Last week was Holi, the festival of colour. Holi is one of my favourite Indian festivals, and not to mention holidays! But alas, this year was a no show on my part, on account of my wisdom teeth extraction surgery (yes, ouch!). But that didn’t keep me from celebrating Holi, with a little burst of […] Read more…
Oh so Strawberry Muffins
Its strawberry season (well it has been for a while) and while I’ve religiously been eating my doze of fresh strawberries, my baking obsession with strawberry, as you may have witnessed, repeatedly, and thenagain, has somewhat inexplicably not kicked in this year. But finally I have succumbed, and tweaked this easy peasy chocolate squeezey recipe with strawberry. […] Read more…
Dark Chocolate Cupcakes + Cake with Rich Chocolate Frosting
There is a common notion of a chocolate craving. Mine is a tad different, it strays from consuming cocoa, and leans more towards baking with it. All the healthy cooking these last few months led me to sideline and alienate beloved chocolate, but fear not, this makes up for it. Because it’s obviously impossible and […] Read more…
Tom Yum Noodles (slurp!)
This post is sliding off my fingers. The recipe speaks for itself, so here it is! Ingredients: 1. 1 tbs vegetable/sunflower oil 2. 1 medium to small onion, finely chopped 3. 2 garlic cloves 4. 100 gms mixed dried mushrooms, soaked in warm water for ½ hour 5. 1 red pepper and 10 baby […] Read more…
Seriously Satiating Sandwich
Apologies at the outset for keeping this post brief. This sandwich came as a breath of fresh air on a boring mid week night, when I didn’t have the energy (or patience) to COOK. Yes, this is more assembly than cooking- see for yourself! Makes 2 serving as a whole dinner or halve it for […] Read more…