Recipes

Handed Down, Borrowed, Shared Stories For the Plate

  • Uthappam Recipe | How To Make A Quick Vegetable Uthappam

    Childhood Memories My mother is undoubtedly a great influence on my cooking journey. She is a superwoman who has so many food tricks up her sleeve! The kitchen habits she practices are efficiency in time management and optimal utilization of resources in the kitchen. She is also good at sneaking vegetables into food, using up

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  • Vegetarian Baozi

    One of our favorite things to do pre-baby was to visit San Francisco about once a month. It was about a 40 min drive from Sunnyvale where we lived at the time. We would drive into San Francisco just to explore the food scene. We did this when we needed a change from the local

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  • Pindi Chole Recipe – Why this Punjabi dish is a staple in my kitchen

    I’ve always been enamored by Punjabi food. Whenever my family wanted an indulgent treat of carbs and calories, we usually ordered from a nearby Punjabi Dhaba. The Punjabis are not apologetic when it comes to their generosity with ghee or a smothering of butter in their dishes. They do not skimp on flavor. I don’t

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  • How to Make A Vanilla Bundt Cake

    A Walk Down Memory Lane My husband and I were reminiscing over our childhood memories on New Year’s eve. Living away from your home country makes you go down a burrow of memories from time to time. Is it because we miss our homeland so much? Is it to remind us of who we are

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