Berlin style Liver

Jumping from Indian food to German food in this post! This recipe has a link to my last live virtual cooking session. During the virtual Live cooking session, I told my viewers(colleagues) it would be great if they could share their traditional recipe with me. Some colleagues shared their...

Garden to Table series (Ep:1)- Fenugreek Harvest and Methi Pulao

Do you know in India, there are more than 20+ types of greens available? Regionally, the variety of greens used differ. Today let’s talk about Fenugreek. Fenugreek greens are considered one of the special greens in Indian Kitchen. Fenugreek seeds and leaves have a slight bitterness, which is its...

Garden To Table Series- Introduction

When we heard in news that COVID19 has reached Europe and Italy as its epicentre, we felt that being healthy and developing good immune system is the only way to fight against this new enemy. With all the negativity around Corona, everyone needs something that makes them feel happy....

Live Cooking Experience..

In my little journey on May 8th, 2020, I took my colleagues to India via my virtual kitchen. In this post, I would like to share my experience and some of my colleagues experiences who joined me virtually on that day… My daughter Riya, who was nicknamed by my...

Recipes from my first live cooking session

Considering the current COVID situation in mind, we planned to send out live cooking invitation ahead so colleagues can pick up ingredients in their regular planned shopping time! And I planned to have minimal use of spices but to have the essence of Indian Kitchen. Here goes the content...

What food would you pick to represent your country?

When there is a request, can you show some food from your home country what food would you choose to present it to your fellow international friends?. So I had several things going on in my mind..Several recipes came into my mind. which made me to take a hard...

My first Virtual Live Cooking session

Yesterday I had an interesting live cooking session with my office colleagues. Every beginning has an introduction and when I was introducing myself, I also talked a word about my blog as my hobby. Later when I checked comments in the session, they were interested to check my blog....

Finding traditional food…

I want to windup my travelog on Portugal with this post. We usually do a bit of culinary research before visiting any foreign country. We often observed that in most touristic locations the local cuisine is customised for tourists. Sadly, many family run restaurants are taken over by investors. This...

Garlicky Paprika Salmon steak / Dolphin Emotions

Today’s post is about fishes :-). Most restaurants in Portugal offer assortments of freshly grilled fishes. Fresh fish taste much better compared to frozen ones and feels light when you take a bite… After getting used to this in Portugal, I was looking at options of buying fresh fishes...

Second Cake in Portugal! & Benagil

Coming after a break, indeed a long one ;)… This post is about my daughter’s 9th Birthday and mind blowing caves in Portugal!. Its cake time!. There is no other better occasions than my daughter’s birthday make one. It was planned to be a garden theme cake. Well ahead...

Cake Bake in Portugal

Our Wedding Anniversary Cake 2014 As you can see from my previous posts that I am writing about our recent Portugal trip and food experiences. Its been quite few years in a row, that we plan our vacation during September, as  our wedding and my daughters Bday anniversaries fall on...

Cataplana & Algarve Beaches

See food Cataplana. Whats your traditional dish? A typical question any curious foodie would ask if one is in a foreign land. The famous one in Algarve region of Portugal is ‘Cataplana’.  Its interesting to observe how the food is prepared and served. It also reflects the life style...