Pierogi

Sunday with Marlena Spieler
Pierogi, what is it you ask? To quote Wikipedia, “Pierogi are served in a variety of forms and tastes (ranging from sweet to salty to spicy) in Polish cuisine. Pierogi were traditionally peasant food, but eventually spread in popularity throughout all social classes, including nobles. They are served at many festivals, playing [...]

Cold Italian Pasta

Sunday with Marlena Spieler
We would like to call this lazy man’s pasta. It is quick, easy and delicious too if you are looking for something light for dinner after a heavy lunch or brunch. The ingredients are really things you will most definitely have in your pantry, at least ours did. This is served cold [...]

Vegetable Kugel

Sunday with Marlena Spieler
Kugel is a Jewish casserole normally made with egg noodles or potatoes. Marlena introduces us to this this is a surprisingly light and quite healthy vegetable kugel. Vegetable kugel is a dish you can easily make on a weekday. It is brown and  crispy on the top and really tender inside. Try [...]

Sephardi Spicy Cabbage

Sunday with Marlena Spieler
We bought a cabbage wanting to make this dish and then forgot all about it when we were in a hurry to cook something real quick to carry with us for our lunches. There was a lit bit of  bell pepper and carrots, so we decided to throw that in as well.  [...]

Sautéed Spinach

Sundays with Marlena Spieler
Spinach is one of the most favorite greens in our household. I fondly remember one of our nephews watching Popeye all starry eyed and that made him eat his daily quota of spinach, he even demanded that on the menu every day.
While we love our traditional poriyals and kootus (spinach cooked in [...]

Mirch Paneer

When we begin to enjoy cooking, the tendency is to start experimenting and throwing ingredients together to create a dish which warms your palate and your heart. I truly believe that this recipe from Raghavan Iyer is one such recipe. This is from his cookbook 660 Curries. We had a chance to meet Raghavan Iyer [...]

Cranberry Chutney

I had never tasted cranberries until two days ago. While I wonder how I could have missed it, I am happy that I atleast tried now. OK, I was not all adventurous to go buy some personally. This came as a part of our weekly produce from Farm Fresh to You. I tasted one, it [...]

Sweet & Spicy Tomato Chutney

I know I know, this recipe should have been posted when tomatoes were in season. But those of you who have tomatoes still growing in your backyard, I urge you to try this.
Even my picky friend J liked it a lot.The chutney goes well with dosas, pakodas, bread toast and even kichdi. We have been [...]

Just a Tsp?

If you have not visited this this website, go take a look. They have a wonderful array of spices and what is great is that you don’t have to buy a spice rack to store the spices. The spices are fresh in their little sachets. I own the Spice Basics collections which can be [...]

Comfort Food after the Storm

After one day of huddling in bed under a warm comforter, it was time for some comfort food. What is better than piping hot rasam with rice, romanesca (cauliflower) fry, radish salad,dried chillis and vadagam.

We saw this beautiful vegetable at the co-op and R decided to buy it immediately for the love of taking [...]

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