Navratri Appam for VijayaDashami !

Happy Vijayadashami to all of you! Dusshera is also known as Vijayadashami and is a major festival that is celebrated at the end of Navratri every year. It is a celebration of the victory of good over evil. The Vijayadashami day is the tenth and final day of the Navratri celebrations and is considered auspicious …

Monsoons and Aloo tikkis !

Growing your own vegetables for your daily needs makes food so much tastier. Organic farming is so much into these days. Making use the soil to grow your own vegetables and fruits make cooking much more divine. Born and raised in Abu Dhabi, living a city life, I haven’t actually had a great exposure to …

Tahini cookies to spring up the festive spirits !!!

   With the start of the festive break at school have been planning to put better use of the time that I save on from my busy bee schedule.I had met Orly Ziv author of “The Israeli cookbook”-a charming woman with a captivating smile during my visit to Beijing for the Gourmand World cookbook awards. …

Nutty Pancakes and spicy chutney!

There’s been quite a lot of happenings in my life for the past months..that I am not able to update my blog regularly.I have joined at my son’s school as a Culinary teacher for the High Schoolers .Its been quite fun being with my kids even at school 😉 In addition to my school work, my …

Oats and Coconut cookies to sweeten a happy moment!

I have been trying to update my food court since last month and the moment to write out came today.It was a total hectic month with my kids down with sickness and the happy moment was a write up  on me in a magazine called FWD LIFE(march 2012 issue).Heres the link to the online issue of …

Kappa Varuthathu /Tapioca Chips with shots of Onam!

“maveli nadu vaneedum kalam,manusharellarum onnupoleamodhathode vasikkum kalamapathangarkkumottillathanumkallavum illa chathiyumillaellolamilla polivachanamkallapparayum cherunazhiyumkallatharangal mattonnumillaadhikal vyadhikalonnumillabalamaranangal kelppanilla” Translation : “When Maveli, our King, ruled the land,All the people were equal.And people were joyful and merry;They were all free from harm.There was neither anxiety nor sickness,Deaths of children were unheard of,There were no lies,There was neither theft nor deceit,And …