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Did you know that this blog is four years old this month? Yes, I must admit it took me by surprise as well, especially since I am the queen of 'why-do-it-today-if-it-can-be-abandoned-tomorrow' philosophy.Well, darn it all, I did do it in the end. Admittedly, I didn't post very much in the first year or so, mainly because I was wandering the world in a sleep deprived fog of motherhood, holding

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Me and healthy are not words that go together very well, as Kay will attest. But I've certainly been trying to eat a little healthier every day.This quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) salad is everything I like in a salad. Quinoa is, what foodies would call an ancient grain. Not only is it packed full of protein, but, according to Wikipedia, it contains 'contains a balanced set of essential amino acids

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My secret vice, Britannia Little Hearts CookiesI am a huge fan of Melissa's blog Eyes Bigger Than My Stomach. She has this amazing knack of writing things that resonate with me almost immediately. Recently, she posted this really lovely post that she titled 'Confessions'. When I read it, I had to laugh out loud at many places, because that really is how I feel many times.So, as everyone knows,

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Gird up those tastebuds, because I am posting a recipe that will make your palate sing(e).Ocasionally, when the weather is cold and snowy outside, I get the urge to make a dish that is unapologetically fiery and kick ass spicy. The kind of dish that we Indians are known for, but rarely make outside the confines of our own homes. A dish that makes no concessions for delicate palates. There is

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Well, 2012 has started off with a bang!To start off with, some of my recipes on how to cook winter vegetables with an Indian twist have been featured on the website Cooks United. If you haven't already, check out this interesting recipe sharing website. Not only does it have an impressive list of interesting recipes, but also a lively discussion forum where you can ask and answer questions about

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Much as I love the holidays, all that sweet stuff and baking and endless parades of chocolate, cookies and cream gets to me after a while. So what better way to (not) detox, than by cooking up a spicy Indian storm?I am privileged this month to be hosting Lyndsey's Sweet Heat Chilli Challenge. For those of you who have no clue what I am talking about, the lovely Lyndsey blogs over at Vanilla

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I love my four year old child. I love eating out at fancy restaurants. As it turns out, recently, I have found that one is not compatible with the other. Its one of the reasons I decided to write this post. This post is not an attempt at sneak reviews of restaurants. I may link to a few, but only if our experience was positive. I am not out to be a vengeful parent here, rather I am trying to

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Merry Christmas and Season's Greetings to my lovely readers and friends. Its been quite a year, and I hope that you have had a blessed Christmas with your own family and friends. Every day that I blog, I count my blessings to know you all, and you make such a difference to me. I thank you all for being in my life! A quick post today. I've been a bit 'alasi' (lazy) over the Christmas period, and

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Marlow Moo has been stalking me for a long time now. His request? Teach him how to make butter chicken. So I finally caved in, and along came Marlow with his friends Connie of Mirabelle Macarons fame and Aditya Raghavan aka Big Addie to learn this Indian classic from not-so-classic me :-)This is a first time experience for me, as Marlow, Big Addie, Connie and I figured that we would live blog the

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One of the nice things about having a BC boy for a husband is the sheer amount of useless wild animal knowledge you collect. Or perhaps its useful if you are being chased by a bear, I haven't actually had a chance to test all this knowledge yet. But seriously, I now know a LOT about bears, moose, elk, bighorn sheep, caribou, cougars, wolves, coyotes and (hehe) marmots.I know the difference

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This post has been a long time coming. So long, that we're almost at Christmas rather than Canadian Thanksgiving, when I first made it, hehe. Sorry about that. Sometimes I never know where my head is at. Especially in December, when its a busy month, and crazy even by my usual laid back standards.We decided to stay home, just the three of us for Christmas this year. Over the last few years, we've

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I committed sacrilege today. At least, according to my husband Kay, who walked by the kitchen as I was making these cookies, took one look at the dough, and threw up his hands in the air with a horrified look.'What on earth are you doing?' asks he.'Erm, making Canada Cornstarch shortbread cookies' says me.'But, but... the last time I checked those cookies are white, not brown' says he, with a

