Simple, tasty, healthy-ish     One of my favorite recipes to make. I don’t remember where exactly I got the recipe from. a little from my mom, a little from my aunt from Goa. But I have one definite memory of making this on one …

Ojass and Prachi are two of the sweetest people I know. I visited them in Seattle a couple of weeks ago and Prachi wanted a quick faral (Marathi for snacks and sweets for special occasions and festivals) recipe to take to India for Ganpati, they …

A chutney made with chillies and other spices mainly garlic, usually served with traditional western maharashtrian bread (Bhakri) Theres basically two kinds of thechas. One thats made with green chillies and another made with red chillies. I looovvee both. They just add the extra zing …

A savory breakfast snack made with semolina (rava) Just like Poha/Pohe Upma, is one of the most common breakfast dishes in India, particularly south. No two upmas will ever taste the same and restaurant upmas are consistent but are soaked in fat. The point is, it is …

A tangy sweet and spicy preparation of dal (pigeon peas) If I were to name one ‘soul food’ of mine, it will probably be aamti-bhat (aamti with rice). I remember, when I came back from a month long study tour of Europe, Aji asked me …

Is a spicy sauce made with chickpea flour, onions and spices. Typically eaten with bhakri or rice Theres many ways of making this. However theres two that are most popular and my favorite! One is spicy, has more complex flavors, is thicker and eaten with …

Western-Indian flat bread (usually made with Jowar (sorghum), Bajra (Pearl millet), Rice, Ragi or a mixture of any of these) I always try to eat healthy. In my effort to eat wholesome foods, and cutting down on rice, I ended up eating everything whole wheat. …

(Spicy egg curry) There are so many versions of anda curry that I have tried, but this one is obviously my favorite. For one time, I agree there cant be a ‘perfect’ anda curry recipe and everyone has their own version, but well if you …

(Flattened rice breakfast snack) “Seriously you are writing a blog post on ‘kande pohe’??” my mom asked me 😛 But trust me its the simple, most common things that need to be perfect, because you have to eat those a lot!! This is probably the …