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Arbi Tikkis: Deep fried Colocasia Nuggets with Yogurt Dip

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It’s really hot in this part of the world right now. Metabolisms are sluggish, and kitchens are too hot to cook anything in. I have…

Being a Work-from-home mother

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Being a work-from-home-mum has its disadvantages. You tend to switch on the laptop shortly after you’ve brushed, hoping to check your email before the rest…

Brioche

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One of the foods Amma offered me when I was ill or generally low, was a fruit bun and a mug of hot Bournvita. It…

Chicken Sukka

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If you’ve been reading along for a bit, you probably know by now, how much Mrs. B means to me. She entered the family…

Food processor focaccia and 100 posts

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Turns out, the last post I wrote was my 100th. This little jhola of mine has been with me through so much–I started writing the…

My time, our time.

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Thanks to her nanny and the “bus aunty,” Avanee has grown quite fond of; no, quite obsessed with wearing salwar kameezes. She wants to wear…

Of missing a maid and impressing another

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Mrs. B, my cook and domestic help since the time I got married and moved to this town, has gone on a month-long holiday to…

Prawn Karanjia (Prawn Turnovers)

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MK can’t stand my fisherwoman. I don’t blame him. She’s kind of…insistent. Unfortunately, when she comes in every other morning, I’m usually attending to Avanee’s…

Prawns Curry: Prawns in Coconut Milk

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Mrs. B gets hysterical every time the fisherwoman passes by. “I’m coming!” she’ll yell five storeys below and dishes are instantly abandoned in the sink,…

Puliyogare Gojju (Masala) Recipe

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Geeta came to the Gore family as a young girl to work as a general help around the house. She would lay the table and…