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Mushrooms were not a big part of my life, growing up. At least, the beautifully packaged ones weren't. The mushrooms that we had were foraged by us, especially right after the monsoons, when the forests were overflowing with them. My grandparents (Mai and Aba) live in a little village outside Mangalore called Karkal, and they have a considerable amount of land, and quite a bit of it is (and

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Mangalore has its own macaroon. It doesn't taste anything like what you would expect a conventional macaroon to taste like, but its a macaroon all the same. These Mangalorean macaroons are very similar to the German Wasp Nests that I made some time ago, and have the same texture and sweetness of those meringues, except that they are made with cashew nuts, rather than almonds. Pretty much every

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Back in India, Christians all over the country are busy preparing lovely Indian goodies to share with neighbours and friends. We don't really have a Christmas gift culture there, as such, and it has stayed truer to its religious roots. Christmas is a festival that is celebrated mainly by the preparation of lovely food and wine, sweets and Christmas cakes, and the opportunity to share these

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I've been a little lazy this week. Its been a bit of a rough time, as I've been waiting on a few things, and I wasn't able to plan my weeks and cooking as much as I would have liked. I ocasionally get these kind of periods in my life, and I have to slog a bit to get through them. The weather hasn't been particularly kind either, as its been gray, cloudy, with tons of snow (oh, and its only

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There is one fruit that you are going to see on this blog fairly often in the next few weeks, and that's the apple. I have a crateload of apples this autumn, thanks to my kindly neigbour. Mr M has an apple tree in his backyard, which, like his Evan's cherry tree, produces tons and tons of apples every year. This year he asked me to help him clear the tree. Little did I know that what he meant

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This is an indulgent, proud mama post, so please excuse me. How cute are my two little sweeties? This is Aditi singing Soft Kitty from The Big Bang Theory to Holden. Enjoy!

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My random search for a cookbook this time round landed me with one that I am kind of embarrassed to to admit to owning. But, as Dom and Jacqueline (they've teamed up this month, more about that in a bit) say, 'no cheating', so okay, the book I picked is the 'Ultimate Cooking Course and Kitchen Encyclopedia' edited by Carole Clements. Fine, snigger away people, but I tell you, sometimes there is

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This is a long post, so grab yourself a glass of your favourite tipple, and come join me on a voyage of discovery, from Goa to Mangalore to England, all via a dish called a vindaloo.First off, confession time. I hadn't thought of chicken vindaloo for the longest of times. Not sure why, really, because I sure loved this dish when I was growing up. I was reminded of it again, when one of my

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I have always thought that the humble cauliflower is a very underrated vegetable. It gets thrown into soups and cauliflower cheeses. Its delicate flavours are usually masked with strong ones, never giving it a chance to shine on its own. I have always liked cauliflower, not just the taste, but also it ease of preparation and not to mention the fact that it is super nutritious and healthy, plus

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Just the dish to kick start healthy eating after the chocolate excesses of Halloween!I know this sounds a bit silly when I am a stay at home mum, but there are days when I am totally rushed off my feet. I have recently started a few new ventures, including teaching Indian cooking classes, so some days I just don't feel like cooking much for dinner. But the rest of the family still expect a meal,

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Even the most hands on mum needs a break sometimes. And much as I love my li'l girl, I do need a break after spending practically most days (and some nights) with her. So when I got a chance to head to the Rocky Mountain Wine and Food Festival, wild horses couldn't stop me from making sure I attended.My date for the evening was the polished and debonair Marlow Moo from Mr Moo's Adventures and his

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This is a strictly for-adults-only dessert! Deliciously decadent orange infused dark chocolate combines with whipped egg yolks and whipped cream to make this beautiful mousse. It is so unbelievably moreish that it disappeared before it even had a chance to set.I came about this divine concoction from Jacques Pépin's collection of recipes. To celebrate the launch of his new book 'Essential Pépin

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This one's going to be a quick post. You know how I've been harping on about how I will give you my not-so-secret recipe for garam masala some day? Well, here it is. Garam masala is the first blend of spices any Indian home cook makes. Its used in practically most Indian dishes. The actual spices used to make it vary from household to household, and no two are alike. And yes, this does make

