Posts from the food category.
These images represent a major victory and a minor one. A major personal victory to create something that is aspirational, mastering of some craft. Minor one - to understand that fermentation is a gift of nature that can be used to stunning results. Mother nature is the true artist, we are just cooks.
No matter how good or bad the day is going, looking forward to the morning Chai and earning that evening Chai after a long day has a charm of its own. It's some incentive that drives you but doesn't show up in our bank statement or payslips.I always thought it's such an innocent wish in life, a small cup of Chai, at subconscious level drives our behaviour and eventually has impact on bigger things...
I am too immersed in book today to think or observe things to write about for the ongoing series. It’s about cooking, women and the misogynistic view of the country they staying in, and how it affects them deeply. It’s supposedly a thriller, but the repetitive cooking and descriptions of how the food taste etc is a bit overwhelming for me. I don’t like cooking much and do it for survival. I like a...
It all started as usual with KDramas. The journey into Korean food, finding out about ramen and sushi(actually gimbap in korean which we thought as sushi), ordering from Daily Sushi, finding out about other korean cafés in Bangalore. It all happened because of the crash landing(#iykyk). As Indians we are also expert in jugaads. Instead of wasting money in hifi places everyday we will slowly think...
The Stationary Shop of TehranPicked this book on our recent visit to Blossoms. It is a love story. The review has a spoiler so don’t read further if you are planning to read the book. It starts really really well. It is a story of a young girl and boy living in Tehran. How they meet on their visit to a stationary store and how their love blossoms in the turbulent times of Iran. At this point I was...
Angoori rasmalai: because one big rasgulla isn’t nearly enough fun! The smaller, bite-sized angoori rasmalai likely originated as a refinement of the classic rasmalai…..Check out my today’s monochrome composition at https://www.instagram.com/jaeejadhav
Recipes I Make is going to be a series on how I make some of the world’s famous dishes with a slight personal twist to make them super delicious. The first recipe of the series is the Authentic Lebanese Hummus, a personal favorite of mine since my childhood days in Dubai. Finding the best and the most authentic Hummus in India can be a little difficult and the ready-made packaged Hummus available...
When you have a Marathi father-in-law and a Tamil mother-in-law, you end up compulsorily with a jackpot(2 actually) of yummy “chakli” and “murukku” during the festive season! I captured this last lot of murruku yesterday before it vanished into thin air! Check out my today’s Brown monochrome composition at https://www.instagram.com/jaeejadhav
I really like this (👇) coffee from Third Wave. It's the perfect combination of sweet notes and a mellow aftertaste.But, what is Babudangiri?This story ends with my old man, and the ouroboros of life 😜It all starts in the 16th century with a traveller in Yemen who has coffee for the first time. He instantly loves it.He quickly learns that the city's authorities had banned anyone from taking the c...
I frequently get asked on where to get started with Specialty Black coffee. Specially around which equipments to buy and which ones to ignore profusely. Few disclaimers:Both Aeropress and V60 require a fair bit of learning curveThere is a fair bit of investment required when it comes to coffee equipmentsAssuming, we are fine to make these investments when it comes to Time and Money, LTFG 🚀Coffee ...