It is summer again and I have started growing vegetables in my garden. For the first time I grew icicle radish (mooli/diakon). I had never realised how easy it is to grow diakon radish. You plant them in the spring (sprinkle seeds on the soil) and in 21 days you have fresh radish. A recipe…
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Vietnamese Inspired Salad
A friend on Facebook has been posting pictures of pho with the whole process. It takes time but I can only imagine how good it tastes. We were going to the neighboring city which had a Vietnamese restaurant and had great reviews. I was so looking forward to the pho but it was of meat…
No-Recipe Caprese Salad
I realised the other day I had not written up Caprese Salad. I have so many recipes to write; I am cooking more but have not had the time to write. I then thought Caprese Salad is such a simple salad; what is there to write. I assume most people know how to make this…
Panzanella Salad (Bread Salad)
If you are a keto enthusiast, this is not for you! Sounds like an oxymoron, right? Bread and salad? I came across this recipe years ago and it is my son’s favorite. I usually make it in the summer when I get good quality tomatoes and fresh basil. This recipe has few ingredients and each…
Mediterranean Baked Feta
The first time I ate Feta cheese was almost 26 years ago. I am not sure I liked it, it was salty and a lot of it in my greek salad. I love it today and it took me 25 years to realise that when you bake feta, it gets soft and creamy and even…
Indian Street Style Grilled Corn
Monsoons bring a vivid picture to all those who have experienced it. Each one with different memories and mostly about food. I remember one day, returning to the office (I was working in marketing just after college) on my moped. I was at on the street my office was on, could almost see it at…
New Baby Potato Salad with dill
My neighbor gave me some fresh dill and it brought back memories of midsummer in Sweden. Mid June, summer has finally arrived and everyone was out taking in all the sun they can get. After the cold dark days of winter, any sun was welcome. My first midsummer day in Sweden, 25 years ago, brings…
South Indian Carrot Salad
I remember eating this salad at my friend’s house when I was in college. I have been making this ever since. It is easy to make, healthy and delicious. You can serve it as a side or eat it as a main. You could grate some radish with it too, if you like; but I…
Watermelon Mint Salad
This year, Bangalore has had some unusually hot pre- summer days. It is not mango season yet, mangoes make summer bearable. But there is a surplus of watermelon in the stores. Right in front of my apartment sits a watermelon vendor. I can look out of my kitchen window and see the tempting red fruit,…
Healthy Quinoa Salad
Most of the time we think of healthy food and we and equate it to a drab, tasteless meal and especially, if it is a salad, we think of rabbit food. This salad is healthy and tasty, full of veggies and with a lime chilli vinaigrette. I was also making hummus and had some cooked…
Chai With Preethi 