Simple things! - Apple, orange in honey orange juice - Breakfast

Good morning world!! One of my most favourite breakfast is fruits, soaked almonds, milk and yoghurt! This is staple during my week days. On special days, where sanity prevails by not storming through the kitchen, neither alarmed by reminders nor there is confusion of accessories and shoe (morning blues) these fruits gets treated with generous squeeze of tangy orange juice and glossy viscous honey.  

This simple breakfast brightens my day, if it charms you as well, slice apple and orange (add in any fruit you want) squeeze one full orange, add one table spoon of honey and finally sprinkle the nuts and/or few tender leaves of mint. Thats the little heaven in your plate!

Spring time! Aviyal - Mixed Vegetable in Creamy Coconut Sauce

"People are like stained windows, they sparkle and shine when sun is out" - Elisabeth Kubler-Rose

Happy, spirited up are the day when vitamin D is activated. Yes much awaited Sun is finally here in my part of the world. Warmth, colourful blossoms and green "the" colour is just wonderful.  And all of sudden there was big shift, slipping to few 10's of degree, rain and grey sky....I was said welcome to Belgium! But flowers are still smiling, dancing along with rain and green is getting intense!  The weather and nature are like artist and poems quite unpredictable yet beautiful! 

Spring time reminds me about fresh vegetable in India and this recipe is loaded with many vegetables in coconut sauce. This is very popular recipe from south India Kerala - God's own country, which is usually is made with coconut paste, mum makes them with fresh thick coconut milk, more rich and creamy. When mum visited me in Finland in 2011, she smuggled brought all veggies and our home grown coconut and we prepared this recipe, yes two years back...I did tell you my hard drive cries most of the time for some fresh air! 

Till I enjoy the sun, rain and weekend.....you enjoy the aviyal (Mom's version, not an authentic version) and glimpse of spring from my part of my world!! 

                 Airy light papads ...or call it as flying breads

                 My mint plant is growing very happily at home!

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Easter holidays! - Pan fried fish fillet

Lots of cooking, photography and shopping was my agenda during easter break. Rarely I'm focused during weekends to completely the agendas, but this holiday was exception. So there was heavy shopping, good amount of photography and mild storm in the kitchen. Pan fried fish fillet with caramelised onions was simple yet flavourful. Great thing is that it hardly takes anytime to cook. Palak dhal with ginger & pepper eggplant fry was for soul. Chicken breast in spicy tomato sauce for a cold evening. Mushroom briyani with greek yogurt enough to miss home. Wanted to end with red wine chocolate cake, not sure what went wrong it had excess moisture, which made the cake very gooey.  Have to retry this cake, because the cake had great taste and flavour of wine was tantalising! 

Wish I could share mushroom briyani recipe as well, i have great recipe from my sister but every time I jazz up the recipe according to my own mood, that I don't end up documenting here. I'm still optimising the basmathi rice I get in Belgium, I don't get aged rice so most of my food is getting mushy! Sigh! Anyhow people here is pan fried fish with caramelised onions! And hope you all had a eventful and colourful easter! 

Oh btw...Do you guys by any chance have any idea to shoo away the winter? Or may should I bribe The Summer by saying "Honey how about Tres Leches cupcake with mascarpone frosting?"....Lets see if this work, if at all weather God/Goddess reads this!!!

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Hallo from Belgium! - Nigella's Chocolate Cookies

Hello folks! I'm back to Europe, more precisely in the country of chocolate, waffles, french fries - Belgium as post doctoral researcher, after a wonderful long break in India. Under extreme threats and social pressure I'm doing this blog post (read happiness included). Hopefully soon I will regain my enthusiasm for doing regular post, which I honestly want to. Belgium so far has been good, great chocolates, french fries with mayannoise (as a meal along with meat or veggies? hello excuse me? that's what i felt for the first time), now I'm getting accustomed to it, rather liking it. But still would prefer on the rainy day with salt and pepper to nibble away! Very good dairy products straight from farm, fantastic oranges, I'm totally in love these fresh bright little ones......and I'm yet to explore others. Though I know we get pretty good beer's here.... its never my territory! Aah and thanks to institutes I work, for being situated away from the city it gives me a chance to be in  picturesque cities.  Will promise to post some pictures! 

Anyhow people, this is a very basic post to say we are alive. Made this cookies to give me some energy  during tea time at work, this is third time i'm doing this cookies, totally chocolatey! Go for it, trust me it can be addictive!! To all those people who kept this space alive and running, a huge thanks. I have something very special for all my blog readers from India, so tune in for more in the coming weeks! First food pictures from Belgium, with no proper prop and setting, excuse the harsh lightings and deep shadows. 

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Happy Diwali

Though this space has been sleeping for a while, due to some technical difficulties but we are here to wish you all a very happy Diwali with most famous motichoor ladoo (store brought) from Coimbatore and water rangoli. May the twinkling lamps illuminate your lives with endless joy, eat loads of sweet, delicious food and if possible say no to crackers.