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  • The Foodie… The Roadie and the Cake maker

    Nov.1st a girls day out, two and a half vegetarians, Being vegetarian travellers in Goa eating out is quite monotonous so Lucie’s invite for French food was definitely inviting. We went up to Baga on Lucie Mason’s invite. if you are expecting an restaraunt review I recommend either http://madscientistskitchen.blogspot.in/2014/11/restaurant-review-at-bakers–studio-baga.html or http://www.inditales.com/2014/11/review-bakers–studio-baga-goa.html I am sharing a…

  • Divine nourishment

    Akshaya Trithiya celebrates abundance. This abundance is personified by DhanyaLakshmi. Food or what is refered to as “Anna” is one of them. The sacred texts say The hymn to Annapurneshwari talks about Anna being pratyeksha maheshwari. The visible divine.  For food is the primary need of every living creature in the plant and animal world.…

  • sweet potato Usali

    Sweet potato ½ kg. Green chilli 2 Coconut scraping ¼ cup Cooking oil  2 tbsps. Asafoetida pinch Urad al 1 tsp Salt  to taste Jaggery to taste Mustard Kharipatta  Clean the sweet potato, kin and dice to small pieces. In wok pour the oil, and season with mustard, urad dal, green chilli and kharipatta add…

  • Spongy dosa

    3 cups dosa rice 4 tsps methi seeds 1 cup avalakki(beaten rice) 3 cups sour curd Salt to taste Soak the rice and methi seeds for about 2hrs. Grind with sour curd once the batter turns smooth, add in the beaten rice and grind further. The batter should be of dropping consistency. One ladle of…

  • Egg-less chocolate cake

    Eggless chocolate cake 2 cups Maida 2 tbsp drinking chocolate ½ cup melted ghee ¾ bottle any aerated soda. (I prefer thumbs up) 1 tin condensed milk 1 ½ baking powder Tsp soda bicarb 1 tsp. Vanilla essence Mix all the ingredients well and bake in oven for 10mnts. At 300 F and 15mnts at…

  • kariwallah Bhindi

    Kairiwallah Bhindee Okra with raw mango Once upon a time, before TOI became euphemism for toilet paper, they ran a column called cook-in with Jiggs Kalra, some recipe’s were actually do able in a daily home kitchen once we mastered the basic recipe it took just as much time as our standard dishes did. This…