Author: cookingwithshy

Happy Holi- A riot of colors & flavours

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Holi– A colorful festival and a festival of colors indeed. A festival that marks the end of winter and ushers in Spring. Happy Holi everyone! Well it’s been ages since I played Holi. Perhaps the last time was when I was a teen.However we’ve  just been invited  to celebrate and play holi at a friend’s this year. Naturally I’m quite excited and hence was inspired to make something special as well. Any celebration is not complete without a delectable “something sweet” I decided to go with a family favorite-“Gajar ka Halwa” or a Carrot pudding. The recipe calls for grated carrots, milk and homemade mawa ( recipe included) to be cooked together. The carrots used for a halwa should be preferably the red variety most often found in the winter months. You could however use the orange ones if the red are un available. This halwa could be served hot or cold. It is even more decadent when served with a dollop of vanilla ice-cream. Go ahead and indulge a little. INGREDIENTS: 500 grams Carrots (peeled and grated) …

Chocolate Walnut Brownies & A Happy Mother’s Day

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It’s March already and as always a time when there’s lots of baking in my kitchen.Spring Fair’s,Birthday’s, Mother’s day  and of course Easter baking to be done as well.Had a lovely chat with Mom earlier on today.Just wishing her a Wonderful Mother’s Day.That’s when my son realised he had almost forgotten to wish me.Ofcourse he came around and did so with a great big hug. Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn, Hundreds of bees in the purple clover, Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn, But only one mother the wide world over Today was just one of those days that I was craving some thing chocolate and decadent.Though just not sure what to make. Now  Mom of course loves to ask me the eternal question-“So what did you bake today”? And our chat then centers around exchanging recipes and we can go on for hours with our food banters.Yes,there you go….A huge  inspiration for all the foodie mania in my life…My lovely mother. Well I said just don’t know what to bake as yet! All though …

Sticky Date Cake & Toffee Sauce-For Sanjeev Kapoor Khazana

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Hello Friends! This is my first post in the New year and I promise an exciting one too. The New year has begun well and my kitchen is buzzing with activity.But before I get into my culinary adventures I’d love to share the highlight of this year. Well imagine my excitement when I was asked to do a cooking demo for Sanjeev Kapoor  Khazana on their You tube channel.It was right in the beginning of Jan this year when Alyona Kapoor (Sanjeev’s wife) also a dear friend of mine asked me to send in two of my favorite recipes that I’d like to demonstrate. Now Sanjeev Kapoor needs no introduction.An Indian Master chef with the ever popular cooking show Khana Khazana and now Food Food an Indian food and lifestyle channel owned by him.Do check him out on: http://www.khanakhazana.com http://www.sanjeevkapoor.com http://www.youtube.com/user/sanjeevkapoorkhazana Yes of course I said,I’d be absolutely delighted to do so. The two recipes that I thought I  could show were a Quinoa Salad and the Sticky date Cake with toffee sauce.Well then very excitedly I sent off both the recipes. D-day arrives-was I …

Food Styling & Photography with Meeta K. Wolff -Dubai Day 1

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Dubai recently played host to a  two-day Food styling & Photography workshop.This was held at the chic and gorgeous Miele Gallery and hosted by Meeta K .Wolff from What’s for lunch honey and Sally Prosser who blogs at My Custard pie. I got really excited as soon as I read about it on Sally’s blog.I knew the time was right.I love to cook and of course photograph my food.However  I’d been toying with the idea of fine tuning my skills and what better way than to sign up for this fabulous workshop.I had missed out on the previous one and decided to go right ahead and sign up for this one.And yes that meant slipping away from school runs,my blogging and my food demos and immersing myself into something I so wanted to do. Frankly I was a bit nervous.I’m quite the amateur photographer.I wasn’t quite sure what to expect..Would everyone else be way too experienced,what if I just can’t get good clicks etc etc.Of course all my fears eased away as soon as I met Sally …

Malaysian Spicy Satays & Peanut Sauce

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We all have unexpected guests at some time or the other. A friend dropping in to say hello, the husband who invites his buddies for a drink or just your kid’s friends for their usual hangout at your place. The first reaction is to go into panic mode and wonder what you are going to serve them to eat?  Well here is something that you could put together fairly easily. Chicken breast meat is something one usually has in the freezer and this comes to good use in this recipe. These Malaysian Satay sticks are rife with flavors of Soy, brown sugar and spices .Chicken satay is very popular as street food in Malaysia & Singapore. Most often eaten as an appetizer or you may even choose to serve these as a part of your main meal. We made these  for the Adult appetizer workshop @ Cookingwithshy last week. And of course satay is never complete without a nutty and flavorful peanut sauce. Go ahead and follow this recipe and your guest’s won’t be disappointed. …