Homeward bound!

This post is a slight deviation from the food stories that I have been writing about till now. This is a walk down the memory lane for me as I look back at some of the wonderful dishes that I had fallen in love with, during our stay in the US! It was the summer

The Sarson-saag saga

Kanika’s style of cooking had me intrigued and I started discussing more about Punjabi food with her. When you think of Punjabi cuisine there are two items that come to mind immediately- Butter Chicken and Sarson Saag (mustard greens) with Makki Roti (Maize-flour flatbreads).I had only eaten the famous saag-roti combination twice at Mumbai’s Pratap

My graduation from Chicken Khichdi to Biriyani!!

I was meant to write about how my chicken khichdi transformed into Biriyani last week, but my elder son’s soccer tournament kept me busy. Not complaining though, as he captained his team to win the Barca Super League trophy!! It’s now time to continue where I left off two Saturday’s back .. When we moved

Ever heard of Chicken Khichdi?

A big hello to all my readers … I am back after a somewhat long hiatus .. but I am definitely not taking such a long break in the near future for sure! Today’s post is a two-part affair and it’s all about Biriyani. The first version of my biriyani goes back all the way

My Puff Pastry experiments!

With the madness of the Durga Puja now over, I am back with my new post. Durga Pujo means fun, friends, nostalgia and food!! So here’s another chapter from my culinary journey. In the Greater Charlotte area, a huge grocery store chain called Food Lion was well-known and was the one that we frequented. Often

Mughlai Paratha

If you have read my previous posts you would already know about Gajenda and his cooking prowess. One of the items that he excelled at was Mughlai Paratha. While in US there were days when we had those sudden cravings for some Kolkata-special delicacy. My first attempt at Mughlai paratha happened on one such evening,

The Three Musketeers

In the time following our Diwali party, I had become quite well acquainted with 2 of my colleagues … one of them a Punjabi who lived in Haryana and one who belonged to the city made famous by the valour of Rani Laxmibai – you guess it, Jhansi! There are people with whom you hit

Diwali – far from home!

I am back after a 2 week break and it’s now time to continue my story – remember my super crunchy, shapeless parathas 🙂 ! About 4 months after we moved to the US, I was given a chance to organize a Diwali party for all our TCS colleagues and their families. After some research,

I’m leaving on a jet plane ..

Today is the 14th of August and exactly 11 years ago, on this day, my husband and I landed in New Yorks JFK airport. It was our first onsite assignment together and that too for the same client. We had a 5 hr long stopover before our flight to Charlotte. Our final destination? The quaint

Sunday cook with my ‘sous-chef’

Every year around Holi, Gajen da used to visit his native place for about 2-3 weeks. There were stop-gap arrangements for cooking lunch and dinner during those few days and usually another domestic help came to the rescue. As usual my Sundays were opportunity-seizing days and one such Sunday I volunteered to cook lunch- a