Innovation in food is reaching new heights!

Innovation in food is reaching new heights! Got an innovative gift from a friend yesterday to announce the arrival of her grand daughter! A basket in the shape of a baby crib carrying ice cream cones, two small glass jars of hands made ice cream, rice crispier and fruit pebbles... All with cute labels and decorations... Delivered by courier and with care!

 

Chocolate Toffee Pudding at Sassy Spoon

Loved the absolutely delicious Chocolate Toffee Pudding at Sassy Spoon, Bandra over the weekend. The base was a combination of soft chocolate and coconut.. It just melted in the mouth. Was not very sweet and the vanilla ice-cream topping enhanced the taste perfectly. Definitely recommend it.

Sweet Corn Soup!

It's Monsoon time and there is an abundance of corn... It's also the time to enjoy a hot cup of soup when you get back from work. Here's a quick and easy recipe for yummy corn soup made in minutes! You can have just corn or add your veggies, very finely chopped and sauted in little butter

1.       Sweet Corn Soup

Ingredients:

1 American  corn cob/1 packet of corn

1 small onion chopped

½ inch piece of Ginger

1/2 cup milk

1 tsp butter

1-2 tbsps lemon juice

Salt& Pepper to taste

Procedure

Peel  the corn off the cob  or empty corn packet in a colander. Wash corn well  , drain water and put it in the pressure cooker. Add onion, ginger and 2-3 cups of water. Cook for 10 minutes  and turn off flame.

When cooker cools, remove contents and blend in a blender. Now in a pan heat butter, add blended corn and milk. Bring to a boil, turn off flame. Add lemon juice, salt and pepper and serve hot. If the soup is too thick , add a little boiling water to bring it to the right consistency.

A memorable lunch in Rochester

Enjoyed a delicious meal all put together on our table at the Melting Pot, a fondue restaurant in Rochester, with my children. It was amazing to see how wine, cheese, herbs and a few other ingredients put in a fondue maker, on a hot top on our table got converted into mouth watering and finger licking good fondue. We savored it with different types of bread pieces & exotic vegetables.

We followed it up with the highly recommended chocolate fondue which again was a delight to watch while it was being made in a couple of minutes. The fondue had two distinct types of chocolate, dark and milk which was relished with an assortment of exotic fruits, cakes and cookies.

The whole experience of watching the fondue being made with nothing precooked from the kitchen was fascinating. The afternoon was made special by the warm and efficient service and interesting conversation with the restaurant owner. A must try if you find a Melting Pot in your city in the US.

 

Innovation in Indian Food in London

Looking for interesting breakfast options for kids on holidays and weekends?

Daliya or broken wheat is a healthy, nutritious and high fibre  food that's good for both young and old. Try this quick recipe for a yummy breakfast/snack.

Ingredients:

1 cup daliya

2  -3 tbsps  pure ghee

4-6 cardamoms , de seeded and lightly crushed

3 tbsps Jaggery powder ( add extra to taste if needed)

8-10 almonds sliced fined ( optional)

Procedure:

Heat ghee in a thick kadhai or pan . Add daliya, lower flame and sauté for a couple of minutes till you get a nice aroma. Now add 2 1/2 cups of boiling water and crushed cardamoms and allow to cook on medium flame for a couple of minutes. When the water is almost dry and you see holes in the daliya, add the jaggery powder, cover pan with lid and cook on low flame for about 5  minutes .turning around the daliya once or twice. When it is nice and  steaming, put off flame and serve hot garnished with almonds.

Weekend Breakfast : Rice Chila !!

It's weekend and everything goes finally at our sweet slow pace! While we yearn to stay in bed for a couple of more minutes, kids and family demand for something new and lip smacking for breakfast.
So here's what you can serve them without compromising on the much need beauty sleep!

Rice Chila

Ingredients

• 1 small bowl of rice flour
• 1 tbsn suji
• 1 tspn ginger chopped  
• 1-2 chillies chopped
• few corriander leaves finely chopped
• 1/2 tspn shahi jeera
• salt to taste 
• 1-2 lemon juice optional

Method

Mix all the ingredients in the rice flour and add water to dosa batter consistency. Keep it aside for 15 -20 mins. If the batter soaks all water then add more water to maintain the desired consistency.

Take a dosa pan/tawa and grease it with little oil/ghee/butter. Spread 1 ladle full of batter on the pan and spread it out into a small round. Keep the thickness more than a dosa. Check if the side turns golden brown and flip it to let the other side turn golden. Keep the flame low throughout.

Serve it hot with ketchup/chutney/tomato sabji and win hearts of your family as you always do.