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Autumn is slowly turning into winter, as I write this post. The coats are all out now, and the sweaters are on. There is frost in the evenings, and the plants are all indoors, being dug up by one very naughty cat! The leaves are all a beautiful yellow, and some trees are so red, they look like they're on fire. Yes, autumn is beautiful in the prairies... and there are days when I totally

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When Choclette announced that this month's special ingredient for We Should Cocoa is Chilli, I don't think she quite meant for me to take it so literally :-)But what can I say? The Mexicans love chocolate in their chili and so do we. I know the combination of chocolate in the savoury chili can seem a bit unusual, but its utterly delicious, and actually fairly common too. I first saw the idea for

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This is the best chhole masala I've ever made and eaten :-) Yes, I know that's an extravagant claim to be making, but I can confidently say it because I've been making chhole or chickpeas for a very long time. One of the reasons I've never posted this classic recipe, is because I've never been satisfied with the taste of my usual chhole and despite trying very hard, something always seemed

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OK, I am going to start off this post with a request for a favour from all of you. If you haven't voted, please could you vote for me in the Babble list of Top 100 Mom Food Bloggers? I would really appreciate it, as I am kind of getting used to my top 5 status, and I don't want to lose it :-) You don't need to register, just click on this link and click 'I like this' beside my name. I am

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We've had a weird year. So we have record snowfall all through winter, and I was pretty sure that there was no way that all that snow was going to melt away. I had morbid visions of throwing snowballs in the summer! And then, almost like magic, all that heavy snow just melted away, leaving us with a peek at the first spring shoots arriving everywhere. At first it was a beautiful spring, hot and

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OK, I'll admit it. This recipe from my mum is so easy that I had half a mind to tinker with it just so it looked a little more difficult. Not that I did, mind, because in my world, the simpler the better. And why mess around with a winner anyway?In fact, my actual notes for this recipe went something like this - chicken, chilly, bit ginger, garlic, taste salt, lemon, whatever stuff, marinate,

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Its birthday month. Both for We Should Cocoa, who turn one, and me who turns... errr, lets not get into that!The challenge for this month was to come up with a birthday cake. For me, nothing screams birthday as much as a chocolate cake. As it turns out, I had the perfect cake recipe practically handed to me. My neighbour Vee, she of the Lemon Courgette Cookies fame had also passed on a

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Have you ever hated anything as a kid and started to love it as an adult? I posed this question on this blog's Facebook page a few days ago, and got a wide variety of answers, from avocadoes and fish to sorpotel [though how anyone can hate sorpotel is beyond me!!!] When I first started weaning Aditi, one of the best pieces of advice that someone gave me was not to assume that just because I

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Neighbours! Love them or hate them, they are an integral part of our lives.Kay and I have lived through a wide variety of them. The Liverpool fan in London, for example. We lived in the apartment above him, and he cheered and banged the ceiling every time his team scored a goal. Unfortunately for him, Arsenal, who I support, were in their 'invincible' phase then, so I out cheered him every

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My childhood and adolescence were defined by these puffs. If you think that's a sweeping statement to be making, well, lets just say that these puffs figured in, oh, 300 out of the 365 days for the first 20 years of my life. Yes, that's a lot of puffs, wouldn't you say? In all their varieties of course, meat, vegetable and eggs.Puffs are very popular snacks in many parts of South India,

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There a nip in the air. Uh oh! It feels like almost overnight that the temperature has been dropping, going from those glorious +30s to almost zero. I've been in denial for the past few days, denial because the summer did give us half a beautiful month. But I have to face it, its no longer summer, and autumn has made the decision to come by.So the sweaters are coming out and the coats are

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My friend Shireen from Ruchik Randhap tagged me in the 7 link project. I have never done a challenge like this before and I was pleased to be tagged by Shireen. This project was interesting for me, because I never really thought about how I feel about my blog posts. I mean, I have posted on blogging before, but this gave me a chance to go back and look at the posts, and I was quite surprised

