Vegetarian In The Air: Ethiad #1

The veg platter at one of my Ethiad flights back home had something called the Cous Cous and some gravy stuff. It sucked. Like really bad. The salad was bearable given how bad the main course was. The custard type yello thing was amazing. Bread with butter and the custard like stuff was my on-flight…

Pineapple Barbeque: Mind=Blown

I love them on my pizzas, I like them on an uttappam, I tried them on a BBQ and boy it was delicious. Slightly smoked and spiced, they were amazing. Vegetable BBQ on the left, Pineapples only on the right. @Barbeque Nation, Panchkula

Potato Salad

The Cosmos Pizza place on my campus is a one of the most economical restaurants. It’s got a good variety of food which isn’t prepared in the best of ways but it suffices. Having tried most of the decent vegetarian options before leaving for India I wanted to have something new. I ordered the Potato…

The Pineapple Cheese Uttapam

For the record, Pineapples are NOT my favorite fruit. I like them on my Pizza and sometimes on my Uttapam. A South Indian dish very close to a dosa but thicker, much thicker, an Uttapam can have vegetables stuffed or as I chose, pineapples. Made of rice and served with deliciously thick Sambhar. The Pineapple…

Banana Bread: Quick fix snack

This is something my mom makes. I am not a big fan of Bananas (milk shake’s cool though) and this sandwich was my only banana intake. The key ingredient for this is a namkeen called cornflakes mixture. It is readily available at Indian stores in the US and back in India too. Having recieved a…

There is no Indian food

There is no such thing as “Indian food.” It’s a fabrication of the West. Each state has its own regional cuisines […] Sadly, what most of the world knows today as Indian food is bastardized, trivialized — tandoori chicken, black dal, everything deep-fried. And it’s just a shame that many Americans will only experience it…

Veg Thai @ Appethaizing

Thai, Chinese, Japanese… for a vegetarian they’re all the same. A good friend ordered Green curry (wasn’t spicy but had flavor) and rice with Pad thai noodles and the whole thing was pretty good. I like yogurt (curd) and love paneer but this tofu thing is pretty weird, feels like yogurt, is more like paneer. Not…

The perfect vegetarian À la carte home cooked

She invited us to dinner once and then she had to again; we made her invite us again. The spread had more vegetarian options since non-vegetarians can eat veg food but not the other way (I have to address this issue in another post too). Bhindi (Okra) was the new item on th menu. (It’s the…

Pizza Bagel

Cosmos at Marshall Street is one of those cliched retaurants you see in Hollywood movies. It is cost effective and has a lot of options. For a vegetarian though, they’re limited. I usually prefer the Fries with Cheese sauce and a Veggie Melt sandwich (without Mushrooms and Broccoli). But having had that one too many…