Paneer Masala

Talk of desi food with friend and family since yesterday made me crave it so I went into the kitchen, dug into my refrigerator and ended up with this. Oil, jeera, ginger garlic paste, tomato paste, Italian tomato sauce, onions, and cottage cheese/paneer… In addition to salt, pepper, red chili powder, and some Indian spices…

NASA’s menu for Mars is vegetarian

Cooper’s team of three has come up with about 100 recipes, all vegetarian because the astronauts will not have dairy or meat products available. It isn’t possible to preserve those products long enough to take to Mars — and bringing a cow on the mission is not an option The pizza above is a Thai…

Ruby Tuesday’s Garlic Cheese biscuits

I’ve been to Ruby Tuesday in Syracuse twice. I had these the first time and completely forgot what these were, the second time I went, yesterday, we had these again. Offered as a complimentary dish, these garlic cheese biscuits are definitely very interesting. They feel dry at times and quire salty at times. Soft from…

Cheese Tortellini Bake @ Pastabilities

Pastabilities is a fancy Italian restaurant and it’s a pretty good one here in Syracuse. My third visit I tried a Mascarpone cheese based dish which sounded delicious and it was. Slightly smoked as the description said with the marinara sauce it was nice. However, I got bored and didn’t finish it. A combination of…

Lasagna Rollata al Forno @ Olive Garden

This cheese based dish has a variety of cheese enough to satiate any cheese craving, comes with a cheese based marinara sauce. Delicious, filling and I love slightly crisp top.  Olive Garden doesn’t disappoint.

Breakfast Spread at IHop

At 7 in the morning after an all-night movie marathon heading to class without breakfast didn’t seem exciting. Being Pancake lovers we decided to head to IHOP. Their pancake batter doesn’t have eggs and that was a good start to my day. Going through their menu I couldn’t fond anything else I could eat. So,…

Chole Chaat

Technically I cheated in this by using Haldiram’s sev mix and adding canned garbanzo beans. The interesting touch, however, was adding plain yogurt to it—my friend’s idea—genius!

Denny’s Caramel Apple Crisp

After my last disaster with deserts, I was goad to know that the apple crisp had no egg. And it was delicious. Must try.

My New Favorite: Blue Sky Natural Soda

No high fructose corn syrupNo sodiumNo caffeine And no some other not good stuff. My friends and mom have been after me to cut or even quit drinking soda (I’m a Ginger Ale fan), I think I might start getting this as an alternative. PS: I had the Grapefruit flavor.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s lunch menu

via ndtv.com The president is currently visiting India.  Considering Pakistani food is very much like North Indian food (some stuff’s prepared differently), the menu is made for the President and his troupe. It’s definitely not a “let’s give him a taste of India” menu. Dosas are South Indian dish but they’re so good that they’re…