Simple Pasta to heal the heart (for Chalks and Chopsticks)

She looked at the clock for the 30th time that hour but it did not seem to move fast enough. She sighed, picked up a magazine and absently flipped through few pages but her mind kept drifting back to the clock and the phone. The doctor would call her anytime now and she could feel a tight knot developing in her stomach. As much as she dreaded the call that was the one she had been waiting for days now. The weeks and weeks of waiting would be finally over and she would know if her life would change forever.…

Vegan Banana Coconut Bread (Quick Bread)

I am not sure if I have asked this before or not, but asking this again hoping there are new ideas in store. O dear reader, what do you usually do with the over ripe bananas that is lurking over your countertops? Make the quintessential banana bread, milkshake, pancake, freeze them or just toss them? If I am no mood to bake then I usually make the delicious sweet paniyaram/appe for evening snack or strawberry banana milkshake.  But then if I am in a mood and have time to bake then I try out some really good recipes from the…

Bombay Tomato Pulao — Tawa Pulao

Who knew that you could add Pav Bhaji masala and ketchup to rice and make this one of a kind rice dish? Errrr…. Pulao to be precise, not me of course! If you already knew that please be so kind as to not to roll your eyes. Because there are some one track people like me who think that if the instruction on the package says to use it in Bhaji then you use it only in the Bhaji and nothing else. OK, all that changed when a friend of mine sent me this recipe link and asked me to…