Pollo al Forno (Italian-Style Baked Chicken) is our go-to recipe when we are too lazy to spend a lot of time in the kitchen, but crave for something colourful and different on the table. This Italian dish is inspired from a similar dish that we had somewhere near a village called Porto Venere in […]
We love to have a relaxed teatime. That is the time in the evening when the whole family would come together and we would sip away our lockdown blues sometimes with a hot cup of Masala tea and sometimes with a mellow Darjeeling first flush. Like all good teatime stories, our evenings are enriched […]
I never thought that I am good at making breads, until I challenged myself in lockdown. Cooking and baking are two of my favourite things and during these lockdown days in Mumbai, I cling more to my passion as they help me to stay active and positive throughout the day. Baking bread was never […]
It is amazing to see how lockdown has changed our lifestyle. Doing household chores and cooking might seem overwhelming sometimes, but when we take pleasure in what we do, then all the hardships melt away. As far as food is concerned, thankfully, in Mumbai, we are getting almost all the essential items. We are […]
Kids are hungry all the time. Yesterday, they helped me in baking this Vanilla Chocochip Cake. It turned out to be such a fun-filled evening! Amidst all the fear and uncertainty that Coronavirus brought this year, we are experiencing calm family moments cooking and baking all our family favourites. With whatever ingredients available at […]
Something seems to control my obsession for mangoes, just like a puppeteer pulling the strings of the marionette. Mangoes make me go weak in the knees. Mangoes make me whimsical: these spark the culinary creativity in me! This summer, I am all about experimenting with and generating interesting dishes with mangoes of different varieties. Well, […]
Lussekatter means “Lucia’s cats” and the name is probably given because each of the scrolled buns look like a cat’s curled tail! If you are looking for a Christmas breakfast recipe, these Swedish saffron-infused S-shaped sweet buns called Swedish Lussekatter or Lussebullar Rolls are the answer. Baking bread always gives joy. These cute and […]
Growing up in New Delhi, I had a big, sweet tooth. I loved cakes and pastries. There was a bakery near our house (called BSP) that served excellent cakes, pastries, jujubes, etc. At home, my mother used to make a killer pressure-cooker cake with slightly crisp, brown bottom. In addition, we always had Indian […]
I baked these Madeleines for the very first time and these came out just perfect. These tasted and looked delicious! My guests told me that these tasted way better than the store-bought ones. Well, I baked them out of guilt. There were these Scallop Shell Pans that I bought from Hong Kong […]
I love Atlantic Salmon for the beautiful pink meat and its oiliness. Among the few seafood ingredients that I love cooking with, Atlantic salmon is my favourite! I have cooked a number of dishes with salmon, apart from salads, sashimi and sushi. Smoked salmon is to die for, and I love it with a […]