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Summer has finally decided to show up... just as the leaves have started to change colour and the days have started getting shorter. Sigh! But I am not complaining, even when its +34, that's for sure. I am very much a summer person, unlike Kay and Aditi who both love winters. Me, on the other hand... well, lets just say, you can take the girl out of the tropics, but not the tropics out of the

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Recently, Lis from the Daring Kitchen asked for people to write for their Food Talk section. I jumped at the chance, as I have been trying to refine my writing skills, not just food writing, but writing in general. I chose the topic 'Chai' or 'Indian Tea', and you can read the article here.I hope you enjoy it, and please feel free to come by and give me your criticisms, I always welcome

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Our courgette plant has gone crazy. Every day it produces more and more of these fat green vegetables, and I swear to you, you can practically watch these suckers grow in front of your eyes. With such a glut of vegetables, I have had to come up with some creative ways of using them up, especially as they don't freeze well unless they are grated. That is not to say that these courgettes are

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Yes, you read the title right. I made wasp nests :-)Dom from Belleau Kitchen challenged us to go back to basics for this month's Random Recipes Challenge, and pick a book out of our cookbook collections. Lest I cheat, I got my daughter to do the picking and she picked out this book here. Dr Oetkar's 'German Baking Today - The Original'. My friend Maz had got it for me from Germany, and I

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Perfect cherry drizzle on homemade vanilla ice cream My baby girl easily ate more cherries than she picked! I spend a lot of time checking out my neighbour Mr M's cherry tree, from the moment is starts budding in the spring to the point where its bursting with cherries. Yes, I am a greedy, avaricious woman, especially when it comes to cherries. My dear neighbour, bless him, told me

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I am back! First off, sorry for my longer than expected absence. I had the opportunity of staying at the in-laws' for an extra week and jumped at it. I mean, a long lie in, fresh squeezed orange juice and perfectly brewed coffee, homemade marmalade on beautifully toasted bread doesn't come my way often... and a full week of this was too good to pass up! Yes, my in-laws rock!I had a blast in

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As you've probably already noticed, the blog has lost a lot of its pictures... I am slowly working to get them back out on here, but its a big task. I never actually realised how many pictures and recipes I had on this blog until I had to go through them to upload on Flickr and then repost. I took the opportunity to rewrite some recipes, and revisit the posts, so I could make them better. So

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You've probably noticed that the blog has managed to lose a lot of its pictures... its thanks to a glitch with Picasa, and its deleted my Blogger album that hosted all the pictures for the blog! I am trying to sort it out, and hopefully over the next couple days all the pictures should be back on. I think I am going to get rid of Picasa altogether and use Flickr from now on!I do hate Blogger

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A few days ago, I was chatting with mum on the phone, like I pretty much do every couple of days. Funny, isn't it? When I was a teenager living at home, the last thing I wanted to do is talk to mum. Now that I am an adult, and a mum myself, I find myself turning to her almost on every other day. I tell her all my everyday stuff, get advice, get recipes, get tips on looking after Aditi, complain

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Have you ever caught yourself doing something with your child that your own mum used to do when you were little? Or promising yourself that you would never say that one thing, and suddenly, before you know it, you're yelling out 'don't make me come over there...?' Oh yeah! You totally do, right? Even if you aren't a parent, you still catch yourself doing or saying something that your parents used

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After the meat feasts of last week (when Kay was conveniently away) my heart, stomach and husband decided it was time for a few vegetarian dishes (there is still one more meat dish to come, but I decided it could wait for a few more days).I realised some time ago, that I haven't posted as many Mangalorean or indeed, Indian vegetable dishes as much, so its time for a change. Normally when I cook

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We love entertaining. Somehow or other, wherever we are, our house quickly becomes the usual place for friends and family to congregate, and we love having people over (not least for the fact that they usually bring lots of alcohol, wink wink) Both Kay and I are very social people, and we are happiest when we are chattering away to friends and family. When we entertain, I like to have some

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See that bowl up there in the picture? That there is comfort food for a Mangalorean. Its called Boti (a crude approximation for meat), or Kaliz Ankiti (Heart and Intestine). Okay fine, the names are not that appealing translated into English, but Boti is a classic Mangalorean dish, usually made for big feasts and parties. It all starts when Aunty Edna tells my mum that a nice organic pig

