An Indian Mom's diary of recipes and food memories
It was a gorgeous afternoon, little more than a dozen months back. There was a subtle note of crispiness in the air that day. The deciduous conifers hadn’t taken on the nature’s autumn palette by then. Not completely. The fall had almost just picked up a paint brush and started […]
What do you do with a 4 pounds box of plums? Plums that hadn’t caught your family’s fantasy in a fruit bowl on the dining table? I got one box full from Costco last week and was struck with the 21 deep red lustrous stone fruits in it. One was […]
During my growing up years in the Northern plains of India, Holi celebrations held a very dear place in heart. The festival of colors, was a grandeur event there. The day the whole township would come together. Everyone played colors, and visited each other to wish. How I miss all […]
“Kumro” in Bangla means pumpkin. And “Chechki” is what a Bengali would refer to, when a vegetable or an edible veggie skin or peel, has been slow fried and cooked with nothing but tempered seeds and salt, and often turmeric powder. The seeds in Chechki is generally black cumin (nigella, kala jeera, […]
It snowed today. We are well into February and it was only the second snow we saw this winter. Fortunately not a blizzard, nothing like Jonas that buried this part of New Jersey under snow in January. The snowfall this time was silent, slow, continuous, yet delicate. Bit by bit, it […]
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!
