tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71860341871960528492011-12-23T00:12:40.004-08:00Our global kitchenA collection of recipes from Old and New World! Some traditional recipes are getting extinct like languages or traditional knowledge in the changing World...This is an archive of recipes that our grandmothers and mothers used to cook in those days as well as recipes of modern global village!Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.comBlogger441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-8364563627632990802011-09-21T18:44:00.001-07:002011-09-21T18:54:45.035-07:00Pritha's cookingMy friend Pritha is a great cook! She made this fantastic meal for us with more than five main dishes ain such a short time... I was mazed to see how much she was able to do with her job which requires more than an hour of driving each way! She used to teach Indian cooking in a community college in New Mexico befoer her current job! I am now hoping to get her recipes so that we call can have themKaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-28795710424810630962010-08-08T11:38:00.001-07:002010-08-08T11:38:28.885-07:00One summer morning at Arches National Park and in Moab UtahBefore we went to Arches National Park, I tried getting a camp site reserved (three weeks in advance) but was not successful! Unlike other popular National Parks in the Southwest, Arches only has one camp ground with 50 sites which gets filled up quite fast! And I had no luck even when I called that evening for any last minute cancellation... So we reached Moab town and decided to camp in the BLMKaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-72741273614046283102010-08-07T13:31:00.001-07:002010-08-07T13:31:49.062-07:00Central Coast of OregonTwo summers ago we were in Oregon driving along the coast of Central Oregon stopped at Florence, Oregon. Kids did some swimming and playing in the Cool Pacific Ocean water while we did some birding. Posted via email from Kaberi's stream of (un)consciousness Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-37335802863690088322010-08-01T17:46:00.001-07:002010-08-01T17:46:46.080-07:00Shaver Lake with Kumari and the kids Posted via email from Kaberi's stream of (un)consciousness Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-26524185161417110992010-07-29T08:12:00.001-07:002010-07-29T08:12:32.988-07:00vegetables from the yardThis year's produce from the garden... some of them were affected by low TLC while I was gone. But a big thank to my friends and neighbors for keeping the plants alive in the 40C temperature in Fresno! See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from Kaberi's stream of (un)consciousness Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-89938176942464249942010-07-26T09:54:00.001-07:002010-07-26T09:54:44.096-07:00Sunflowers in the front yard Posted via email from Kaberi's stream of (un)consciousness Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-66677196001985177592010-07-25T15:20:00.001-07:002010-07-25T15:20:13.316-07:00India- Nepal Heritage Camp at the Snow Mountain Ranch in the Rockie Mountains See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from Kaberi's stream of (un)consciousness Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-76684440861260090972010-07-23T15:13:00.001-07:002010-07-23T15:13:38.507-07:00Photos from Cedar City, Utah: First stop at our friend Mini Menon's place Utah Shakespeare Festival at The Southern Utah University Outside the outdoor theater inside the indoor theater Outside amphitheater where they perform outside the east gate empty benches with sculptures The middle one is from Romeo and Juliet stageDSCN0618 another photo of the stage seats looked great! In the balcony DSCN0625 Oneof the oldest building on Campus: Old Main Nilavi ran Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-85063991262857039852010-07-21T17:27:00.001-07:002010-07-21T17:27:10.795-07:00Arches and Bryce NP See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from Kaberi's stream of (un)consciousness Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-45428766639943836492010-06-28T12:36:00.001-07:002010-06-28T12:36:28.243-07:00refinishing furnitures - it takes a village Recently I did refinish some of the old furnitures that I got. It all started with the 4 midcentury modern Scandia Chairs that I bought from a neighborhood consignment store for $25. I have been thinking of refinishing them and was wondering how to do it. Finally, our friend Andrew Rhys Jones said he knows how to work on old furnitures and can help me during the summer vacation. Andrew did Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-6659150287150290632010-06-27T13:30:00.001-07:002010-06-27T13:30:36.198-07:00Slender