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

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

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,

The Nottingham Chapter

In July of 2008, I got my first overseas assignment through TCS and was sent to Nottingham, UK for 5 months. I entered the UK via Heathrow airport where my first cousin (by then settled in Brighton, UK) met me, treated me to some amazing coffee and cakes at Costa coffee and then saw me

Our kind of bachelorette!

It was the year 2007. We were all a year into our jobs and one of our friends from our college gang was getting married in November. So all of us girls decided to meet at her house and have a cookout. You can well imagine who was to lead the cooking department. A few