An Evening with French Crepes!

Estragon Crepes

The sheer magic of food is just outstanding. This typical French dish is one of the most delicious that I have ate recently. Its like a thin pancake with varying filling. While this one had filling of grilled chicken, mushrooms, Dijon mustard and yogurt sauce, emmenthal, it tasted the savoriness of the Chicken, the pungency of the Dijon and Emmenthal just lift up your gastronomical senses.  As it is known, this wonderful dish has originated from the Brittany region in North West of France. Bon Appetite!

Food Sweet Food in India : Assamese Dinner in New Delhi

Love for food is pure, simple and universal. This wonderful aspect of any living being came calling to meet two wonderful persons along with an old friend who came calling at my place in Delhi. We talked, travelled, visited market places, ate, drank, chopped, cooked and at the end, ate. A wonderful evening it was captured nicely by these two people from Paris and you can have a sneak peek into the episode. The whole episode will be up and running only in some time. For the time being, please enjoy this little sojourn of gastronomy on the streets of Delhi and I’m trying to cook something from culinary tradition of my home, Assam. As they travel around the world and currently in one of my favourite food destinations, Vietnam, I wish them loads of food, experience rich with sweet, sour spices. Stay tuned for more on food!

Quintessentially Summertime Lunch!

Quintessential Lunch in a hot, sweaty summertime

Small wonders of life! I read this morning that everyday may not be good but there is good in every day. As the mercury keeps rising with the powerful Delhi Sun basking in its summer glory to the fullest, the people are sweating it out by praying to rain god in vain. But, there is still good in this world. Especially if you can get hold of a nicely done simple home cooked meal served with sour tropical lemon! A simple plate of rice, some boiled lentils with little to nothing of ‘Tadka’ and a typical dish made out of Soda (‘Khar’) is just taste amazing as the lemon will ooze out the citric flavour that you longed for in this heat. Give your palate a hot bite with that green chilly, as you gorge a mouth full of rice, mixed with dal and some ‘Khar.’ You know where to find your heaven when the Sun God put across an evil smile! 

With love from Uzbek: Qabuli Uzbek

Qabuli Uzbeki

Don’t know if it gets better than this. If you are yearning for a low light biriyani in this summer heat, then Qabuli Uzbeki is the way to go. This delicious central Asian dish is so light that you wont feel that there is any spice in it. The sumptuous sweetness that galore in your palate as you put in a spoonful in your mouth is majestic. The raisins, the skewered lamb that is so soft and succulent that it melts away, the Basmati rice and the vegetables just make it an amazement. This not so sweet not so savory Biriyani is just comforting enough to take you right there: in the elite company of blessed.  Enjoy this bliss!

Lunch@Naga Style!

A home cooked Naga style lunch platter that has sticky rice, steamed lentils, steamed green leafy vegetables and a delicious pork cooked in bamboo shoot and fiery “Bhoot Jolokia.” The dish is supplemented by a pungent chutney that is made out of Dry Fish, Tomato, roasted Chilies and some local herbs.