It’s Christmas and Santa time. A time to rejoice with friends and family. It’s also the time for Cakes and Cookies. Red Velvet cake is a personal favourite. My family was looking for cookies and I was their Santa. To make it interesting, I decided to try the Red Velvet cookies and to add a...
I don’t recall how I came about the idea but the concept was appealing to me as something different and worth giving a shot. So I got down to it and must say it turned out to be an instant hit with the family. This is not a very complex dish to pull off if you have the Dosa batter…
A version of this Roast, was quite frequent in our home during my childhood days. I loved the gravy, in particular the well done cute round potatoes. I have never been too fond of the classic dry western roast. So I wanted to share this Desi gravy version of the chicken roast with all of you...
Winter is a season for soups and vegetables so what better way than to create this simple yet popular clear soup. While, the recipe talks about a vegetable soup, you can throw in shredded chicken or shrimps if you would like a non -vegetarian option. One distinguishing factor in my recipe is the...
In the traditional Bengali cookbooks, one will find a dish called ‘Dhanepata Kanchalanka Murgi’ which is essentially what this is. That one is cooked more in the curry style while my recipe borders on the north Indian hara kebabs. You can say it’s Kolkata inspired and delivered in the...
I am sure most of you would have had the traditional Hummus. I spent four years in Dubai and have tried a variety of Hummus and Arabic Mezze. One thing I always missed in the Humus was the spice and zing. So I decided to try a combination of Humus with a unique blend of spices to give this...
