Cooking

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Food

Homemade Guacamole

Guacamole is one of my favorite foods. You can even say this is the reason I like to eat Mexican food. I have been going to Chipotle consistently cause these guys deliver best Guacamole. On the contrary, I stopped visiting Taco truck near our office cause they started serving substandard

Food

Sweets - Gulab Jamuns

It's Saturday - The day of holiday and weekend and I am very happy to have some of the spectacular and wonderful people around me. I guess very few people are lucky enough to get it everything. But back to my story. As you know I am fond of cooking

Japanese

Sushi Roll

Having tried several Indian recipes, now was the time to try something non-indian. Frankly speaking I am not a big fan of american food. Both taste and cooking wise. The reason being food is quite bland for my indian taste buds and anything is too easy to make. There is

Food

Spicy Garlic Salmon

I cannot thank Tatyana's everyday food blog enough since I have been stealing lot of recipes from them recently. I love them for the reason food is delicious and easy to make. I am quite surprised how she makes everything look so simple and professional. So back to our spicy

Cooking

French Macarons - Almond strawberry dessert

French Macarons! Name sounds pretty good. I had high hopes of making this recipe successful. After 3 attempts I came so close but not quite there. I will probably try it one more time when I make my next visit to US. Needless to mention, thanks to Tatyana's YouTube video

Chicken

Chicken Kebabs - Spicy Indian dish

Alright, it's almost 12:30 PM in the afternoon at Chicago O'hare airport and I am really hungry. It's pain and exposure to reality while writing blog post that I am not going to get my hand made Chicken Kebabs for at least next month. Jeez, I have to control

Cooking

Sparkling Raspberry Lemonade

Wow! Doesn't that name make any magic in your mind? Gee. When I first read the title, I was so convinced that it must be one of the most challenging or expensive drinks to make. Thanks to Tatyana's Everyday kitchen recipe on YouTube, which helped me make this beautiful and

Food

Chocolate Truffles

Who doesn't like chocolates? Truffles? Even better. Last week I went to Ghirardelli's online shop to buy some chocolates for friends and families back home. They have this great selection of chocolate truffles. It was priceless and bit expensive too. I thought why not make it at home. Luckily there

Cooking

Raspberry Cheesecake Dessert

This will be my first dish involving drink. Thanks to Tatyana's recipe on how to make raspberry cheesecake dessert. Luckily Walmart is close to my house which facilitates me to buy necessary groceries on my way home. Of course I needed raspberries, cookie crumbs, cream cheese and few drops of

Food

Dal Tadka

Dal is most common food in indian households. Maybe it's easily available and easy to make. But it's not that straightforward anyways. I had quite hard time making it when I prepared it for the first time. Dal was undercooked and I cooked it for very little time. After few

Food

Chicken Biryani - Indian Spicy Cuisine

Every time someone mentions chicken biryani, it reminds of my old roommate back in Bloomington, Indiana. He was damn good chicken biryani chef and I feel glad and lucky to have roommate someone like him. His speciality was to prepare biryani from scratch without having to use any readymade spices.

Recipe

Chocolate Strawberries - Dessert

It was my long living dream to make at least one dessert that looks good and tastes great as well. Chocolate and strawberry combination is real great for that. Coating chocolate with strawberry will make it an ultimate dish. As usual I got this idea from Tatyana's Blog, where she

Food

Delicious Strawberry Chocolate Pancakes

This is off the topic, but today I borrowed 4 books from Bexley Public Library. These books probably will be my last books to read in US, or at least last set before I leave for India in the next month. These books are as follow 1. How Toyota became

Kitchen

Egg Curry - Indian Cuisine

Egg Curry! I know at least one friend of mine who likes this recipe prepared by me. The history of me making Egg curry goes long back in January - 2012 when we as roommates made a pact of shared cooking where every person has two turns in week to

Recipe

Pav Bhaji - Mumbai Snack

Not to brag, but the Pav Bhaji I prepared last week was the best I had after the one my maternal aunt prepared long time ago. Making Pav Bhaji is simple but also requires an art to make one. You will need very simple ingredients such as Potato, peas, cauliflower,

Food

Black Forest Cake

It was my plan for several days to make a picture perfect cake. Though I didn't quite managed to pull that off, I came very close on last Sunday. I never really made cake by myself before. Though I made Banana Pie as mentioned in one of last posts. First

Food

Chicken Vindaloo

Since we are on the same page concerning gravy and chicken. (Given my last two posts about Chicken Saag and Kashmiri Dum Aloo). Chicken Vindaloo was my first dish to try out Vinegar. It tastes like a Ayurvedic medicine and smells like Wine. Not sure why, but I prepared all

Food

Banana Pie

Finally, my childhood dream came true. I mean just partially which I might be able to complete before my next India trip. Ever since I had my first pie and cake, I always wished to have it prepared at home. Not that I am a good chef, but I just

Kitchen

Chicken Chow Mein

We are back on Chinese dish. I made General Tso's Chicken last week. That was my first Chinese dish. Now this is the second one. I am looking forward to prepare many more such dishes in the future. As always, VahChef saved the day. VahChef's video on how to make

Food

Chicken Jalfrezi

I once had Chicken Jalfrezi in one of the restaurants back in India. I instantly fell in love with it. Never thought I would ever prepare it by myself. But here it goes. Life is unexpected. Isn't it? This dish looks quite savory and colorful, which makes it look like

Food

Egg Rolls

Saturday was Egg Rolls day. I have had egg rolls multiple times in a restaurant. But this was the first time I was preparing them at home. The recipe is simple. You will need scrambled eggs, carrot, salt, mushroom for stuffing and whole wheat flour for outer coating. Preparing stuffing

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General Tso's Chicken

General Tso's chicken has been my favorite in United States for long time. I believe you only get this variety in USA. Otherwise as far as I know this category is not available in India last time I checked. I might be wrong though. So this weekend on 10th January,

Food

Chinese Delicacy - Cashew Chicken

Proud to say this is my first Chinese dish ever. I never cooked a Chinese food before let alone be in India. On the contrary to your logical guess, I did not take a cue from either VahChef or Sanjeev Kapoor's khana khajana this time. They both had this recipe,

India Visit

Visiting India

Today 10th January, 2016 marks exactly 2 years since my last India visit. Long time huh? yes. I will be visiting India again in the first week of March. I am quite excited about it. Looks like an awesome coincidence, but it is snowing outside since morning. As I mentioned

Food

Dahi Wada

The morning of Sunday 10, 2016 opened with chills and snow flakes. Yes, it was the first official snowfall in Columbus for this winter season. I am glad to see all white outside my apartment. Though I am little worried about my prospect of reaching office safely tomorrow morning. I