Winter Pickle/ Sardiyon Ka Achar is pickle made up of fresh winter vegetables like turmeric, gooseberries, carrot, mango ginger, radish. This  pickle  can be consumed in a day or two and needs no sunlight but a kitchen corner.

The rains during the end of November bought us relief from scorching heat and reminding us that winter is just around the corner.  Thinking of cooler seasons bring a smile to my face. Well if you have eight to nine months of severe heat it is obvious the happiness this cooler months bring us. It’s the season of picnics, long beach walks, and walks without sweating. Continue reading →

Palak Ane Rigna Nu Bhartu/ Smoked Eggplant with Spinach is a typical Gujarati dish made in combination of eggplant and spinach.

Each house has a one food item  that adorns their dastarkhan on daily basis. For us our evening meal had kichdi with the pairing of different seasonal  vegetables. With winter , the consumption of green leafy vegetable would increase. And summers would bring yogurt based kadhi. Continue reading →

Aalu Ghosht ka Salan is a delicious indian mutton curry . This curry is a soulful meal when had with some hot roti and rice.

There are many of my memories associated with this dish. It was a time when I was eleven years and I had taken up a fancy of cooking different dishes. As you all know, my Naani was my cooking teacher and I have learnt the basics of cooking from her. She would stand beside me in the kitchen directing me and showing me the importance of each step. The way her old hands taught me to hold the ladle and when to add the spices,   the importance of bhunav ( frying  the meat) always kept me excited and to gain more of her knowledge. Continue reading →

Saffron & Orange syrup cake , these delicious mini cakes are juicy,  melts in mouth and quick to prepare.

I love moist cakes. And and if it’s juicy then that is a wow factor. Few days back, K brought few dozens of oranges. He is so addicted to fruits that he cannot stop himself from buying . When I say few dozen it goes up to minimum of 6 and sometimes more. Now when I have this abundance of fruit at disposal, my mind starts boggling to create some new recipes. And this came into existence our syrupy orange cake. Continue reading →