Let’s count the reasons why the Malpua with Banana & Ricotta Cheese is Sinful. It is filled with whole milk Ricotta cheese, it is deep fried in ghee and then dipped in a sugar syrup. All those things make it sinful. Now let’s see the reasons why it is oh so delicious. Well.. all [...]
Grilled Herb Shrimp – Ina Garten Fridays
Ina Garten - The woman who rekindled my passion for cooking. It was a very boring rainy afternoon in the Keystone resort. Boring because it was almost fall but not quite the colorful fall, it was not winter yet and we were at a ski resort doing nothing because it was raining with lightening and thunderstorms. With [...]
Tandoori Spiced Salmon With Black Rice
It is a bitter sweet moment, writing this post today. Today is the last post of the Power Foods Blogging Group. I learned a lot on this journey of 38 power foods with the blog group. The stories from each one of the bloggers kept me entertained and the facts about power foods kept [...]
Hokkaido Milk Bread with Tangzhong
The smell of good bread baking, like the sound of lightly flowing water, is indescribable in its evocation of innocence and delight… - M.F.K. Fisher, from The Art of Eating I think when MFK fisher said that she was thinking about the Hokkaido bread made with the Tangzong method. Well may be not really, but a [...]
Hot and Spicy Schoolyard Shrimp – Guest Post for Creative Culinary
“Food is humanitarian: sharing it bridges cultures, making friends of strangers pleasantly surprised to learn how much common ground they ultimately share.” ―Anthony Beal Food is how I met Barb, the creator of the wonderful blog- Creative Culinary . She started The Front Range Food Blogger group for the local bloggers to get together and meet and talk [...]
Kashmiri Kabargah – Fried Lamb Ribs
As I sit to write this post, I am feeling nostalgic. Kabargah is a dish that features in all our major celebrations and as we have established by now, all our celebrations begin and end with food as the main focus. More than a couple of decades ago, when Kashmir was still the peaceful paradise, [...]





