An Indian Mom's diary of recipes and food memories
Wow, we stepped into April and are technically in spring! While everyone I heard and read from India has been complaining about the scorching summer temperatures, it seems we haven’t had enough of the wintery days here! We aren’t done yet. It had drizzled irksomely all of yesterday and its […]
Let your taste buds take a dive into this quintessentially Tamil comfort food, and soak in the mouthful blend of subtle flavors…be Pongalifyed to believe! As I grew up in the north and in a predominantly Bengali household, I didn’t know much about south Indian festival foods. It all started […]
Today is Janmashtami. I know ‘m a teensy bit late in the day for this post. Baba (my father) called me last night, when it was Janmashtami-morning in India and wished me. He always does. Ma (mom) says per our Bengali “tithi” (calendar/date), I was born on this day, on […]
Trifle is a custard’s vivacious English cousin. They are usually made up of beautiful and colorful layers of fruit and sponge cakes soaked in wine or juice and suspended between creamy blankets of custard. The custard is generally our good old traditional yellow and velvety Vanilla custard, cooked into a […]
Remember your Grandma’s old fashioned stew? They’re simple, basic, warm, comforting, healthy, nutritious, appetizing and SO immensely flavorful! Then there are also the one’s she’d make when her little grandchild is down unwell, fussy, grumpy and unhappy in bed with the seasonal runny nose. These Grandma-made porridges, stews, bouillons and […]
So, I am back to my love for Mushrooms and my cravings for Umami. “Umami” is our “fifth sense” of taste, after sweet, salty, bitter and sour. In Japanese, Umami means “deliciousness”, a taste that gives us a sense of fulfillment — a meaty, savory, rich, brothy taste. It takes […]
Ya right, I am a “Baingan baby”! For one, they are very versatile, and can be used like potatoes (minus the starch) with almost any veggie and in any curry. And two, because they have a neutral taste and you could easily get these lovelies absorb any flavor while cooking. I’ve read […]
“Cherry blossoms, the noble flowers, have witnessed countless encounters throughout the ages…Cherry blossoms, the short-lived flowers, have seen so many good-byes…And again, this year, they bloom to watch over a lot of emotions, in the season of beginnings called Spring!” Spring and April provides quite a welcome respite from the […]
Take an Apple round and red… Don’t slice down, slice through instead… Right inside it you will see, A star as pretty as can be! – Margaret Hillert’s Star Magic Thank you Margaret, I did exactly that! I tried to innovate and the “Star Magic” led me to make a beautiful […]
Life’s little pleasures are in the minutest of things, ones that are most trivial and most basic. They mean nothing at all, yet are everything to you. It has always been my way of life, to be close to “this existence”, as much as I can. However, sometimes down the […]
I am Mou – a Mom, wife, daughter, Pharmaceutical Consultant, Art enthusiast, Avid Traveler – and a Happy Chef at that – A foodie who cooks, writes, photographs her food for this blog. OnceUponASupper is a journal of my potpourri of recipes and belly good food-y tales. Thanks for stopping by. Have a delicious stay here & dig in!
