Shrimp Stew with Zucchini Tomato and Lentil

Shrimp Stew with Zucchini Tomato and Lentil

Summer brings in colors, vibrancy, fresh fruits and vegetables and  also the sun and the heat. And the kind of heat this time that I am ready to do a fast forward in time and step into the crisp autumn time.

Chilled Yogurt Mint and Nut Soup

Chilled Yogurt Mint and Nut Soup

Featured in the Kitchn, Dressed Up Yogurt and Apple Pie Pop Tarts. This is an extremely desirable drink during the hot summer months. Yes I said “summer”. I am home in India and experiencing the true Indian summer after 16 years! That number shocks and 

Bhaja Muger Dal/Roasted Mung Soup

Bhaja Muger Dal/Roasted Mung Soup

This recipe is a plain, simple comfort food;  the kind which takes me back home right when I start heating up my skillet.  The warm aroma stirs up the nostalgia, which hangs in thick clusters. Little strings of incidents line up like dew drops on 

Red Lentils with Cumin and Fried Onions

Red Lentils with Cumin and Fried Onions

I have been very eloquent about my love of red lentils in a lot of posts before. This is another of my favorite recipe from home – my dida’s recipe,  a comforting dish fondly remembered and spiced with love and memories.

Curried Navy Bean Soup

Curried Navy Bean Soup

(Featured in Fine Cooking’s Spicing up Soup Week) The devil of the winter is back and has a big table of  a variety of wintry mix for us. Snow, ice, sleet, freezing rain, howling winds – you name it, and we have it!