Banana Halwa (Burfi)

It happened yet again this weekend. I had so many of those over ripe bananas languishing on my kitchen counter top that the smell and the sight just drover me nuts. I had made eggless banana bread earlier, but the quantity this time as way higher and I was desperately looking for other alternatives.Dear Son in the earlier week had shown keen interest in eating bananas and acted as if it was his new found love. So I was overtly overjoyed and proceeded to bring some extra bananas from the grocery to keep the little one happy. Two days later,…

Fenugreek Goodness: Methi Onion Bhaaji and Methi Muthiya ( A Guest Post)

When I had hosted the Herb Mania Fenugreek Event, I had received a sweet email from Falguni a non-blogger containing 2 beautiful recipes for Methi (Fenugreek). I could not post this during the roundup as I was caught up with so many different things and my apologies for the same. But then it is better late than never and I am including her recipe in this post. I am also including this in the Herb Mania Fenugreek Roundup.  Back to Falguni and her recipes. Even though Falguni says that she is no expert and has just started exploring her culinary…

Crispy Onion Pakodas (Pakoras)/ Onion Fritters

Life at work has become pretty hectic and crazy again. We had a new release recently and the issues keep coming one after the other and there is no respite in sight. Handling issues and then couple that with meetings and regular work and the day is gone even before you realize it.  But the good thing is that even though there is stress at work, the people and the environment are positive and nurturing. Thank God for that. Whenever there is an issue, the question on everybody’s mind is “OK, what caused the issue and how do we fix…