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'A shortcake should be like a biscuit' said a formidable lady from Terrace to my MIL during their strawberry socials (I love that idea, anyone up for a strawberry social in Edmonton?).Who am I to disagree? This wonderful shortcake recipe was passed on to me by my MIL, who told me that its an old recipe, that has been handed down quite a bit. Having gobbled up her shortcakes, I can see why this is

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When Dom over at Belleau Kitchen originally announced his Random Recipes challenge, I never thought I would take part every month. But thanks to his challenge, I have managed to not only clean out my cookbook cupboard and alphabetise the books but also sorted through a bunch of handwritten recipes, and cooked from books I had long forgotten I even had. So thanks Dom, for getting me off my

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OK, OK, I know. This is practically Coronation chicken salad. But it's not. It has a twist. My twist. The curry powder is homemade, as is the mayonnaise (oooh, fancy). And I made it with a mix of sweet potatoes and new potatoes too.Therefore I am entitled to claim the recipe... well not exactly, but I did make without referring to any other recipe. However, after I made the salad, I looked online

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This was one of my favourite breakfasts as a kid. And my mum's too, as it was fast, simple and packed full of flavour. I think mum got the recipe from one of my uncles, and over time she modified it, so it suited our taste.For a short and easy ingredient list, this salad packed quite the punch. I remembered it some time ago, when I was making the Italian bread salad, Panzanella. I figured that

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Update: This recipe was linked to Jacqueline at Tinned Tomatoes for No Croutons Required, June 2011. The theme was Grill/ Roast - AND IT WON :-)I want to let you all know that I am featured in the online blog magazine Be@Home. Do head out over there and check me rambling away about everything food, football and baby. This is my first feature, so I am rather excited about it :-) And now for the

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Ah... Bebinca. Now you can call it Bebinca, Bibique or Bibik, whatever you will, but believe you me, once you taste this dessert, I am fraid you are sold on it for life. That's what happened to me anyway.Bebinca is a quintessential layered cake from Goa, and rightly famous, seeing as the amount of work that goes into it and the amazing taste that results. I have never really even attempted

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This is my standby easy everyday supper. Upma is a breakfast dish from the South of India, and normally made with rava or sooji (semolina). But I love this vermicelli version, as its so kid friendly and easy to prepare. In fact, today it took me less than 20 minutes to make this dish for supper, and that includes the prep.The nice thing about this upma is that you can really make it your own with

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This post has been a while coming, and I have been thinking about if I should post it or not. I finally decided to do it, after reading Melissa's post here, and Mardi's post here, and nodding along with them all the time. I apologise for the long meander, but I just want to make a few things clear to myself. I want to recapture the reasons for the existence of this blog, and make sure I don't

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This is the tandoori masala I use for a wide variety of purposes, including marinating, and making butter paneer or chicken, (both recipes are coming very soon) and my tandoori prawns. This is very much a trial and error recipe, as in I have trialled many different versions of it, before finally being satisfied with this one. So, in that sense, it's very much adaptable to your own tastes. Mine is

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You can probably tell that I've been giving my new pasta machine a good workout, right? I love it so much, and I've been making loads and loads of pasta. Mostly I make linguine with it, and we have it as a light supper with some fresh pesto or tomato sauce. Kay reckons I've shot myself in the foot with this one, as he doesn't think he can go back to the dried pasta anymore, and to be honest,

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When I think of Nigella, the last thing I think is salads. Indulgent, rich, dark desserts, maybe, but salads? All this was about to change when Dom at Belleau Kitchen who is hosting this month's Forever Nigella challenge announced that the theme was Salad Days.Suddenly I was looking at Nigella in a completely different way. But Nigella being, well, Nigella, there were some pretty decadent

