Simple Vegetable Staple

Cho-cho-ri! Tongue twister for non-bengali speaking folks. It's mostly a seasonal vegetable mix fry made with 5 spice mix. A staple at home the seasonal twist is no more, we get almost all vegetables round the year, the taste not quite like grand ma's or mum's would dish out but a staple and some greens going into the daily meals. 

watercolor Postcard

Recipe for Pho.

Here's a recipe of Pho I did for a exhibition recently. It's a mix media work on paper, with old found paper, watercolor and stamping. I have new found love for mixing old with new, and not so obvious techniques.

Peanut Podi

When Ranjana came to work and stay with me I already though I'll ask her to make the peanut podi I had in Pune. So got all the ingredients ready and voila she took just 15 mins to make this 'goes with everything' podi.

The 3 days she spend here was fun, lot of reading together, working and chatting, a dozen chai and a samosa later she was ready to say good bye.

Hope you will try the podi and relish it like I did.

Carrot leaves in my garden patch

The small garden patch in our apartment below is overflowing with carrot greens thanks to good showers and plenty of sunshine. Some i plucked to add to the sambar and a few spig went into the chutney. Added very few as was not sure of the taste next time will add a few extra heaps.