We enjoyed Nathula Pass and Channgu Lake in the first few days of our Sikkim Trip. On the third day, our North Sikkim journey was to begin. But unfortunately all of a sudden hubby came down with a sore throat and fever. I gave him mutiple cups of hot beverages and lots of TLC.If all […]
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Sikkim Trip: A throwback (Part 1)
Our first vacation after being transferred back to my hometown Kolkata, was the Sikkim Trip. Initially we had thought about going to Himachal Pradesh during the Durga Puja holidays. But we had not planned well in advance. So Himachal was out. Mountains Calling The mountains were calling to both of us. Then suddenly one day […]
Cake Series: Chocolate Ragi Marble cake
As a part of the cake series for my next book, 101 cakes, I have come up with this new cake recipe. The chocolate ragi marble cake. Marble cakes enchant me. Just a simple technique and you end up with a pretty as a picture cake.The recipe for chocolate ragi marble cake is given in […]
My first Panic Attack
I remember the day I had my first panic attack. At that time though, I did not realise that it was a panic attack that I am experiencing. I must say though that overall I am an extremely anxious person. But this feeling, this was different than my routine anxiety. It was a couple of […]
Cake Series: Zebra Cake
Ingredients for Zebra Cake 3 eggsBrown sugar1 cupCurd 2 tbspVanilla extract 1.5 tspButter 50 gm meltedSunflower oil 50 mlFlour 1 ½ cup (150gm)Milk Powder ½ cupPink salt ½ tspBaking pd 1 ½ tspCocoa pd 4 tbsp , 1 tbsp brown sugar½ cup fresh creamGreased and paper lined round tinBake at 180 degree celsius for 30 […]
Smoothie recipes for a healthy start
Smoothie recipes are my favourite. I can have healthy smoothies for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Most of the time I am a major foodie and am obsessed with healthy tasty food. But there are somedays when normal daily life seem to be too cumbersome. As a result of this simple tasks like the three daily […]
Quinoa in Salad
What is Quinoa? Quinoa is a vegan superfood which is an annual seed-producing flowering plant (Chenopodium quinoa) grown as a grain crop. It is a pseudocereal, not a grass, unlike wheat and rice.It is botanically related to spinach. Quinoa seeds are rich in protein, dietary fiber, B vitamins, and dietary minerals in amounts greater than […]
Rosehip Oil for skin
Today I will give my review of cold pressed Rosehip oil for skin. I have dabbled in my fair share of gambling with skin care products and that has given me a lot of hits and misses. Having oily to combination and sensitive skin does not help a lot in such gambles. But my inherent […]
Jujubes
Jujubes or Chinese date is a fruit which to us Indians is known as “kul” in Bengali, “bogori” in Assamese and “ber” in Hindi. Few days back when I was snacking on a bowlful of rosy tipped ber/kul I suddenly realised I did not know what this fruit is called in English. I immediately launched […]
Ink Pen
Ink Pen and handwriting During my farewell from college to join the current job, a ‘Parker’ ink pen was one of the parting gifts amongst many others by my friends. For about half a decade, the gift was lying idle, until recently. I accidently got hold of the pen while I was searching for something […]