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One of the reasons that I joined the Daring Kitchen was so I would be pushed out of my comfort zone, and cook dishes that are not on my radar. This gumbo is an excellent example. Previously the only time I had heard of this dish was in the song 'Jambalaya' by Hank Williams :-) Y'know?'Jambalaya and a crawfish pieAnd filè gumbo,'Cause tonightI'm gonna see by ma cher amioPick guitar,Fill fruit

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Part 2 of the Eat Alberta food conference - This time round its all about honey and wine. Really, how can you resist?Its all about the honey, honey! I'll start off with the honey tasting. We had a session with Lola Canola Honey founder Patty Milligan. Patty is a warm and enthusiastic person, who can enthuse anyone about honey. Not that I needed much convincing, mind. I have always been a honey

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Dom over at Belleau Kitchen announced that this month's Random Recipe Challenge would be 'Just Desserts'. Yesss! I do desserts. In fact, I actively seek them out and do them. Kay, not so much, as he's watching his diet, but me and Aditi, we indulge. Luckily we are home most days so all signs of our dessertly activity can be hidden well before poor Kay gets back home.I got lucky with this

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I am back. Anyone miss me? Aww, come on now, someone must have :-)A few weeks ago I had blogged about how I finally got off my backside and decided that I needed to meet some of the wonderful foodies here in Edmonton. My very first event was Eat Alberta, organised by Slow Food Edmonton. I was very apprehensive at first. This was my first time out of the house and doing something of my very own,

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This is what Kay and Adz get up to when their dinner is late... never mind that mum is blogging away tirelessly :-)The lyrics, music and vocals are all by Kay, featuring Adz. Pictures are from my blog. I wanted to just share the song, but Blogger didn't allow an audio file.I will be back soon with recipes, just taking a short break while my in-laws are here.

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Choclette, over at Chocolate Log Blog announced that this month's special ingredient for We Should Cocoa is marzipan. See, this is why its called a blogger's challenge. I had no idea, other than a simnel cake, how I could include chocolate and marzipan in one dessert. So it definitely was a challenge for me.Marzipan also reminded me of a story involving me and Kay early on in our

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The last few days have been mad. My in-laws are arriving and I have been running around like a cleaning dervish, making sure all exposed and open surfaces are tidy, sparkling and everything that's not required has been willy-nilly shoved into drawers and closets [luckily in-laws are the polite kind, they won't peer into any drawers :-)] Plus the danged cat has been following me around, and

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If the title of this post seems a bit weird, well, it is. South Indian Chinese food is a well known Indian food phenomenon. Its spicy to the point of tears, and the taste is completely unique and distinctive (and nothing like authentic Chinese food). I can still remember the first time I ate Chinese food in Delhi - I turned to my friend and plaintively said, 'but it doesn't taste Chinese at all'

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Last Sunday was a day to remember for Aditi. First, she had her first ever unparented swimming lesson. Very exciting for her, and brilliant for me, as I sat on the side and shot the breeze with other mums. She loved it, and had a lot of fun, and made friends so very quickly. I felt a little bit excluded, as I realised that my baby girl is growing up, and before I know it, she will be

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I was chuffed to bits when I won Jacqueline's Slow Cooking Challenge over at Tinned Tomatoes. I was even more pleased because the prize was a copy of 'Market Vegetarian' by Ross Dobson. When the book arrived this week, I was so excited, that Kay commented that I was acting like I'd never won anything in my life. Well, I hadn't... not after those singing competitions in college anyway :-)I

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First my news. I have found out that a lovely person (thank you!) has nominated my blog for Babble's Top 100 Food Mom Blogs for 2011 in the 'Your Favourites' section.. To say I am super excited would be a mild understatement. Eeeeeeeeeeee!!!! I am excited!! Are you? Probably not :-) But I am! And I have a favour to ask of you. If you like my blog and enjoy my recipes, please could you go over to

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I don't make Indian desserts very often, as I tend to find them quite rich and very sweet. However, after buying my semolina vermicelli, I was quite tempted to make this version of kheer or milk pudding. Normally kheer is made with pudding rice, as its the Indian version of the British rice pudding. But the vermicelli version is very popular in India too.Normally, kheer, like kulfi,

