This picture reflects me as a person complex, diverse, natural. Usha ( samayal-ulagam ) thanks for the tag :). Feels like I am in the blog...

The first bowl with the yellow stuff is the Moramba. It literally means soaked mango. It validates the name by its taste too. Moramba is the...

Chunda is the Gujarathi influence in my life. It is one of the many dishes I learnt from my old neighbours the Rajput family. The eldest ...

Series on Thal Koli Kitchen (Thal Part I) Take a walk thru Thal (Thal Part II) 360 deg view from Thal seashore Koli Veg Taat (Thal Part III)...

It was that time of the year when Chaturmaas the four month sacred period was going to start. I had some garlic bulbs that were unused and...

Last Summer holidays my family and friends visited me. There were 5 kids who had lime juice thrice a day all made by themselves. I didn'...

I was born a Koli but the period between 8 years-16 years of my life I lived in the Gujarathi / Parsee heartland Fort. Sometimes it makes me...

This recipe I learnt from my favorite Marathi cookbook, "Annapoorna" which I recieved as a gift at the age of 12 years. It is abso...

Shravani Cake gets its name from the fact that it is a cake to be feasted on in the sacred month of Shravan. We being a vegetarian family an...

This salad is much loved in my family due to the color, crispiness and yet warm bite it provides. I just loved taking the pictures and knew ...

I have been cooking for a long time now but don't know why had never thought I could made tandoori rotis in an electrical oven on the g...

Once in a while my Dad surprises me by making dinner on days when I have spent a long day at work. He had bought some Toorichya shenga that...

Earthy snack Chivda made in the earlier post is used to make this bhel. While taking this picture I tought it appropriate to place the pl...

Chivda packets ready to be shared during Diwali along with other sweets  Chivda is the snack omnipresent on all occassions ...

Mountain of Tikhat Shev This picture was taken during the Diwali preparations. Thikat Shev is the easiest thing to make among the mu...

It is actually a starter but can also be eaten as a evening snack. When one is dead tired to make some thing really elaborate but needs a q...

This is a trailer for the upcoming posts. Lovely colors Mango Tree in the background Moramba- Lonche- Chunda Pickles perched on a...

They are the "Love of my Life". There is no good recipe for lobsters. The simplest and the best is fresh boiled lobsters. They h...

Any Mumbaikar is a diehard fan of gola the ubiquitous crushed-ice candy. It was banned by most parents to eat from the Golawala pushing...

Near Alibag on the way to Murud there is a village called Borli/Borlai. It is very famous for its huge sized brinjals. They are as big as 1....