Tom Kha Gai-A Most Delicous Soup

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 5/4/2013 5:37:04 PM

'Shri and I had a MOST unusual evening out some time ago – just the two of us ! The girls were away for a few days, and we managed one dinner at a restaturant neither of us had been … Continue reading →'

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See who’s been cookin’ this morning ! – Gobhi Tamatar, by Indira

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 3/29/2013 5:23:44 AM

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Oats & Whole Wheat Bread

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 3/16/2013 6:58:57 PM

'After Indira had eaten a slice of this bread tonight, she said, “I can’t imagine why I didn’t like it when you made it before”. She was saying that because I’d told them earlier today that when I made it … Continue reading →'

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Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 3/10/2013 12:32:32 PM

'and thereby hangs a tale… Suffice to say that this cake brings back so many memories of of those years in Pilani. Even so, it is still a surprise to me to see on FB – from all the discussions … Continue reading →'

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Music to fall asleep to

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 1/13/2013 6:10:24 PM

'I’ve made sporadic attempts over the years to introduce Indian classical music to the girls. They’ve sometimes liked some of it, but never evinced any interest afterwards in listening to any particular piece again, as far as I can remember. … Continue reading →'

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Wood Apple Chutney

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 1/12/2013 12:59:33 PM

'After some of our colleagues brought back wood apple they picked during their post-lunch walk around the campus, there was an animated discussion for a while about the different ways of cracking open the shell of the fruit to take … Continue reading →'

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“uuum, it’s delicious !!” Pasta, in a Broccoli and Cream Sauce

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 12/10/2012 3:40:22 PM

'It seems that exciting new possibilities may emerge at work; after that already pleasing start to my week, the day seemed to go even better as I managed to leave work – unusually so, given the consecutive late evenings of … Continue reading →'

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A great fInd – Antonio Carluccio’s recipe for Spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 10/7/2012 12:24:17 PM

'Browsing through the Google news page just now, an article I decided to read in The Independent  led serendipitously to this other article – about famed Italian chef Antonio Carluccio – that has this recipe too. This is one of … Continue reading →'

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The baby’s growing up…

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 9/19/2012 12:53:22 PM

'I’ve tried not to “baby” Noor. It’s not my way with kids,in any case, but more so because I never wanted Indira to feel that I favored Noor over her in any way because Noor is younger- which is a … Continue reading →'

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Little pleasures @work

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 9/19/2012 11:26:30 AM

'Sometimes, when I need to clear my head during a busy/stressful day, it is such a great feeling to be able to step away from my desk, down the stairs and in to the pretty, lovingly tended garden that surrounds … Continue reading →'

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a droll moment with Nani and Noor

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 9/19/2012 10:36:19 AM

'Last week, as Indira studied one afternoon with me for her mid-terms, Nani was teaching Noor Hindi. After a while, I heard this exchange – Nani – “Kissan ka matlab? Noor – “Jam”. Noor of course replied in all seriousness, … Continue reading →'

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Music to remember and listen to often

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 6/28/2012 4:13:24 PM

'That – the listen to often part – part is easier said than done, since I am not one of those people who can work and listen to music at the same time, as some colleagues do where I work … Continue reading →'

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Now there’s a nice word !

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 6/10/2012 5:33:48 PM

'Some days ago,  I played a few rounds of the game “Hangman” with them. Noor constructed a word that I’ll remember for a very long time. After I’d guessed the 2 letters that made up the last 4 of the … Continue reading →'

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Brownie Heaven

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 4/30/2012 5:18:53 PM

'The aroma of these brownies wafted out from the oven tonight as they baked while we ate, causing much anticipation in Indira and Noor. And as it turned out, the brownies – my first-ever attempt at making this dessert at … Continue reading →'

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Strawberry Muffins

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 4/4/2012 12:03:36 PM

'One of the fruits the girls miss eating, since we’ve moved back from France, is blueberries. Not the fresh kind, in Indira’s case, but the muffins, which were always a favorite with her. Then, sometime ago, it occurred to me … Continue reading →'

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Look Ma, no wheels-Part Two

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 3/11/2012 6:38:41 PM

'When I wrote here, almost exactly two years ago, that Noor was starting to ride a cycle without the training wheels, little did I imagine that it would be two more years before she’d do that again. For in all … Continue reading →'

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A moment of clarity at the airport

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 2/24/2012 4:01:09 PM

'This week, I traveled to Ernakulam again for the program at the furniture cluster. The flight to Bangalore from Pune was over ninety minutes late so I got to do some people watching while I waited. Well actually it was … Continue reading →'

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“Don’t leave before you leave”

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 1/28/2012 7:39:22 PM

'That is about the soundest, crisp-est piece of advice I’ve seen for working women. And how I wish sometimes that I’d had someone holding my hand and telling me this when I did pretty much the opposite many years ago. … Continue reading →'

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Pineapple, Paneer and Pomegranate Toss-Up

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 1/20/2012 3:58:42 PM

'Most of the event-related dinners for our training programs at work are hosted at the Taj Blue Diamond and going there always reminds me  of our courtship days, when Shri and I went often to their coffee shop because it … Continue reading →'

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Notes from a three hour stop-over at Hyderabad Airport…

Author : chandna      Blog : Tales From Our Table      Date : 1/12/2012 5:00:19 PM

'Travel broadens your mind, they say. Well, in recent times it’s surely opened my eyes to the fact that much as I’ve always loved the different south-Indian cuisines, and always said that I could eat the food of those parts … Continue reading →'

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