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My MIL makes a wicked strawberry shortcake. It may have been that cake that convinced me I should marry her son :-) I love it, and some time ago, got the recipe off her. I have been meaning to make it for a while now, but never got around to it.Last week, I had a box of strawberries waiting to be eaten, and I figured, I should finally make that shortcake. So, that morning, I told Aditi that

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On our weekend trip down to the Indian stores on 34 Avenue, we also picked up some Indian vermicelli. These thin broken semolina noodles are very versatile and are used in several Indian dishes. A popular dish is the vermicelli pulao, but it can also be made into a biriyani, a South Indian breakfast dish called Upma (a savoury preparation of vermicelli flavoured with mustard seeds and curry

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Mangoes are so ubiquitous in India, that I feel I really didn't appreciate them when I should have. Now that I no longer get fresh, sweet mangoes off the trees, I crave them so much.I love mangoes. I love them when they're tart and green, and when they've ripened to a soft, creamy yellow. My maternal grandparents used to live in a village an hour or so outside Mangalore, and their garden

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Boy, talk about leaving things to the last minute. This post is for Dom at Belleau Kitchen's Random Recipe challenge. Dom challenged us to make a recipe from a random cookbook, but this time he added a twist. The cookbook had to be Number 18 on our shelves.The first time I counted out,from left to right, I landed on the Complete Cookery Course, and the recipe I opened up to was a tuna recipe. Now

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I don't think anyone who has eaten pani puri, or gol gappe as they are also known, will ever forget the taste sensations when the first ball of deep fried goodness is popped into the mouth. This is truly food at its most simple, yet with terribly complex flavours.A firm favourite with most Indians, young and old, pani puri is the quintessential street food. You can always tell the who good

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... with homemade panettone and lemon frozen yoghurt.I am always late to the party. Don't know why, I just am! So not only did I manage to miss a big chunk of 'We Should Cocoa', I also managed to miss 'Forever Nigella' 1 and 2. So I was determined not to miss Number 3, and with unseemly haste (Nigella would be so disappointed, a ladylike saunter would be more her style) rushed off to Sarah's

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After what feels like a terribly, terribly long and cold winter, it's finally got a bit warmer the last few days. Apparently the thaw is not going to last, but it gave me a chance to dust out the ice cream maker. Not that I need a warm day to eat ice cream, mind... I am such an addict.Along with the thaw, came some good news. As a few of you know, we moved here to Canada last year. It was a

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Moving is not the easiest thing in the world, and moving countries, well... let's just say its a bit harder than most. However, since we've been in Edmonton, and I have been jobless for most of the time, I have been taking time to blog more about food and get to know my fellow bloggers. Leaving the UK was hard, not just having to leave a whole life, but also having to leave a wonderful blogging

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This recipe is from my dad's mother, my Mamma, who is pushing 94, and looks 80, according to her :-) I was visiting my aunt in Toronto one year, and Mamma happened to be there visiting as well. She is quite a foodie, and has loads of recipes that she got from all over, including her own mother. This particular one, I got off her, as my aunt was cooking it. I love it, as sprouted moong

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Well, it's St Patrick's day after all. And I am named after him (my middle name is Patricia) So of course, we had to indulge in this yummlicious and addictive drink.And indulge is definitely the right word here... this is not for the calorie counters. Its choc-a-bloc with cream, condensed milk and of course, the staple Irish whiskey. Its very reminiscent of Bailey's, but with a kick of its own

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Whenever Aditi and I head over to Southgate Mall, we pass CinnZeo in the food court, and we have the same dialogue practically every time.Aditi: Mommy, I smell something good and delicious. Me: Oh, what's that then? Aditi: Its all nice and warm and cinnamony.Me: Oh, what's that then? Aditi: Its brown and soft and sweet. Me: Oh, what's that then? Aditi: Its tasty tasty good. Me: Oh, what's that

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Do any of you watch The Big Bang Theory? We do, and we are all addicted to the show, even Aditi. She can sing the whole theme song, including the autotrophs drooling and the neanderthals developing tools (The Barenaked Ladies would be so proud!). Anyway, I digress. The reason I brought up the show is because, if you've watched it, you'll know that one of the favourite pastimes of the boys is

