You know that kebabs are essentially grilled or roasted meat and vegetables. So, if I told you I was going to make kebabs out of curd, you would think I was loosing it. The soft texture of curd would make it a ridiculous choice of ingredient for a kebab, right? Or so I thought till I sampled these d
Coriander and mint chutney Recipe by Indu Mathew
We are a pizza loving people. So much that Dominoes comes first on my speed dial list, friends send me offer coupons of all pizza outlets in town and qya sings “o tararararam o pizza aayo free” during his bath.
The last time qya had a pizza craving, I offered to make him one instead of buying one. “But I want a real pizza, not one you make”, he said. Ahem! I usually find stuff kids blurt out cute. Like how your friend’s kids ask you when you would be leaving the moment you enter their house. And how they remark after a few minutes – _you are still here! _But qya’s comment got me thinking that I should learn how to make pizza, a real pizza that can impress the fussiest of five year olds!
We Indians are big on entertaining at home, with the motto Adithi Daivobhava (Guest is God) held close to our generous hearts. Once the guests are invited and a time and date is fixed to suit everyone’s convenience (the time being just a formality, since guests are expected to arrive atleast an hou
Hats off to Kundan Lal Gujral who decided to experiment with the food he served in his restaurant in pre independence Peshawer. He ended up cooking chicken in a hot tandoor or clay oven which was normally used to make bread at the time. (Now that is the kind of “innovation”, “pro-activeness” and “ou
August has been a very good month, holiday wise. With four holidays and a couple of long weekends, a lot of non vegetarian cooking and eating happened in my house (my parents did the cooking on my request, and I did most of the eating). The Eid weekend had me dreaming of the wonderful Hyderabadi Du
A few months back: Qya (after returning from school and very excited): Mama, teacher asked me to bring a picture of my favourite fruit to school! Me: OK, so what is your favourite fruit? Qya: Mango! Mama, I want to eat a mango! _Me (surprised, because I couldn’t remember when he ever got to eat a ma
They say that god gives us only as much burden as we can carry around, only as much pain as we are capable of handling. So before you complain about how hot and humid this summer is turning out to be, just take a look around you. To beat the heat, He has given you an abundance of the juiciest and sweetest fruits ever – watermelons, sweet melons, mangoes, pineapples, papaya etc. And a multitude of street vendors to sell you these fruits in whatever form you may fancy 😉 – salads, chaat, juice, smoothies, shakes and so on.
With 92% of it’s weight being water, no fruit can hydrate you better that the watermelon, and is a summer favourite. And not only is it a delightful thirst quencher, but it is also an excellent source of vitamins A, C and B6, has a higher concentration of the antioxidant lycopene than any other fruit or vegetable, and offers potassium and amino acids as well. And most importantly, it is a LOW FAT fruit. (Information Source: Click here).
Rexy and I had always got along fairly well together. At least, she seemed sincerely pleased to see me every time I visited her, and she is not the kind who can pretend convincingly. So when she warned me to keep away from her babies, I thought she was bluffing. Apparently, she was not, and I ended up getting nipped on my ankle. Ouch!
After the incident, my parents explained that new mother dogs were particularly ferocious. Didn’t I know that? Feeling rather stupid for not having caged Rexy before visiting her pups, I went to the doctor who recommended anti rabies vaccination. Three shots if Rexy remained fit and fine within 10 days of biting me, and five if she should die. I prayed on my knees for her long life because 1) I hate injections. Though these were not painful, they gave me no joy either. 2) The vaccinations were quite expensive, and I could easily think of a number of other things to do with the money, and 3) though Rexy probably thought of me as some kind of monster, I c
Kulcha Recipe by Indu Mathew
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