Fear Cooking? – Part 3

Fear Cooking? – Part 3

Pasta Sauces It sucks to cook alone. It sucks if others do not help. It sucks if others are indifferent. And it sucks if there is no one to eat with. It is something that many of us face on a daily basis. And it is primarily the reason that many of us do not cook,...
Fear Cooking – Part 2

Fear Cooking – Part 2

Know Your Pasta Pasta, in our country has almost become synonyms with fast food now. Every place from hi-end restaurants to casual caffe’ to even roadside stands sell this Italian treat. I had my first stint with it a very long time back in a neighbourhood mall with a...
Fear Cooking? – PART 1

Fear Cooking? – PART 1

Baking Cakes  I was not born into a household where home-made cakes were a normality. In all my years i know of only one instance when my mother baked a cake and that was for my first birthday, an event that i do not remember but cherish if only from old photographs....
Zucchini, Tomato, Pepper Tacos

Zucchini, Tomato, Pepper Tacos

  Ingredients    Zucchini – 1 chopped Apple – 1/2 chopped Tomato – 2 chopped Onion – 1 chopped Bell Pepper – 1 chopped Red Chillies – 3 chopped Orange juice – 1/2 cup  Sugar – 1 tbsp  Salt – 1/2 tbsp  Olive oil...
Fig, Cougette and Apple salad with Feta Cheese

Fig, Cougette and Apple salad with Feta Cheese

On my recent trip to Crawford market’s bustling lanes, i happened to buy a lot of vegetables, more than i had space for in my tiny refrigerator. Nonetheless, when life gives you some cash to buy Figs, you put your mind into making something out of it for dinner....
Carrot Pancakes with Orange syrup and Caramelized Bananas

Carrot Pancakes with Orange syrup and Caramelized Bananas

  So my first MAJOR Sunday breakfast brunch was a success and one of the two favourite recipes that I took away from the event were super classy and also super simple. The easiest one featured bananas with a twist which made them taste even better than they usually...