Warm lemon rice with roast potato wedges

Cold, colder, coldest!! 3 words to describe the current daytime temperature. Everyone I talk to is really mad about this cold weather spell. This has possibly been the most freezing we have seen in years. Even my remote garage opener freezes up. I’ve had to wrap it in a woolen hat to make it work….

Turmeric Hot Chocolate

Wait! Milk for a cold. Isn’t that a no no for my sinuses, Asked a friend.. Not with this special recipe. Its cold and wintry and an onset of flu symptoms seems to be everywhere. One friend was cured of a cold with this recipe and another asked for a cure. High time I shared…

Rajma

The Army Public School in Delhi served the best Rajma at school lunches. I knew this because my sister & I would watch enviously while my brother pleaded with mom to give him 2 rupees to eat lunch on Rajma Chawal(rajma rice) days. A few weeks ago I was off sick nursing a cold when…

Kale Adai | Lentil Pancakes

A sensuous and textured breakfast food, adai is the south indian’s pancake. However unlike regular pancakes its made from scratch completely and needs no rising agent. No white flour nor eggs in this nutritous gluten-free pancake either. Just healthful lentils and rice. The main trick in adai is not in the making of the batter,…

Saffron Ginger Tea

Welcome! I invite you to enter the land of spice with me. Learn to use them in your daily cooking to spice up your life, activate your body and breathe new life into dull food. My ongoing spice addiction started early on relishing foods of my childhood upbringing in a southern indian brahmin household. Why…