This year saw surprisingly long Winter and Spring, which set the mood for soups, starters, and more-than-regular-quota of fried snacks in the TT household. We had abundant supply of fruits to see us through breakfast – oranges, more oranges, grapes, strawberries and bananas. What is your favourite Season? Why?
Lunch was the usual fare with rice, gravy and a dry side, if it was not gluten free flatbreads with gravy. I am not sure why, but ...
I will spare you the details of why I do not like Holi this year. It’s a personal problem. I have lamented enough about the ills as well as the reasons for the celebration in the last three years. And because I do not have any fresh grudges. We did not have water supply that evening and almost whole of next day.
I do enjoy some aspects - one aspect actually! The gastronomic indulgence Holi allows.
Sinful? Yes, hugely sinful! But then again, I rarely indulge. As long as I grew up Holi was synonymous with gujiya, an Indian puff pastry that swaddles a sweet concoction of dense khoya (milk solids made by evaporating milk over slow heat for a long period) mixed with dry fruits and nuts. To say, I don’t miss it would be an outright lie. I do. But I recently hit upon a very nice idea on making a vegan version that is tastier (that I promise is not an exaggeration) and easier.
The blurred visions of vegan gujiya, puff pastry and croissants are stronger and clearer, ever since I saw boxes of vegan butter spread at Foodhall. I was such a pig I piled six boxes in my ...
This year saw surprisingly long Winter and Spring, which set the mood for soups, starters, and more-than-regular-quota of fried snacks in the TT household. We had abundant supply of fruits to see us through breakfast – oranges, more oranges, grapes, strawberries and bananas. What is your favourite Season? Why?
Lunch was the usual fare with rice, gravy and a dry side, if it was not gluten free flatbreads with gravy. I am not sure why, but ...
Pulav (pulao or pilaf) is a one pot meal that is made in most Indian homes. It is a good way for moms to make their kids eat vegetables, apart from the fact that it means less cleaning up. For some reason my mother would make it more often when dad was on tour, or if she was not up to cooking a full meal. And for the same reason, it did not seem special ...
