Introduction (Why and How?)

Around the beginning of this year, some of my friends suggested that I should start writing a blog on cooking. Not that it was not on my mind, but with a 24x7 job i.e. being a mom of a 2 yr. old and with a full-time job, not to mention also managing the BIG boy of the house; I could hardly get a minute to think about a possible theme for my blog. So by stealing 5 minutes a day for the last 3 months, I finally came up with the following. I can write only about my own culinary ventures. I like traditional food as much as I like to get experimental with recipes. Consequently, you can expect this blog to be a habitat of well-known recipes of well-known dishes, somewhat different recipes of well-known dishes and intuitive recipes of unconventional dishes. Without further ado, let me tell you about the very first venture of my life.

The B'day Bash!!

The B’day Bash…

The first time I picked up the khunti (spatula) was 8 years ago, when I arrived at this country after the holy knot with the BIG boy. It was the day before his B’day and as a new wife, I was thinking hard about how to impress him. All of a sudden, came the Eureka moment! How about Fried-rice and Aloor-dom (potatoes in rich gravy)? Nervous, trying to remember how maa made it, I slowly started with the potatoes; and by the time I could feel the sweat on my eyelids, I realized, there they were…white basmati rice with the aroma of ghee and sautéed veggies in a plastic bowl (a typical student serveware) and small round potatoes cut in half with reddish oil and dark gravy just clinging onto it….

Over the years, I experimented with these simple recipes to make them a little special; and here I’m taking the opportunity to share that with you.

Fried Rice w/Govindabhog

Aloor Dom(Potatoes in rich Gravy of Cashews and Char-Magaz)