Spaghetti and Meatballs
- 23
- May
- 2020
Last few days, I was scrambling around, to use up all the leftovers from my pantry. I was left scratching my head for a while with a box of spaghetti! Then realized, I could just make the Meatballs and Spaghetti, my long time due. Although I have fermented this recipe for a while…clearly wanted it, […]
My Very Own Damn Burger – Desi Style!
- 09
- January
- 2018
First of all ‘Burger’ is not for the faint heart, weak, vegetarian Indians! The very sound of the word Cheese Burger (a.k.a) Ham Burger is so unorthodox to many!! And, of course…we Desis (Indians…the East Indians, I mean) have invented a quite a number of options for ourselves! The meat is carefully replaced with aloo tikkis (potato […]
Garlicky Soy Paneer – The Soy Sauce Empire
- 25
- January
- 2015
The Mongolian Wars…The Yellow River…Genghis Khan…The Great Wall Of China…Silk Road…Hsuan Tsang…The Huns Invasion…The Ming Dynasty…Chinese Buddhism…McMahon Line….Sino-Indian Relations… If you are still wondering what’s with my above ‘Statement’ (nonsense)??? I just dozed off reading a History book for my project. The love for The Soy Sauce Empire overrules me even in my sleep! Well, not exactly…I […]
Spicy Masala Fries – Anyone?
- 28
- May
- 2013
Also Known As Indo French Fries. Finger Chips. Potato Fries, Freedom Fries, Curried Fries. Spicy Masala Fries. Lately, I have been obsessed with fusion cooking! I know, I haven’t shown any proof to you all for this claim, yet! Well, in the process, I have discovered a short cut for Indianizing everything that comes to […]
Bread Upma – Sassy Cooking
- 16
- April
- 2013
We Indians have a way of spicing up every dish we could lay our hands on. When we forget to put the magic spell on a particular dish, the rest of the world goes about and does it for us. ♥ Ever heard of Masala Maggi Noodles? It would appear KFC is synonymous with fried […]
Nopales Stir-Fry – Cooking with Cactus!
- 04
- April
- 2013
Also Known As Nopales Stir-fry. Cactus Stir-fry. Chappathi Kalli Poriyal. Chappathi kalli Varuval. For some unknown reason, all along…I misjudged that cactus is a harmful, dangerous and must be a poisonous plant! Back home in India, never witnessed anyone harvesting it for consumption! Let alone, nor did I see the herbivorous munching it away!! Whenever, […]
Macaroni Kheer / Macaroni Pudding / Macaroni Payasam
- 14
- January
- 2011
Macaroni Kheer: You know, whenever I come up with this kind of weird recipe…’I am off the hook, dude’. So, it was a crazy noon, I had nothing to play with…and I discovered this abandoned box of macaroni shells lying in the pantry. Beyond those internationally acclaimed recipes…I had countless ideas of whipping them out!! […]
Curried Macaroni / Spicy Macaroni
- 13
- August
- 2010
Curried Macaroni: Cook mac’ as per the box directions, and get creative. I just added, some mint leaves, garlic powders and lots of crushed tomatoes. Garnished with parmesean cheese, dinner ready:)
Spaghetti with Soya Chunks: Listen up ladies, I know this recipe isn’t gonna win any sort of culinary awards for innovation or anything. But for a routine traditional cook, it was pretty darn easy. I fixed this spaghetti for dinner, last week’ altered the regular meat balls with some soya chunks! Now, was that cooking […]
Honey Glazed Carrots with Indian Touch of Spices:)
- 13
- June
- 2010
Honey Glazed Carrots with Asian Touch of Spices Like most of my recipes, this one is pretty flexible. I tweaked the original recipe for Honey Glazed Baby Carrots. Added stuff of my own choice, like ginger, chilies etc. This is a great recipe to adapt to use your favorite ingredients, or at least the ones […]
