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Beat the Heat: Rose Scented Iced Tea

Indian Summers. They are a lot less glamorous and mucky than they are made out to be. In fact, I hate it. Oh, what I wouldn’t do (or give) for a one way ticket to anywhere moderately bare able at this (melting) point.

I got these perfectly pink plump rose buds from my bestie, whose venture Kunafa is a sight for sore eyes, especially since the country loves its rich dry fruits – this brand offers you just that, but made in the Middle Eastern way. It will guarantee to leave you licking your fingers.  Read more…

Lemon Bars

This entire facelift of Joie De Vivre, and its attached trials and tribulations, have been significantly overwhelming. It seems like a whole new ballgame, a whole new language, a whole different – rather parallel – universe. It has been a humbling experience, with pressure mounting with very click. To a naked eye, the hours of work that shows in terms of absolute visual progress is incredibly underrated and impossible to comprehend. But yet, I am happy that the hours that have gone into it are now beginning to show their teeth.

On returning from The Great Grover Stomp, the realisation hit me that I had been separated from my kitchen all weekend, and I had all of Sunday evening to fix that little glitch. So after a little bit of light reading, picking this recipe was an obvious choice – it called out to me as a refreshing and citrusy pick-me-up, ideal to indulge in after a day of travelling and a weekend of stomping! Read more…

Strawberry Compote

I reached Bombay to find 2 big boxes of juicy Mahableshwar strawberries welcoming be back home and back to the kitchen, and resist I could not. While in South Africa, a favourite breakfast for me after returning from sunrise safaris was a bowl full of chilled thick greek yoghurt, with fresh berry compote, muesli and […] Read more…

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