Yesterday, I celebrated walking this beautiful planet for a few less than four decades. I was born thirty something years ago on Karvachauth day. This year, my birthday and Karvachauth happened to be on the same day. I reflect back on the yesterday and feel […]
In our family, we love ourselves some tacos – veggie, chicken or fish. What’s not to love about a taco? Every bite is perfect, with deliciousness that lingers in your mouth. We normally do a taco bar at home and everyone gets to pick what […]
Happy Friday folks! This Friday brings us to the end of nine days of Navratri, today being Navmi, or the ninth day. In my family (uhmm…my parents house), we always celebrate the eighth day or Ashtami as a day to worship Kanjkein or nine young […]
Here’s to the beginning of another busy week – lots of work deadlines, family events and appointments. Sound familiar? Weeks like these mean constantly playing catch-up. As much as we try to plan everything ahead – full work days, school drop offs and pickups, music […]
My garden floweth over friends! Few days ago, I shared a picture of fresh okra from our garden on Instagram (here) reminiscing about how summers in India bring an endless supply of fresh okra, so much so that you get tired of it. We have […]
Many of you have asked to share my choley recipe and though I do make choley quite often, there has not been a chance in the recent few times that I was able to click pictures of the final product to share here. This past […]
Fury of nature knows no boundaries. Be it hurricane Harvey flooding parts of Texas and heading towards Louisiana or the mighty monsoons dumping millions of gallons of rain on many parts of India causing havoc. It’s heartbreaking to see so much devastation caused by flooding, […]
Talk about an iconic Punjabi dish! Daal makhanni or Maah ki daal literally translates into “lentils cooked in butter”. Daal makhanni is made with whole black gram/lentils that can be easily bought at an Indian/Asian grocery store. Sometimes bulk sections of health food stores and […]
India celebrated her 71st Independence day on August 15. Such a young nation, with such beauty and diversity. So many cultures, colors, languages, climates, land-forms, religions, and flavors. We are beyond blessed to be living a town in the United States where the community is […]
I have met many people here in the States who have told me that they love Indian food but are intimidated to try their hand at cooking it. Just because of a usual long list of ingredients and the prep work involved. And I agree. […]
