Celebrating Passion for Food
At this time of year in Pune (month of October), rains would have fast shut its door like a whimsical, adamant teenager who is difficult to persuade and winters though seem to be around the corner, would still be afar. Sensing this as an opportunity, heat and humidity would torment us for the month of October. However, this year, we are witnessing a turnaround. The rains has picked up in an unprecedented way by the end of its season and I am enjoying it.
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We have been facing issues lately with our refrigerator. It is little over 7 years old and had never ill-behaved but lately it had been turning its back on us. I believed in it and entrusted it with the responsibility of keeping my essentials safe and it did exactly what it promised for all these years.
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Many times we are faced with situation when we have a surprise guest at home and limited resources in kitchen. I was faced with this dilemma recently.
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Cheese Chili Toast is a brunch recipe. You know one of those days when you miss your breakfast, and would want to have something heavy that would compensate for breakfast and lunch. We make these on some Sunday’s when we get up late, miss our breakfast, and have an afternoon movie show to catch up. So we squeeze in this recipe in between which keeps us full till the movie gets over.
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Cuisine is a testament to our evolution. It has gone through a continuous churning process wherein a new dish becomes part of a culture, an alteration has been made to some traditional recipes and some old recipes fade away from our memories. This fundamental point also applies to cuisines in India. If you must have observed, I have referred to “cuisines in India” and not “Indian cuisine”. Cuisine in India is a perfect example of the basic fabric that describes our country “unity in diversity”.
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Saturday mornings are when I prefer snuggling in the bed a little longer. However, last Saturday, my thin quilt could not keep me warmer and the overwhelming breeze from the ceiling fan moving at highest RPM meant that the room became too cold and I had to get up to switch off the fan. It is then, I realized that the coolness was due to the overcast condition that the morning sky had. I walked into the balcony, stood by the railing, gazing at the sky and admiring the gathering of dark clouds which indicated the imminent showers.
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If you have ever consulted any dietitian then you have most certainly heard this quote from them “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.”
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Our YouTube Channel “Kali Mirch” is celebrating Republic Day as a Tricolor week in which we are treating our viewers with 3 Tricolor recipes!!
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