Cumin spiced Corn Chowder

Monsoon is here and how! It has been raining incessantly for the last few days and temperatures have dropped quite a bit. Though I am not really a monsoon person { yes, there I said it!} I am definitely enjoying the cooler weather and drop in humidity. I am actually craving something hot and fried  these days. So the other day when the toddler said she wanted soup I was all up for it. She

Perfect rainy day dinner

Veg Momos

Roasted Soya Beans

I usually crave something spicy and 'chatpata' in the afternoons along with my tea. And that is my biggest undoing in terms of eating healthy. Sometimes the dry fruits or peanuts or fruits that I am carrying as a snack just doesn't cut it and before I know it I am biting into a hot and spicy vada pav, pakoda or sev puri or bhel. I tried my hand at making roasted chickpeas which were a hit. But

Oats and Poha Chivda

Here is a little twist on oats, which all of us usually have in the sweet form. A traditional marathi chivda recipe, with oats in it. This chivda recipe is my grandmothers and she used to make it for diwali every year. Once she got a little older and couldn't really cook much, she would supervise me and I would make this chivda, for diwali 'faral' and to be distributed to the neighbours. What I

Tabbouleh Salad



Have I told you how much I love Lebanese/ middle eastern food. I was first introduced to the cuisine here in mumbai itself, at a small restaurant called Piccadilly in Colaba, I instantly liked the falafel and shawarma and slightly spiced lebanese rice. But I really fell in love with the food on my trip to Egypt way back in 2007. How could I not? Sitting at a beautiful restaurant on top of a

Roasted Chickpeas

How are you all doing? I had a great weekend. For a change I took complete benefit of the three days, planned everything so that I can relax, read books spend time with toddler, meet friends and also get some chores done. 


Though the husband was working on Friday and Saturday, my daughter and I had a blast. I took her to the park every evening, danced at home, lazed around, did a lot of