Carom-roasted Bitter Gourd + Mango Salad

  Bitter gourd is called so because it literally tastes bitter. But if you can find your way beyond all the bitterness, then I think you have a winner-vegetable in your kitchen. Lot of people I know tend to soak the chopped (or whole) vegetable in salted water so that atleast some bitterness gets cut…

Pear + Cauliflower + Sautéed Almonds Salad

  When my Dad comes to visit us, I always ask him what he would eat for lunch (or any other meal). His answer has always been “whatever you have”. I miss that simplicity in people. I miss how adjustment and acceptance came automatically and not through special effort in our lives. How are we…

Spinach + Apple w/ Nutty Pesto

  A small experiment turns really delicious with this salad. I used the spinach we grew in our balcony. And here is the result of that. The leaves were not yet mature; but they were not baby-ish too. So, these are ‘young’ spinach leaves.         300 g fresh spinach leaves 1 green…

Zucchini w/ Mustard Greens & Flowers

  I have quite a standard garden, living in urban Bangalore. Some seasonal and perennial flowers, some herbs, some vegetables, and some non-flowering, easy-maintenance green plants and ferns. Flowers are also pretty standard; Roses, Geraniums, Hydrangeas, Jasmine, Bougainvillea, Allamandas, Peace Lilies, and Dahlias. Some 25 days back we planted seeds of spinach, mint, mustard greens,…