loris from KMTR shot by U. Saravana Kumar This one was one of my female study animal. Sara (Saravana Kumar) came to visit me in field for a few days to take some good pics of my study animals. This was a young female. There was no cut markings in the pinnae of ears and no other facial cuts and marks. The nose looks pretty white and ears are yellow. As they get old their bear skins get darker. I looked at the image closely this morning Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-34364888081522919472010-06-19T18:08:00.001-07:002010-06-19T18:08:37.787-07:00Our friend Andrew refinishing $5 table Posted via web from Kaberi's stream of (un)consciousness Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-46505239490372648762010-06-07T19:57:00.001-07:002010-06-07T19:57:26.197-07:00Back yard vegetable garden Posted via web from Kaberi's stream of (un)consciousness Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-42473218630923119632010-05-08T20:17:00.001-07:002010-05-08T20:17:21.708-07:00Rube Goldberg inspired machine. Posted via web from Kaberi's stream of (un)consciousness Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-86982649254611971492010-03-03T19:30:00.001-08:002010-03-03T19:30:25.079-08:00Sanzari's first TV interview at Fresno's NBC Chanel (KSEE 24)
She was interviewed at the local NBC Chanel's 4pm news today for the painted violin project with the Executive Director Julia Copeland of Fresno Youth Orchestra. Thanks Julia for inviting her. Sanzari was quite excited and nervous about the whole thing. This was first time we went inside the studio. News Anchor Stephanie Booroojian interviewed them. Here are some pictures See Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-27988572435235603902010-02-23T11:11:00.001-08:002010-02-23T11:11:10.280-08:00more spring flowers
See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from Kaberi's stream of (un)consciousness Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-69111870588563471322010-02-23T11:09:00.001-08:002010-02-23T11:09:31.584-08:00More spring flowers in the 'hood
See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from Kaberi's stream of (un)consciousness Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-42776698829183156182010-02-23T07:43:00.001-08:002010-02-23T07:43:14.292-08:00Spring flowers in the rain
This year spring flowers are blooming earlier than last couple of years. Intermittent warm weather fooled the plants. As a result we have nice flowers every where but hardly any sunny spring days to capture this spring beauties! More importantly what is happening to the fruits like peaches and cherries.... are the flowers going to get ppollinated early are are they going to get desroued by the Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-19813156578905147172010-02-04T01:20:00.001-08:002010-02-04T01:20:53.440-08:00Sanzari's Painted Violin project
first coat of colours colours some painting done on the front and now putting jewels on the side what should I do next? Painting in the front "Peace on Earth" is the title. front is done now with auntie Jami This is what the back looks like... day and night Posted via email from Kaberi's stream of (un)consciousness Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-77669560728537305602010-01-28T14:22:00.001-08:002010-01-28T14:22:54.584-08:00Eggplant
See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via web from Kaberi's stream of (un)consciousness Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-81401710881191120572010-01-03T09:36:00.001-08:002010-01-03T09:36:18.791-08:00Chile rellenos
I have been meaning to cook chile rellenos for a while especially since I had the best one in my friend Alma's house last time almost a year ago. I thought of experimenting with different kind of chiles and different stuffings since relleno in Spanish means stuffing. My another favorite chile rellenos is from Restaurant Mexico in Tempe Arizona just outside ASU campus. They stuff their chiles Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-66274939510020235512009-12-31T16:58:00.001-08:002009-12-31T16:58:21.071-08:00Rasogolla!
Making rasogollas sounds really easy if you just look at the recipe that I have received from my friend Shagufta. And I have made it several times in the past... although I have not made it in 4 years! I had somewhat forgotten how tricky it is to make the perfect rossogolla! Well, if you wonder what a rasogolla or rasgulla is... let me explain here. Rasogolla's actual translation would be cheeseKaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-9914153785307468122009-12-31T15:48:00.001-08:002009-12-31T15:48:15.476-08:00Happy New Year!
