Tuli Bistro

Tuli Bistro

2031 S St, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 451-8854On a recent cold and wet Sacramento night, exhausted from dealing with the holiday crowds, a friend and I braved the elements and made our way to the Tuli Bistro. Upon entering, we were greeted by warm wafts of pizza from the wood-fire oven tucked behind the counter and a cheery staff member. We were given a choice of dining at one of the bistro tables or on the enclosed veranda. The restaurant itself is long and narrow and care was taken to accent the small space with tasteful decorations. Although...

Dudhi(Bottle gourd) Dosa

Dudhi(Bottle gourd) Dosa

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक कराIn the search of eating some different vegetables than the usual routine we get every week we got bottle gourd.. Which turned out to be too huge for both of us to finish,...

Egg Pattice

Egg Pattice

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक कराI had taken a short break (couple of weeks) as i wasn't feeling that enthusiasm to cook inside myself. After a Pune trip i did feel like cooking again :) And this was...

Teaching 'em to fly

Teaching 'em to fly

During my visit to the U.S. this year, I noticed that my cousin always made sure that she left a generous tip wherever a tip was due, never ate messily or with her fingers publicly and did not do anything that is classified as "desi" behaviour. It is partly that she has been there for nearly 2 decades but I noticed that there was a conscious effort. When I mentioned this to her she said that when someone ridicules desis for these, she feels offended and hence the effort to make sure to avoid behaviour that left a negative impression about Indians...

filial obligations

filial obligations

On one of the Television shows on the lives of celebrities, Cricketer Yuvraj Singh was the guest. Initially I got the impression that here was another rich spoilt kid who had it all tailor made for him until I heard him say that as a child he wanted to be a skater and he even won the National championship. But when he took the medal to his father he threw it out of the window and said he wanted to see his son play cricket and not a girl's game and for good measure he also threated Yuvraj that he would break his leg if he played any sport other...

Palak-Methi-Vada

Palak-Methi-Vada

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक कराMom dad arrived yesterday and I wanted to cook something different.. And i also wanted to finish off all the green vegies i had so came up with this vada.. It tasted...

Posts that weren't

Posts that weren't

This is a post on thoughts that lost their way and never got converted into blogposts. In the early days of blogging, I was eager to post everyday and kept my antennae up for bloggable ideas and that was a phase when posts rolled out even without many ideas. Over the years, after reading so many good bloggers, a kind of self regulation has developed and I don't rush to post just about every idea that springs in my mind. Sometimes I find other bloggers have developed the idea better and hence no need to repeat the same, sometimes I lose interest...

Kachori

Kachori

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक कराAfter many days i decided to cook something different.. And then this came to my mind.. I read the recipe in one of the cook book i have and tried it and it really...

Weird tags

Weird tags

Sumana tagged me to say Seven Random and / or Weird Things about Me. I thought I had done this some months ago but for some strange reason I cannot find the post. That may be taken as the first weird thing about me. I have distinct memories of certain events but I cannot for the life of me remember the details. The other day I met a friend from college who was recounting many funny and fun things we did and I had absolutely no recollections of those. It was like certain parts of my memory were dead. :(2. I have mentioned my love for dusting, cleaning,...

Child labour

Child labour

I am against child labour and would never employ someone less that 18 years old. Whenever my domestic help needed leave and sent her daughter to do the day's work, I have sent her back and managed on my own or if it is for a long period, I have borrowed the services of my neighbours' help for the temporary period. And for 6 years I have paid the tuition fee and examination fee for my help's daughter and also paid for extra tuitions when she failed in English and math in the 9th twice. At 18 now, the girl is just a 9th standard pass and is working...

Pre-Flite Lounge

Pre-Flite Lounge

547 L St, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 441-7963 "Where the $%^*#@ is this place?" I think were the words that I muttered under my breathe last Thursday when my friend Lacy and I began our trek from...

