“Chaat” is a savoury snack that is typically an Indian street food. It is also a fast food and tends to fulfill cravings for the fried variety. Since it is a mix of a lot of individual food items, I adapt the basic concept to form this healthy version. This recipe is the healthy version of Chaat. I also call my healthy version “salad with an Indian twist”. This one has – grated carrots – cucumbers – bell pepper – tomato –…
I don’t even remember how this recipe came about. I think it may have started from some leftover cooked quinoa. And I probably had read something similar a while back. So I tried to throw things together and came up with this awesomely fresh and delicious Vegetarian Quinoa bowl. It was nutritious, filling, and I can see this being a favorite in both summer and winter. So without wasting time on a story about my weekend as this was being prepared…
I’m yet to write a post about my life-saver Instant Pot, which is my 2nd most important kitchen gadget after the Vitamix. I’ve been cooking so much in the Instant Pot that I forget to take photos or write about it. This one was however too good and way too fast to forget to blog about. Avalakki is a very popular breakfast dish as well as an evening snack of Karnataka, the state in India where I’m from. The dish, made with…
I love Indian street food. In fact, much to my mum’s frustration that Mr. FauxRunner shares, I could survive on street food for breakfast, lunch AND dinner. Pav Bhaji is one of my favorites. Pav Bhaji is an Indian street food sold in deliciously smelling carts, consisting of a vegetable curry and served with bread rolls aka Pav. The curry is meant to be spicy, and the bread roll is toasted in ghee to counter the spicy curry. It is eaten…
I don’t eat eggs, but my minions do and Mr. FauxRunner loves them. A full egg brunch is one of the few things that keeps my 10yo full for a long time, else her super high metabolism hits her with hunger barely 30 minutes after breakfast – I should’ve called them hobbits instead of minions, with their penchant for a second breakfast. So it’s the usual boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, omelets from the limited egg cooking skills I have. Omelets…
I started riding long (3-4hrs) in May. Everytime around the 2.5hr mark, I’d get tired. I kept attributing every bonk to my lack of bike strength – I had only just started riding (on the the trainer at first) since mid-January. After all, everyone keeps talking about just pushing through and not whining. So when I bonked, I didn’t complain. But 5 bonks in 7 rides (one of the non-bonk rides was the Chattanooga Olympic Triathlon of only 26miles and the other was…
Last year (or the year before) I read about the idea of picking a word of the year that influences you from Amanda at Run to the Finish. With my focus this year being on Augusta 70.3 and trying to manage my nutrition, I think Amanda’s approach is a great start to this. My word for the year is DISCIPLINE The word came up a few months ago as I was lamenting on how I was struggling to eat right…