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Bloody Mary: The perfect drink for a hungover day (or any other!) Bloody Mary is one of my favourite cocktails of all time. I’m sure I’ve told you this many, many times, but I’m a dry cocktail kinda girl. Sweet, fruity drinks just do not work for me. Give me dry, savoury or spicy any…
Super Simple Microwave Meringue Crisps a.k.a. Meringue for Dummies For the longest time, I steered clear of any recipe which called for whipping egg whites. It just sounded complicated and the chances of failure always seemed high. But off late, I’ve found some love for whipped egg whites. I can use up the (discarded) egg whites…
Easy Home-Made Tomato Salsa for Game Night Salsa is most definitely my favourite reason to visit Tex-Mex restaurants. Well, the few that we have in Delhi anyway. One of them, specially, offers a bottomless basket of tostadas with salsa – and I swear it’s worth it to just order that for the entire evening and wash…
A pink twist on classic lemonade | The perfect summer beverage Hello peeps! I have a little bit of news for you. Remember my last post when you saw a pair of hands in the photos that didn’t belong to me? To put your mind at rest, no, I don’t have a new hand model! What…
Rich, milk-soaked cake, filled and topped with fresh mangoes. Yesterday was one of the best days of the past month for me. In the middle of a sweltering Delhi summer day, I broke my mini-hiatus from baking and decided to turn on the oven. Just. Because. Sometimes you need absolutely no reason at all. I know I rant and…
Vishu Saadya Special | Chethumanga Kari, or Chopped Mango Pickle I don’t know about you but I can’t believe that it’s already April and the first 3 months of 2017 have flown by. It’s already Vishu (Malayalee New Year) today and we’re gearing up for a traditional feast at AK’s cousins’ home this afternoon. It’s one of…
Enjoy Easter Sunday at 1911 and La Baguette, The Imperial Delhi If you’ve been wondering what to do during the Easter weekend in Delhi, then look no further. Put the Easter Sunday special brunch buffet at 1911 on your to-do list. Last week, we were invited for a special preview and boy, am I glad…
The perfect summer cake Come summer and I start craving lighter and colder desserts. Is it just me, or is it a thing with you too? Here in Delhi, as the temperature soars, I no longer look forward to spending ages in the kitchen labouring over multi-step recipes for food or dessert. The cooking time and effort…
Chaayos | Food Photography & Styling for Seasonal Menu Remember when I told you that we were in the middle of shooting Chaayos winter menu range? Well, since then we’ve actually moved on and shot the summer range as well. It was a fun assignment to work on with seasonal cues and, of course, see the photos…
Or, my foolproof, cheat recipe for Eggless Strawberry Soufflé (Before I’m called out by food bloggers, chefs and fellow foodies all over the world, I’ll be the first to admit that this is not a classic, authentic soufflé recipe. It fact, it’s not technically a soufflé at all. It contains no eggs and it isn’t baked. This is a…
Quick & Easy Green Pea & Mint Hummus Recipe Growing up, my parents led a pretty hectic social life. And by that, I don’t mean that we never saw them. Rather, it was the complete opposite. We always attended dinners with their friends or our family. Never holed up in our rooms ignoring the “adult…
Or my cheat Boozy Christmas Cake When my brother and I were little, my mom used to run a greeting card & gift store. Some of the most fun times were when she would let us sit in the store after school, pretending to help but actually making more of a mess of everything. We…
Special curated seafood menu for The Spice Route’s Winter Collection at The Imperial Delhi Winter is finally here and what better way to bring it in than with the warm, spicy flavours of The Spice Route! If you’ve been following this blog long enough, you would know that I am a huge fan of seafood…
Everything you need to know about photography equipment to run a food blog Being a food blogger, I’ve had to spend a lot of time learning photography. Of course, being married to a professional photographer helped immensely – so much so that I’m also a partner in our photography business and carry my own weight when…
An Easy Home Remedy for a Sore Throat or to Ease the Common Cold For as long as I can remember, my parents have never been ones to make a fuss about being sick. I have almost no memory of taking days off from school because I felt “under the weather”. My brother and I…
Chaayos | Food Photography & Styling for a Tea Outlet Chain Over the past year, we’ve done a few studio food photography assignments for Chaayos – the tea outlet chain with stores across Delhi+NCR and Bombay. It’s always been a fun experience for the simple reason that, even though they’re a pretty young brand, the Chaayos team…
Tangy, Spicy & Crunchy Masala Peanuts | Make a 5 minute bar snack or tea-time snack Masala Peanuts are a great favourite “bar snack” or Chakhna in North India. Popularly served in bars, restaurants, community clubs and more, they’re usually the cheapest item on the menu and quite a few steps up from simple salted peanuts.
We did the first ever professional studio food photography assignment with a mobile phone! If you’ve been following this blog for a while, then you probably know that in addition to a food blog and a Wedding Photography business, we also run a professional food photography studio. Arjun & I are one of the few photographers in Delhi who…
Or an Easy “No-Recipe” Cake The first cake I ever baked was out of a children’s cookbook that was gifted to me for my 9th birthday. It was a simple chocolate cake, a variation of the plain butter cake. But soon after that, my cousin Maneesha taught me the desi version of the classic pound cake. I say…
My Cookbook Collection: A Work in Progress Have I ever mentioned that cookbooks are my favourite kind of books? That may seem like a no-brainer but really, there’s something about the food photographs and an organised, well written recipe that makes them a real weakness. As much as I love blogs, online forums and the…