in (...)

Mango crumble

2013-05-15T14:55:00+02:00

I have been missing my blog as much as it has been missing me...I don't have any illusions that anyone out there has been missing my blog though! Anyway, I'm (...)