Chef at Large

We were at Swagatas house recently and found her making this for her daughter, niece and nephew.
Swagata is a Bharatanatayam dancer, choreographer, writer and more (see some photos here) a good friend who is also instructing my daughter in the art.
Semolina or suji halwa is quite easy to make and tastes delicious when hot. First [...]

I found this new blog yesterday, it’s called DayRecipe. As the name suggests it is about recipes and it’s supposed to be updated daily. It isn’t. Last I saw there were 3 recipes in a single day – which is good for food freaks like me who are obsessed with their kitchen and cooking. Unlike [...]

Did you know chickpea sprouts are much healthier than the original chickpea itself? I guess so. Do you know why?
Sprouts are very nutritious because they contain all elements a plant needs for life and growth. The endosperm of the seed is the storehouse of carbohydrates, protein, and oil. When the seed germinates, these become predigested [...]

I’m finally beginning to lose some weight, but it isn’t going as well as it could. Health monitoring agencies aren’t helping my anxiety either. I learnt about SCA or Sudden Cardiac Arrest recently.
Apparently, SCA happens without warning and kills… hold your breath… 325,000 people every year. Thats almost 900 people *every single day*. Even scarier, [...]

Ashwin (of MentorLink fame) took us out to an Afghani restaurant yesterday.A foodie himself, Ashwin likes finding restaurants and places to eat in little known places. “Before they start dishing out commercial crap”, are his words on the subject.
Anyhow, more of an eating house than a restaurant the way we all expect it, Afghan is [...]

During interactions with many North Indian friends, I find many are interested in trying out fish dishes at home, but they simply aren’t sure how to cook it. Most are quite comfortable with chicken and meat dishes, but with fish they’re like… pardon the pun, a fish out of water.
This dish is easy to cook, [...]

Hello and welcome to another Mothers Day. Its May 11 and time to put in place the things you’ve thought of for your mum, hand over the baubles you’ve purchased or post that card you picked up.
Some of the things I can remember most vividly is the food I’ve grown up with. An army officers [...]

Call it anything you want, but this is one tale that I just couldn’t resist telling.
My brother, Sameer, an Ex-Army officer is married to his long time girl friend, Navnita. Being rather straitlaced and methodical about things like keeping in touch, sending birthday cards and all of that, he has an address book that runs [...]

We picked up some fresh prawns from INA market and for some reason, I wanted to cook them in a coconut gravy - so much that I could actually taste and smell them the way I wanted it.We usually pick up fresh, unpeeled prawns from the market, then Cherie and I sit down to the [...]

We used to attend numerous trade shows and medical confernces inmy last company. These used to happen all over the country and while some brought interesting results, many weren’t beneficial at all.It’s really all about the way you set up your stall. You need areas for customers to walk in and examine the stuff they’re [...]