Chef at Large

Alone tonight, I forgot to shop, so sat on the kitchen floor to investigate the stock on the shelves.
Quite interesting - I wonder, when I will ever eat three jars of honey?? I ended up with a small can of tomatoes, some dried, wild, Italian mushrooms, dried pasta called Mafalda Corta (from Naples! - I [...]

As with most of her cooking, this soup is hearty, nutritious, healthy and filling.
No fat people in Zainab’s house - everyone here is fit and healthy, in stark contrast to my portly self. Definitely the cooking!
This soup is no exception. Filling and nutritious, it uses onions, tomatoes, leeks, carrots and green cabbage for the body. [...]

I went for lunch today to Superstars in Sector 18, NOIDA with an old friend, who I was meeting after nearly 14 years.
They haven’t spared any expense in doing up the place and have probably paid a pretty penny for the decor. A pool table, glass floors, huge bar, a music system that can be [...]

I’m not a fan of broccoli on the whole, but now that purple sprouting is in season, I do make the effort to be good and use it. Tonight I made it into a pasta sauce and this is what I did - I won’t give measurments/weights I rarely use them. You need:

Purple sprouting broccoli
2 [...]

Found some great furniture today - teak, hand polished to a glossy black shade, yet showing the grain. Instantly fell in love with the stuff. Winced at the cost, gritted my teeth and ordered the lot. I’ll probably live to regret it, but the nice part is that the furniture will probably outlive me.
Came home [...]

Just saw Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag. Amazingly pathetic. Dialogue delivery sucked. Song sequences were too pseudo new age. Sets and ambience were make-believe. Songs themselves, including the mehbooba remix failed to inspire. The only people who *looked* good were Ajay Devgan, Jr Bacchan and Ms. Matondkar.
Big disappointment. Just goes to show, a mega [...]

This is a simple, hearty soup that can be a whole meal if you like. Some fresh buttered bread would go well, though the dumplings were carb enough for me. At least Indu thought so.

Refined Flour
Grated cheese
Baking powder
Mustard powder
Salt
Pepper
Onion Salt
Stock [chicken/beef/vegetable]
Bay leaves
Small finely chopped onion
Eggs
Chopped french beans
Cauliflour florets
Chopped Carrots
Handful macaroni or other pasta

Method:

Mix the flour [...]

We decided to have a boys lunch out, so the father, brother and me planned to meet up at TGI Fridays, Connought Place.
First off, the music wasn’t at loud as I thought it would be, which is good. The artifacts style of decor I learnt, it on its way out - sad.
Anyhow, lets come to [...]

Pasto is a reinvention of Masala Magic - a very drastic and total transmogrification actually.
Looking for a bite after treating myself to a new phone (Nokia E62) we decided to finally try Pasto. On all earlier occasions I have avoided the place thinking it would probably serve different renditions of the cliched and ubiquitous [...]