Like the Lion is the King of the Jungle and the Mango is King amongst fruits, the Ladvo / Laadu is the King amongst Indian sweets, at least, it is to me. I love sweets of all sorts, and there are so many types, but my absolute favorite is the […]
Brinjals / Aubergines / Eggplant / Baingan, call it what you may, to me, it is the most awesome among vegetables. I can eat brinjals for all my meals everyday and still not complain. I love it, maybe a bit beyond the range of normal. It goes without saying I cook […]
I am a born again vegetarian, so it goes without saying that I love my veggies. But there are a few notable exceptions to that rule. One of the more prominent of those are bhindi or okra or lady’s fingers … in true shakespearean style a okra by any other […]
I love food…almost all food. But then there are always a few that are first among equals. Paneer, is more like first among the firsts. I have never really met a piece of paneer I did not fall in love with. But if I had to pick one from my […]
Death is such a unifier. But why does it take something so life altering and sad to bring people together? Why can’t we join in people’s joys and happiness? Why is it that you need an invite to join a joyous occasion but will go of your free will to […]
Weight loss is not rocket science… It is simple mathematics. If you use more than you put in you will have a loss… Simple as can be. Yeah, right!!! It is really not that simple. Not in the face of that beautiful piece of chocolate cake, or that one last […]
I was born fat. Of course then everyone thought I was “oh so very cute”. I firmly believed that the ‘baby fat’ would miraculously disappear once I hit my teenage years and fat and pretty stopped being synonyms. Was I in for a surprise? As I grew so did my […]