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You know how sometimes you have an 'aha' moment? Well, I had one of these moments recently. It came upon me when I checked out the March challenge for 'We Should Cocoa' hosted by Chele of the Chocolate Teapot. The special ingredient for the challenge was lime. Now I am not a huge fan of citrus, but somehow absolutely love limes. Perhaps its the memories of our lime tree back home in Mangalore,

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One of my most memorable dishes is a very simple chickpea and spinach stew that a friend made for us back in Terrace. Our friend, lets call him DS, is always super busy, being a very well respected and loved doctor in the community. As our families are quite close, we get invited over to dinner to his whenever we go to Terrace to visit. DS owns a slow cooker, and he almost always makes a dish

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Monsoons in coastal India, which run from June to September, are well know for their fierceness and relentless rain. As kids, we were all bundled up in raincoats and rain shoes, and sent to school looking like little rain slicked wet rats. Usually we were soaking wet by the time we arrived at school, and spent the rest of the morning trying to dry our skirts and overalls off. Usually the wettest

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This blog post has been sitting in my folder for a couple weeks now. Sometimes I can be such a lazy arse :-) It took Shireen's chocolate cake at Ruchik Randhap to finally make me get to blog it. Shireen's blog is amazing, by the way, go have a look at it. Some of her traditional Mangalorean food really makes me homesick.I love the Italian Centre Shop here in Edmonton. It particularly stands out,

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One of the most popular spice mixes around, Madras Curry Powder is a earthy, yet fragrant mix of spices, and is used for a number of dishes, both meat and vegetarian. This blend of spices is freely available in mainstream supermarkets, and popularly used as a subsitute for a more generic version of curry powder. The supermarket versions usually come in a hot blend or a milder version.I use this

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This post is for Dom at Belleau Kitchen's A Random Recipe. I was quite intrigued by this challenge when I saw it in Phil's blog. Like quite a few people, I have a pretty large collection of cookbooks. My collecting has tapered off a bit in recent times, as I had to give up a significant part of my collection as part of the big move. But I still retained a sizable collection, and, like most people

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Chocolette's February challege for 'We Should Cocoa' is Tea. Now that is a real challenge, as I have not really had chocolate and tea before. I can imagine there could be delicious combinations of green tea and white chocolate, maybe? I am not a huge fan of green tea, so that was out for me.But then, something clicked. What do I have practically every afternoon, around four? Well, tea and a

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OK, first off, I have a confession to make. The first time I tasted this delectable, all Indian dessert was in Liverpool (ducks). Yup, born, brought up and spent 22 years in India, and never tasted kulfi :-) No defence, really, it just wasn't a dessert that crossed our path in India. Partly because of my mum's reluctance to spend hours stirring a pot of milk to get it to thicken and partly

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We had a few people over for a Superbowl party. Now, I freely admit, that my interest is not in that kind of football, but hey, any excuse for a party. And the game wasn't too bad either!I wanted to keep the food simple, but delicious, and ideally something I could cook up the night before. So I decided on my specialty, prawn biriyani, because I could make the sauce the previous night, and I

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Can anyone think of anything better than cutting into a still warm slice of bread, and eating it with nothing else but a dab of salted butter? Thought not :-)For the last few weeks, I have been baking all our bread at home. It all started when I took a look at the ingredient list on supermarket bread, did a double take, and went no way... there were things on it that need a degree in chemistry to

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Mango lassi needs no introduction to Indians, or for that matter non-Indians! Its a staple of every Indian restaurant, and why not? Its delicious, fruity, fairly healthy, smooth and creamy. And it mellows the taste of those wild Indian spices :-) However, when I was a kid I just could not stand yoghurt. I don't know what it was... the taste, texture, whatever. I just did not like it, and drove

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There are always those days when you just get totally exasperated with the other half! Today was one of those days for me. It all started when a couple days ago I noticed that Seville oranges had arrived in Safeway. Now, the season for these oranges is fairly short, and they are probably the best oranges to make marmalade with. My dear father-in-law, aka, the world's best marmalade maker

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