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    Can somebody explain me please !

    Grocery/Vegetable shopping was never this dreadful for me, when I visit  markets or the food malls to purchase the weekly Ration and stock up my refrigerator with Fresh vegetables. Just the thought of 38 Rs/Kg Tomatoes or  green peas at 140 Rs/Kg, a teeny weeny bunch of coriander leaves  getting dearer with the price tag of Rs 16, while the substandard quality Methi  that will leave  me poorer by 20 Rs, gives me nightmares. The least said about the  onions and potatoes, the better. The horrible shooting up of prices of necessary commodities is alarming, with the Cooking gas( LPG)…

  • Dal/legumes/pulses - Main Course

    Black chickpeas in gravy And an interesting news for Mumbaikars

    After enjoying a relaxing vacation of  my baby, from school, the life is back on routine tracks. The hectic mornings are back in fashion and the Summer blues  paved the way for Monsoon Grey (s). The weather is  turning as beautiful as one can wish for, with misty mornings, cloudy sky, drizzling rains  with intermittent thunder showers…a perfect season to indulge in fried delicacies, like Samosa, Pakora (Bhaji) or Choley Bhaturey ……well we chose the last one, and ended up relishing bhatura with kala chana/Black chickpeas in gravy, instead of regular Kabuli chana. Print Black chickpeas Curry Rating  5.0 from 1…

  • Jams/Pickles

    Ambriyun ji Khatairn(Raw Mango Pickle)

    A lazy weekend,  when loads of  mundane chores stare at you, and you just show your back to the piled up work, sitting in a corner, wondering which one to avoid and which one to nail. The moments, when you wish you have a magic wand, to get the work done, problems solved, miseries banished, worries shunned…If only that was possible ! But then if wishes were horses , beggars would ride…sounds cliche I know, but then so very true.Not all that we wish is bound to come true. There are wishes, but then there are wishes… which do come…

  • For Kids - Street Food

    Guilty pleasures~Bread Chaat

    No, I wont talk  about the fire barfing Sun, neither about the “Laila” , the spoiler cyclone that is scaring the hell out of the people of Andhra. I wont talk about the global warming that is responsible for the unbearable temperature shifts, melting icebergs, Ash spewing volcanoes…no..no such talks today…I am too paranoid of heat to even talk about it. So lets talk about some cool stuff  … Swimming pools, water parks, Beaches,  Summer coolers, Ice creams, Fresh fruit juices, curd….curd? Oh yeah, the humble curd…churn it to make sweet lassi, or spicy Chaach(buttermilk), eat it with pulav(one pot…

  • Curries/Vegetables - Main Course - Vegan

    Seyal Beeh Patata~Lotus stem and potato cooked in Onion base

    A heavy heart, a restless mind, an off mood and a headache ..all are hindering my attempts to  have a hearty conversation with you all today. But I have got a recipe to share with some lovely people,who wanted to know some more ways to relish Lotus stem or Beeh(Bhein). So here I go anyway… Sindhis tend to like Beeh, though it is bland in taste and could be awful with all its HAIRY TALES, but trust me if you can, slicing it in right way, cooking it till perfectly done and combining it with some flavorful spices, is all…

  • Side dish - Vegan

    Daas Bhindi ~Stuffed Okra

    Now that IPL is finally over(Thank God),overlooking all the crap that surrounds it now, I am in better control of myself and the kid.Though this year I managed to keep myself away from most of the matches, our little one ,who is a keen follower , cried buckets as soon as he SNIFFED the fishy fall of Mumbai Indians, a team he supported like anything, so much that he even insisted on wearing the MI T-shirt ,every time his favorite team was playing.I was disappointed too, but then the tender mind of our little fellow was deeply hurt and despite…

  • For Kids - Sweet Dishes - Temptation

    Choco Banana Delight

    Summer being officially in, its time for School Vacation here in India. Vacation….sounds Music to my ears…No morning rush, no Tiffin worries and no studies-related stress. But then vacation do mean, keeping your little one, fruitfully occupied. Computer games, Television are good for just  a limited period of time, though kids beg to differ on that.And it needs to be a real courageous Mother to let the kid play outdoors during afternoons, when Sun is all set (or rose to?) to make life miserable,with all its sultriness. So while mornings and evenings are good for some outdoor activities, afternoons are…