Coriander Mint Chutney is a staple in Indian households. It’s extremely versatile and can even be used in marinades like here. Recipe : Take a bunch or two of coriander. Take half the amount of mint. One tomato to create a thick consistency. Green chilies, whole cumin(to preserve color), two three cloves of garlic, salt and lemon to taste.…
This has got to be the easiest things you can do with chicken. If you don’t have coriander chutney, you will find the recipe here. Recipe: Marinate chicken drumsticks with coriander chutney and pepper to taste for 30 mins. Shallow fry to a yummy crisp. Add a dash of lime and relish. Tip : You can grind some spinach into…
Spinach pulao is my go to when I want to make sure kids get a good dose of green leaves. It takes 15 mins to prep and then the pressure cooker does all the work. I had this for the first time when we were visiting lovely friends in Chicago and it’s been one of those dishes that takes me…
Vegetable cutlets. Super success since the kids enjoyed them so much. They turn out much better when deep fried but since we are trying to cut calories I shallow fried them. These remind me of traveling in trains in India where the canteen serves two veggie cutlets with bread and a sachet each of butter and ketchup for breakfast during…
What a whirlwind week it has been. That first day. The consequent days when I was sick and couldn’t even drop him to bus stop or see him immediately when he was back really showed me how very different life is now. Below are the surprising things I learnt in the past seven days of him going to Kindergarten,…
He takes that step onto that big, yellow bus and it is bittersweet. My heart wells up with emotions. I fear for how he will manage by himself, am proud that he wants to and am happy to see him start a going to school. But above all I am anxious that this would be the very first day where…
I put together an End of Summer – Picnic for my neighborhood last week. We had a potluck for the snack foods and I organized an itinerary of games for all the families. At the end, I gave out silver and gold medals made out of chocolate (Twix and Musketeers) for the families and they were a huge hit! The…
” Do we get a gift for Janmashtami ? “ In an age of goody bags and candy treats, it’s hard to explain to children a festival that doesn’t traditionally involve presents. Prep : This year we start a couple of days early. Story telling, you tube video watching. I tell him the story of the birth of Krishna. How…
Two hands touching. One hand bigger than the other. To Guide. Hold on when the other falters. Caress to show it cares. Twirl when the rhythm allows. Slap away in frustration. Tickle for a giggle. When we were small, I would align our hands together and say,” See, how big my hand is than yours ?” He laughed as his eyes…
My brother and I would often catch my mom staring at us. We would be playing, dancing, walking or even eating and she would be gazing at us. Now this was never a lost thinking about something look. It was always a freaky ” I’m looking at everything you do ” look. I never understood. At any social event…