Mango Shrikhand Tarts

Mango Shrikhand tarts are not new on this blog…in fact this little dessert was one of the first things I wrote about when we started the blog! When I was young, my grandmother would make shrikhand at home, as back then it wasn’t available in stores as it is now. She usually made the basic […]

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Bharli Karli (Stuffed bitter gourd)

I know I probably lost most of you at bitter gourd, and yes there is some bitterness when you eat these, but trust me this dish actually tastes really good. Since cooking and eating at home is the new normal, and will probably stay like that for a while, on every trip to the wet […]

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Dinner inspirations

With almost all our meals now being cooked and consumed at home, many of us are looking for inspiration on new dishes, so we don’t get bored of cooking and eating the same things over and over again. In planning our supper club menus, both of us tend to read a lot of food- and […]

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Nothing like comfort food!

A perfect example of home cooked comfort food. This meal was cooked at my parents place in Mumbai. Starting from the top – cumin rice, tamarind fish curry, tomato saar (tomato soup with coconut milk), coriander and coconut chutney, cucumber and peanut salad, potatoes with mustard seeds, bottle gourd with cashews, Bengali prawn cutlets and […]

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Shrikhand

Shrikhand is a quintessential Marathi dessert and I have fond memories of my grandmother making this at home. Shrikhand is made by hanging yoghurt or curds to strain out the whey. The remaining yoghurt cream is then mixed with some sugar, ground cardamom and nutmeg, saffron and charoli (lndian dry fruit) and chilled before being served. There are […]

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