Kays Food rambles

Summer it is, and verily, yogurt or as we know it curd (dahi) is an intrinsic part of everyone’s daily diet. While there are many ways of consuming curd, most of them fall in the salt category, very few in the sweet or desserts category. And therefore, I resolved to try my hand at this [...]

I stepped into the kitchen this Diwali weekend and decided to try my hand at a chicken dish. Given that I had no recipe to speak of, this was made purely by instinct, using what I had on hand. Also, I did want vegetables to be part of the dish. Hence… Cooking time: ~1 hr [...]

I think most visitors to this blog (at least those from India) will most probably heave deep sighs at the above. And since a pix of the dahi vadas is already up and I did promise the recipe would follow, here we go. Preparation time: 1 hr and more (this is a slightly time consuming [...]

I happen to take a quick pic when I was sitting down to lunch with mom a couple of days back and as usual posted the pic onto Facebook. Requests for the recipe soon poured in, so here it is: Ingredients: Parwal (pointed gourd) <http://www.rabbi-traders.com/bd/images/stories/vegetables/parval.jpg>: 

Slightly modified the pattern of juices today, until now they were very light, made it slightly fuller today. Ingredients: Cucumber: 2 small, washed, peeled, diced/cubed Mango: 1 small unripe, peeled, diced & 1 small just ripened, peeled, diced Salt (kala namak) to taste Bhuna Jeera (Roasted Cumin s

And in the next edition of juices created for Mom (to ensure hydration and also form her mid-morning energizer) a slightly different one. Ingredients: Carrots small: 4, washed, scraped, peeled and diced/cubed Cucumber: 1 small, washed, scraped, peeled, diced/cubed Mango unripe: 1 small, peeled and d

I learnt the original recipe from a friend, but it called for the addition of gelatine, not something I am very fond off, so I decided to play around with it and see what the outcome was.  Well, the outcome was as edible as the original recipe, except that this one is a more fluid, [...]

A well-loved favorite, both my mom and I love it; pretty easy to make too. The proportions below serve 4 Ingredients: Button Mushrooms (white ones): 200 gm Medium sized onion: 1 Garlic: 4-6 cloves Olive oil: 1/2 tsp Milk: 1 cup Water: 2 cups Salt and pepper to taste Method: Wash the mushrooms under

  We have a tradition in our company: we celebrate Xmas with a Secret Santa and usually have a office lunch in his honor. This year we opted for a potluck, with every member either contributing a dish or contributing to the common staples (rice, rotis/breads, drinks) pool. I would have turned in the