It is summer time and more than the last year I am feeling the heat more this year. Last year when I came back to Mumbai I was fearing ...

In my home garlic is not something that we depend on to enhance the flavor in our food but there are certain things unarguably that tas...

Fresh and yet to be aged This is a preserved lime recipe my Mother would make for me as a kid. She would make small quantities and w...

The green garlic used in this recipe was homegrown Yesterday was my best friend Sangita's birthday. I had invited her family over for d...

This is an irresistible pickle!  That said, I must say you need guts of steel to enjoy this one. There is something very glamoro...

Suncooked for a week and aged for 3 months, ready to be licked up! This is a very very traditional Maharashtrian pickle, sweet, ci...

 Lets begin this series with the easiest of the pickles, Whole Awala In Brine. Ingredients 1 kg Awala 1/2 cup salt 2 pinches o...

  These are some of the pickles I made at the start of the year. Before I get to pickling the Rajapuri mangoes like last ...

Chavali or Black eyed beans, is one of my favorite beans. I love tender beans as a stir fry and the mature seeds soaked overnight and...

My Green balcony And  My father's soulful singing   Maze Maharaj Sadguru Maza

In a vegetarian family serving starters always means making fried stuff or sandwiches, most times. Chili Paneer is a favorite and h...

Is my most favorite spicy dal. Especially if my ex-neighbor Rani has made it. The dal is cooked to creaminess with the gongura leave...

Raw papaya (Koli: Popaya) and chana dal in green coconut masala. Traditionally this gets made in two ways, one with chana dal and...

The last week just zoomed past, for me the fun begins on Wednesdays itself, when I attend my Marathi Sugam Sangeet Class. This week we l...

Many years ago I had briefly mentioned about Popti on this blog. I have not been able to make the real thing but here is a modern Pop...

My blogger friend, Preeti of Isingcakes and More and three other Londoners and bloggers came up with this idea of a day long event for...