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Pal ka Dhabha : Chandigarh

A wonderful Dhabha at Chandigarh! If you are at Chandigarh, definitely visit Pal ka Dhabha! Some meals stay with you, some meals urge you to get that post going ASAP even if you are actually in a vacation :) Our experience at Pal ka Dhabha was something like that. We are currently vacationing at Tirthan Valley in Himachal Pradesh and we drove down here from Delhi in my dad's Alto. We decided to break the journey and halt at Chandigarh for the night since it would have been a 12 hour drive … [Read more...]

Double the Joy : Monkey Bar Indiranagar

Monkey Bar has opened a new branch at Indiranagar and I am definitely happy about it! So one of my favorite places in town opened its second branch a couple of months ago. Yes we are talking about Monkey Bar and if you don't know about my love for Monkey Bar, go ahead and read this first :) Now that you have drooled at the breakfast ,you will understand the joy I felt at the opening of the second Monkey Bar specially because the second one solves the biggest problem I have with Monkey, the … [Read more...]

Karuveppilai Podi : Curry Leaves Podi

Karuveppilai podi or curry leaves podi is a super healthy podi (powder) which you can make in bulk and store in air tight containers! This podi tastes delicious with rice, idlis, dosas or any dish that you fancy! Some days ago, we trimmed a part of our healthy curry leaf tree since it was growing very big and we were unable to even reach the top of the tree. We, at home. love curry leaves in our food and in curry leaf chutney. But this much harvest surely needed something else to be done to it … [Read more...]

World Baking Day 2014 : Lets Bake A Long

Its World Baking Day and so lets get baking together! Its World Baking Day on 18th May, so get baking folks. Bake for your loved ones, a cookie, a cake, a brownie. Anything you fancy. Who wants to do a bake along? I will post a recipe tomorrow morning and we all bake and post pictures? I asked this on my FB page yesterday and the response I got was very encouraging. So here I am with a list of 10 recipes that I found interesting and exciting to bake, you can choose from these or you can pick … [Read more...]

B is for Bread 101, part 2

Part two of my B is for Bread 101 posts! _"[Breadbaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony. It leaves you filled with one of the world's sweetest smells...there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel. that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread." M. F. K. Fisher, ‘The Art of Eating’ Stages of Bread Baking: Today we will talk about Stages in … [Read more...]

B is for Bread 101

B is for Bread 101! A post which gives tips and tricks on baking bread! “Bread is the king of the table and all else is merely the court that surrounds the king. The countries are the soup, the meat, the vegetables, the salad but bread is king.” Louis Bromfield, American novelist (1896-1956) Breads is one of my most favorite things to make. I love working with them, kneading, shaping and proofing gives me joy beyond measure. So B had to be breads here, though I did take a poll on FB, if … [Read more...]

Sooji Ka Halwa | Indian Semolina Pudding

This Sooji ka Halwa is one of my favorite, easy to make dessert options and is so delicious when combined with channa and poori! Asthami, the eight day of Navratri is associated with 'Kanya Pooja' and this means making some poori, channa and sooji ka halwa for prasad! So today is Ashtami and how much ever I find the tradition of "Kanya Pooja" funny and ridiculous now, it's something I enjoyed immensely while growing up. The going from house to house in a gang and pretending to … [Read more...]

Le Jardin @ The Oberoi : FoodLovers Gourmet City

Foodlovers Gourmet City at Le Jardin at The Oberoi! A delightful experience in dining! Since the last couple of years, the city has been booming with food festivals or restaurant showcases. FoodLovers Gourmet City is one of them. This is the time when people who love eating out, mark their calendars, pick their favorite places and explore the menu that represents the place and showcases some of the restaurant's best food at a prices which are very reasonable. Though there are many … [Read more...]

A Bit of Persia on your Plate at The Persian Terrace, Sheraton

An interesting evening at The Persian Terrace, Sheraton! Last week I received an invite from Sheraton to attend the preview of a 10 day long Persian food festival. A Persian meal rustled up by Chef Abdel Wahed of Sheraton Sharm Hotel, Resort, Villas and Spa, Egypt was too tempting to let go, considering it was Friday evening and the weekend mood was settling in anyway. I was all set to have a lovely evening at The Persian Terrace, which BTW is a place I love, open terrace with a pool and … [Read more...]