Chef at Large

Yesterday saw me rather tired towards the end of the day and it had been raining incessantly, so a hot, comforting soup seemed to be the best choice for dinner. The camera was in office, so no photos unfortunately, but it did come out well. I chopped mushrooms, french beans, spring onions, a few chicken [...]

Here’s a recipe by Ofelia - Cuban Black Beans. Perfected by her grandmother, this is a traditional Cuban recipe and the first one on this blog. Let’s hope we see more contributions from Ofelia.
- Sid
Ingredients:

1lb dry black beans
12 cups of water
2 green pimientos (bell peppers)
2 medium size onions
1 whole head of garlic mashed to a [...]

The Citrus Cafe is in a small (and very good I must add) hotel called ‘The Lemon Tree’. Rather hard to find due to no signage out front, it is however well worth the trouble, as we found out on Sunday.
Looking for a convenient spot to meet on Sunday, the Lemon Tree was suggested and [...]

I was at a barbeque this past Sunday, very kindly invited there by Joseph and his wife Elisabeth. It was my first such experience in this country and quite nice too.
We had grilled beef steaks, mince meat kebabs, boiled jacket potatoes topped with cheese, sauteed onions and bell peppers, sauteed mushrooms, ciabatta, duck and greens [...]

An expert at rustling up healthy and delicious food, this is another one of Zainab’s creations.
Onion, garlic and bell peppers lightly fried, tossed with boiled noodles and kidney beans, then seasoned with soy sauce and served hot.
Simple isn’t it? It tasted good too!
- Sid

Mexican Mania is a part of the Spoon Food Court, in the Great India Place, NOIDA. The ambience is what you would expect in any mall food court – loud music, the buzz of people everywhere, the sizzle of food cooking, intermingling aromas of different cuisines et al.
The available menu is rather sparse, and the [...]

Curry in a Hurry is a little takeaway in Ansals Fortune Arcade, Sector 18, NOIDA. No cooking is done here, just takeaways of ready made food. While their operation is quite slick in terms of equipment and organisation, they need to pay a little more attention to the food served.
I tried their Red Curry with [...]

This sushi platter is 100% vegetarian and stuffed with nutrition too!

Wondering how to make vegetarian Sushi? This platter was made with bell peppers, carrots, cucumber and radish, it is a very healthy alternative to traditional cooking on weeknights. All you need are:

Sushi rolling mat
Sushi rice
Nori sheets (the dark green wrapper)
Vegetable juliennes of different colors and [...]

This classic, North Indian dish part of every day cooking and part of every house wife’s repertoire. Sauteed onions is followed by the trio of haldi (turmeric), namak (salt) and mirch (chilli powder), then mixed with potatoes and cooked on a high flame. Succulent, chopped bell peppers are added to the mix and cooked on [...]

Browsing the net a couple of days back, I came across this programmer freelancers site, where one can hire a programmer to work for you on a project or hourly basis. One entry caught my eye. It was a gent from Delhi, who claimed to have an engineering degree along with a masters degree in [...]