Few Minute Wonders

 A few weeks ago I had borrowed Mario Batali and Mark Ladner's book Molto Gusto Easy Italian Cooking from the library. It has such mouth watering pasta, pizza and gelato recipes. I have watched Mario Batali cook so effortlessly and heard great reviews about food at his restaurants. So, in pursuit of

Farmer's market is so colorful these days. Strawberries, blueberries, apricots, cherries, oranges, raspberries, nectarines, peaches are so fresh and cry out to be added to the shopping bag. We have been hooked on strawberries that are the sweetest that I have ever tasted. Apricots are very juicy and

Salted peanuts are awesome as a snack. In India, the peanuts are roasted in sand and sold as street snack. It will be warm rolled in news paper and taste absolutely delicious. My sister's friend gave her an awesome recipe to create the same effect and I am elated that I could enjoy salted peanuts he

With school year almost coming to an end, less homework and more fun times have started to set in. Two days ago, my daughter wanted to help with dinner. She wanted us to have the eggplant mozzarella sandwich like the one at Anderson's bakery, sweet potato fries and a healthy dessert. So convinced me

During Christmas vacation, my sister and I tried to bake vadai's with the electric donut maker. We just used the regular vadai batter with no baking powder or soda and did not achieve the results that we desired. They tasted like vadai,but, as they say in chemistry it was colorless. Apart from that

Happy Mother's Day to everyone. Along with the mother's day I wanted to celebrate my Amma's birthday which was last week, by making her recipe that she is very proud of. My Amma is not too fond of cooking compared to her sisters. It is not that Amma does not know how to cook, its just something she

My Amma loves carrots, she likes them fresh and will chew on them like a bunny for her mid morning snack. When she has to make a payasam or kheer she would always opt for carrot kheer. When we question her choice, she would promptly let us know that it was good for health. Since its mothers day this

I generally do not buy a lot of frozen food, but I do stock on patra. Patra is popular side dish from Gujarat, made with the leaf of taro root rolled with besan flour and spices. These rolled logs  are steamed, then sliced into discs and seasoned. I have not tried making them so I enjoy deep brand's

For a while I have been looking at this recipe that a friend shared with me, and finally I got down to preparing it. Prepare mint paste or sauce, store it in the freezer and use it when needed to make mint quinoa or rice. It adds so much of flavor and taste to the quinoa that it has become my favori

The first time I tasted boba with pineapple strawberry smoothie, I loved it. Boba is a black pearl like tapioca that is used in cold beverages. They have an awesome chewy texture and I love having them with fruit based drinks or smoothies. Every time we have our famous family get togethers, my daugh