Pudina chutney

Pudina chutney

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक कराI always relished the pudina chutney served with tandoori chicken or kababs. This is my try and it turned out quite well..Ingredients1 cup punina leaves2 spoon corriander...

naughty munnis and not munnis

naughty munnis and not munnis

Just the other day I dedicated one whole post to the resident terrorist in our house. Two evenings ago she broke a nice torch and was in the process of swallowing the contents of the battery when we managed to catch her and make her spit out what was still in the mouth. But obviously she had swallowed some which she spent the next day throwing up.Trouble is that she thinks that if anything can go into her mouth, it should!We have experience with about 4 dogs now and the only other dog who was equally out of control was also called Munni. In our...

Tomato Corn Omelette

Tomato Corn Omelette

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक कराThis item is a quick and delicious recipe.. Mom use to cook tomato omlette and i modified it little to get this new one :)Ingredients4 Tomatoes1 cup sweet corn1 cup...

Muttor Paneer

Muttor Paneer

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक कराI just love paneer and with paneer its even more delicious.. I have quite a few recipes of paneer (for curries) but this one is my fav...Ingredients200g Paneer1 cup...

Choco Chip Brownie

Choco Chip Brownie

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक कराTwo days back when I had brownie in office i deciced that this is the item that i want to try at home.. Then i searched a lot on net for perfect (or so it sounded to...

Bread Rolls

Bread Rolls

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक कराBread roll is one of the simplest and yet tasties item one can have in snacks.. And yesterday when piyush visited us I thought this would be the best breakfast recipe...

Chimizh

Chimizh

I like to keep my gifts simple and practical but I notice that there are too many creative ideas floating around for gifts and sometimes I need a user manual before I can start using them.For example...

Pursuit of imperfection

Pursuit of imperfection

Dasara (dussera) is a special time at my cousin's place as my cousin and her daughter are very skilled and everything on display is made with their own hands. And some of them cannot be made in advance like the dolls she made with vegetables this year (Pictures - previous post) and are created on the day of the display.This year I took a friend along - she is from the North-east and is visiting Bangalore and I thought she might enjoy this new experience.Everything went well - we went, we saw, we admired; got our share of sundal and haldi, kumkum...

Pursuit of perfection

Pursuit of perfection

These are pictures of Golu or the display of dolls during Navaratri at my cousin's place.The theme this year is dress and everything on display has been made by my niece and my cousin.They have amazing...

Marleys and Munnis

Marleys and Munnis

You are in the commercial centre of the city for a film and while you are in the vicinity you decide to drop into the bookstore and also squeeze in some long pending shopping. On the way back you are...

Ella Dining Room and Bar

Ella Dining Room and Bar

1131 K St, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 443-3772I may be the lone voice of dissent on this restaurant, but here it goes...After all the hype, all I can say about Ella is that it failed to deliver &...

कोथिंबीर वडी (Corriander Tikki)

कोथिंबीर वडी (Corriander Tikki)

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक कराToday when Ajoy returned back, i wanted to cook something with kothimbir considering he loves kothimbir and here i cooked a mom's recipe.. It tastes awesome and very...

Gajar Halwa

Gajar Halwa

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक कराThis recipe is something very easy to cook and i had been cooking this very often lately.. mainly because it is delicious, it has lots of milk and carrot which is good...

Sol Kadhi

Sol Kadhi

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक कराThis is very famous item from konkani cuisine and it tastes awesome.. And above all its very digestive and also helps a lot in acidity.. You can drink it like it or...

Stuffed Tomato

Stuffed Tomato

मराठीमध्ये वाचण्यासाठी इथे क्लिक कराI was not sure how this will turn out when i decided to try this out.. Its kind of own recipe when i wanted to prepare something totally different with paneer. I had...

The way things are done

The way things are done

I grew up in a family in which the women especially indulged in some blind practices without ever questioning them; they just followed what was handed down to them from their mothers and mothers-in-law. Grandmothers were a powerful force in the families and one saw a docile mother implicitly obeying her - no questions. There could be disagreements at the personality level but when it came to traditions they were hand in glove.Some of them were pretty elaborate like those relating to birth, marriage and death. Some seemed more like habits of someone...