I love the feel of Kashmiri Cuisine (taking into account that it is one place for which battles have (and are) being fought on international levels and love the way in which the food is cooked there!Due to the place having extreme cold for most […]

Vegetables play a very important part in our life as they give us nutrition,fibre and many kinds of proteins and vitamins.However one crucial aspect of cooking is regulating the amount of oil we use in our recipes.There are people who make a simple 1 cup […]

There is a continual stress these days to eat light and eat nutritious – more fibre,more protein and more unrefined and natural products with 3 – 4 servings of fruits and vegetables per day!People tell me – do not have refined flour products as they […]

Having lived in Lucknow for a long time,I always used to enjoy the marriages,receptions and parties we were invited to – maybe  more to savour the delicious food and less to show off my newest dress!I can always vouch for food being delicious then as […]

Eid is almost here and we can expect the great stress on desserts and savouries which would be on the households celebrating this wonderful festival!The FoodieMondayBloghop group decided that this time it would be an Eid Special to commemorate the festival in our own special […]

Khoya/Mawa or let us call it solidified milk is one of the main ingredients of cooking in desserts in India and Pakistan!It is made from whole milk, and in sweet shops,the milk is poured in a huge Kadai(a kind of half circle Wok) and put […]

I love beans and lentils in any way as they are delicious,healthy and nourishing!I love almost any beans – Kidney beans (rajma),fava beans,chickpeas or black eyed beans (chawli) as they are called.They are also called Lobia (another Hindi terminology) beans and are used in different […]

Staying in India in the Mango season is one of the best things imaginable as initially we get unripe and sour Mangoes for pickles,and then honey ripe and sweet golden Mangoes for satisfying our hunger and quenching our thirst with the sweet nectar juice inside […]