Aug 25 2009
Happy Vinayaka Chavithi! Ganesh Chaturthi/Vinayaka chaviti is celebrated by Hindus in honor of Shiva and Parvathi ’s progeny – Ganpati / Ganesh. Several delicacies are offered to Lord Ganesha for he is known to be quite the foodie!! For this year, I made the idol out of red clay from Michael’s. Here are some [...]
Aug 12 2009
Corrected. N and I are trying to reduce carb intake and to include more fruits in our diet. I found that Smoothies are a really good way of accomplishing that. This post is to chronicle some combinations that rocked my world Please adjust the ratios according to your taste. This is just a rough guideline [...]
Feb 28 2009
Growing up, my mom made (and still does) gulab jamun on every birthday of mine.(and for the siblings too) It was a special treat and every birthday warranted that. My mom used to make it with this instant gulab jamun mix by “Orkay”. I don’t know if the company exisits anymore. Traditionally gulab jamun is [...]
Feb 04 2009
Updated on 2/5/09 to add note; please check the "procedure" section. ‘Denies a lot’ and I are on a roll these days. While N sits like a royal monarch (just short of skimpily clad girls fanning him with peacock feathers) we ‘toil’ in the kitchen dishing out delicacies for him And its all good fun!! [...]
Dec 18 2008
We are buried under (almost) 1/2 foot snow here in the PNW. Work’s crazy I know, you must be thinking who the hell is working during the holidays!?! Oh, well. All good fun. Some bullet points: We spent this Thanksgiving in NY. Well, that story is for some other day. It feels great to blog [...]
