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Team Love     For the past few days the weather has completely changed in Bangalore...its chilly cold and rainy. It could be due to the cyclone Ockhi that hit Kerala.Unlike homes in the western world, there is no central heating system so one has to wrap up pretty warm. I hate wearing a sweater as I find them too itchy so come evening and I wrapped myself in a shawl and topped with a thick bed sheet. After that didn't want to budge even a millimeter. Hot water and hot milk becomes one's best friend. It also meant that I didn't want to have my usual smoothie for breakfast. I wanted something hot that would warm up the body. What better breakfast treat is there than hot parathas and masala tea.      The #121st theme for FoodieMonday/Bloghop is Pushpita's recipes. Who is Pushpita? She is one of the members of the FoodieMonday group. In all we are 15 members. We usually take turns to decide on the theme. The 121st theme was to be decided by Pushpita. However, she h...

Super Healthy    Navratri and Dussera are over, all the feasting is over..for now. After all the rich snacks and desserts, Saturday meal was a simple khichdi made using bajri (bajra, pearl millet) and moong dal.        The 112th theme for  FoodieMonday/Bloghop suggested by Amrita who blogs at The Food Samaritan , was #1Tsp Oil . This theme couldn't have come at a better time. Saturday meal was definitely light on the stomach and yet full of nutrition. Thanks Amrita for encouraging us to cook with little or no oil.     On my 'to do list' was this bajra khichdi ever since Sapana of Cooking with Sapana posted the recipe for the protein rich dishes theme. Sapana thank you so much, the khichdi turned out really delicious.    I made a few changes to the original recipe. I used moong dal with the skin and mixed vegetables. This is one dish that I know I'll be making often. My other really light on the stomach and healthy w...

MEGA BLOGGING MARATHON -SEPT 2017 #80TH BLOGGING MARATHON THEME: PROTEIN RICH DISHES DAY:7    During our last few days in Montreal, hubby and son were wondering how come I'm not taking up their offer to dine out. Don't get me wrong as much as I love preparing and trying new dishes both for blogging and otherwise  I at the same time love eating out.     However they both didn't know that I was on a mission to prepare Protein Rich Dishes with ingredients that I knew I would not get in Mombasa and Tofu being one of them. Sometimes I feel that we should shift to Nairobi and then I'd get all the ingredients I want. So hubby dear will say "OK I don't mind, but are you 1) willing to deal with the horrendous traffic, 2) Prepared that I will be leaving home very early and coming back very late, 3) though food may be cheaper in Nairobi are we ready to pay more for everything else?" None of these questions I can answer positively. 'So lets stick to Mombasa and us...

MEGA BLOGGING MARATHON -SEPT 2017 #80TH BLOGGING MARATHON THEME: PROTEIN RICH DISHES DAY:6     Shopping at the Jean Talon and Atwater markets in Montreal is a foodies paradise. The bright, vibrant and fresh colors of the vegetables and fruits tempt the shoppers to overspend. I certainly go crazy when I visit the Jean Talon market which is about 30-40 minutes walk away from my son's home. For hubby and me its like a child going to the fun fair. We visit all the stalls, breathe in the sweet smell, feast our eyes on the produces sold, gorge on a delicious buckwheat crepe, shop and walk back. Its during one of our trips to the market that I came across a punnet of baby tomatoes. It was a melange of cherry tomatoes, green baby tomatoes, grape tomatoes, black cherry tomatoes and yellow baby tomatoes. I saw so many varieties of baby tomatoes for the first time. I knew I had to use that for a salad. So I'll be frank, this recipe was created around not a protein rich ingredient but rat...

MEGA BLOGGING MARATHON -SEPT 2017 #80TH BLOGGING MARATHON THEME: PROTEIN RICH DISHES DAY:5    For this protein rich dish I nearly drove my husband up the walls! I wanted to bake individual portions for this recipe but my son's kitchen didn't have any individual oven friendly bowls. I researched online for the right kind of bakeware, and it had to be from my favorite shop Stokes. Next day it was raining but I insisted that we go to the shop. From home its about a 30-40 minute walk. Hubby took out all sorts of bakeware from the kitchen and I just kept rejecting them as my brains could only see the bakeware I had seen on the Stokes online store. Finally, as we all know, women tend to get they way so I won. Went in the rain to the shop, we walked, had a delicious panini sandwich with coffee for lunch in a cafe and we came back with the goodies. Now please do tell me that the walk in the rain was worth it :)      A Shepherd's Pie or Cottage pie is usually a meat pie...

MEGA BLOGGING MARATHON -SEPT 2017  #80TH BLOGGING MARATHON THEME: PROTEIN RICH DISHES DAY: 1    I'm taking part in the MEGA Blogging marathon for the first time. It's proving to be quite a challenge getting 26 protein rich recipes together especially when I'm a vegetarian/eggetarian. However, its through this challenge that I've learnt, there are so many sources of protein that lacto ovo vegetarians can include in their diets.    My dad was visiting us in Montreal in Aug. He loves all his fried snacks and enjoys them for his brunch. Now all those who live in small apartments in the western world know that deep frying can be a bother especially when you don't have multiple windows or doors to open up as in India or Kenya to let fresh air come into your home. As much as I would have loved to serve him with bhajias that are deep fried, I opted for a healthier and more 'air friendly' paddus. I hate it when the smell of hot oil lingers on in the air.He didn...