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…
When I get creative with my veggies, I … well … I don’t get creative or fancy with my veggies. I love to just eat them all piled up together. But I had seen the “Sweet Potato Toast” being posted by a few friends and knew that I had to try making it! So I came up with an open faced Sweet Potato “sandwich”. It is so simple that I feel awkward even writing a recipe for it! Sweet…
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…
Once in a while (or more frequently than that), I cook or prep something that I proceed to forget and end up cooking the same in more quantities. Plain rice is one such item that I forget that I’ve already made. And then I end up with a whole lot of plain rice and no gravy or curry to go with it. An easy way for me to use up all the rice is to make it flavorful by adding…
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…
Known as Okra in the U.S, also called “Ladies Finger” in other English speaking countries, called “Bhindi” in India, has high fiber, vitamin C, and folate content. Okra is also known for being high in antioxidants. Okra is also a good source of calcium and potassium. It is also one of those vegetables that people either love or hate. And I’ve found that most of the hate comes from not knowing how to cook it. In restaurants around Atlanta, I’ve seen Okra…