Posted via email from Kaberi's stream of (un)consciousness Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-70624373844848471382009-12-28T10:14:00.001-08:002009-12-28T10:14:36.523-08:00Steamed persimmon pudding persimmon pudding, originally uploaded by lorises.I have been trying to get hold of a good persimmon pudding for a while. Persimmons are so abundant in the central valley of California in the winter and they are perhaps one of the best seasonal fruits apart from mango and jackfruits! Well, here comes by asian bias...:-). Finally, I got a recipe from my friend Kathryn Whitehouse who actually gotKaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-76743452263183982352009-11-29T09:48:00.000-08:002009-11-29T09:48:45.720-08:00Stuffed Eggplant/brinjal/aubergineKaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-66333800944977435832009-10-02T10:48:00.001-07:002009-10-04T21:49:08.264-07:00Vegetable biriyani in Tamil Nadu Style
Vegetable biriyani in Tamil Nadu Style, originally uploaded by lorises.This vegetable biriyani is one of the quick ones where you put all the spices together and let the vegetables cooked with the rice. You can also do the whole thing in pressure cooker but the vegetables need to be added later... . I generally pressure cook chicken/mutton/beef biriyani. Otherwise just cook in the rice cooker orKaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-62756091698093417622009-09-28T09:58:00.001-07:002009-09-28T10:27:00.022-07:00Ghugni - a chat/snack from the street of Eastern IndiaGhugni - a chat/snack from the street of Eastern India, originally uploaded by lorises.Here is the recipe for this yummilacious snack that we always wanted to get from the street vendors! I still remember our local vendor Jaydev-da who had a cart full of delicious snack like ghugni, aloo dam, dhoka and all sorts of chops (fritters) and come to our school every dat at tiffin time ( I guess it is Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-70558672683829320742009-09-24T12:27:00.001-07:002009-09-24T19:01:21.601-07:00Misti Doi (Sweet Yogurt - Indian style)I have been meaning to make sweet yogurt (misti doi) that is part of bengali culture in some ways for a long time! I had done it in the past but at that time i had matka (unsealed clay pot) for making doi! I had got it from India! However, since that was broke in one of our moves across US, I have not got a new one! Now that i am making plain yogurt at home regularly, i thought of making it againKaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-2408785310877044032009-09-22T18:32:00.000-07:002009-09-22T18:55:36.264-07:00Indian Masala Dabba (spice box)Masala Dabba (spice box) is essential part of an Indian kitchen in any part of South Asia! Spice type and combination may vary between regions, state, family and local areas but the box stays the same! In southern India, the regular essential spices will be cumin, mustard, urad dal, and some sambar masala or ingredients of sambar/rasam powder. In Western India (Maharastra) sambar masala will be Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-47033748001613262192009-09-21T23:41:00.001-07:002009-09-24T12:21:05.750-07:00Here is what I cooked for dinner:-)In stead of cooking meat, I decided to cook small round new potatoes with some of the spices tonight! I have been eating less meat these days... more I think and read about the meat and meant industry (not to mention the environmental damage to natural habitat) and all the chemicals in terms of hormones go in the meat production, I would like to less meat! But that does not mean I am a Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-21260957422844881912009-09-07T16:50:00.001-07:002009-09-10T14:23:38.142-07:00dinner sample...Here are some regional variation in Indian vegetarian cooking! I cooked Shukto which is mixed vegetable dish with bitter gourd or any other bitter vegetables or leaves in it, Split pea lentil soup (matar dal) with asian white daikon. Both are from Bengal and the third one is green beans sauted with spices and coconut. this recipe is from North Karnataka!Shukto:It taste bitter because of the Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-50555781656033149322009-08-25T17:54:00.001-07:002009-08-25T17:58:13.635-07:00An afternoon snack from the street corners in Bombay!An afternoon snack from the street corners in Bombay!, originally uploaded by lorises.I guess the English translation would be potato fritters and gralic-coconut chutney! Another of the street food from Bombay! Madhu made that couple of days ago... Batata vada is his own recipe taste exactly like eating from a street corner some where in Bombay! Garlic and dry coconut chutney is his mother's Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-51312089541455162252009-06-24T06:06:00.001-07:002009-06-24T10:06:35.463-07:00White Asian Daikon/radish/muli sauted in spices White Asian Daikon/radish/muli sauted in spices, originally uploaded by lorises.Daikon or radish is not a very popular vegetable in India. In North India, they are more common for Muli paratha or stuffed flat bread. In Bengal, daikon is either used in mixed vegetables dishes or cooked on its own with aromatic spice and vada made with masoor dal (red lentil) or with vadi (sun dried lentil drop). Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-90670939688117857432009-06-23T15:39:00.001-07:002009-06-23T15:57:32.625-07:00GREEN TOMATO CURRYThis is dish that my sister-in-law Vaijayanta made for me last time when Iwas in Bombay. This dish has influence of bith Maharastra and North Karnataka. My in-laws are from North Karnataka (from Bijapur http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijapur,_Karnataka)and lived mostly in and around Bombay for many years. Vaijoo as we all call her is also married to maharashtrian from Satara district (http://Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-41955435072354594202009-06-21T06:42:00.001-07:002009-06-21T06:53:43.324-07:00Homemade Panipuris/Golgappas for dinnerHomemade Panipuris/Golgappas for dinner, originally uploaded by lorises.This is perhaps the most popular Indian street snack in North, East and West India including Pakistan and Bangladesh. You can get them on the road side where vendors stand in one corner with their little stand which contains all those puris in a box, a big clay pot with the tamarind and spice water and potato mixture! It is Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-8303213981110489312009-06-21T06:18:00.000-07:002009-06-21T06:18:37.230-07:00Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-91667354728011132682009-05-19T12:18:00.000-07:002009-05-19T12:18:52.006-07:00Chicken AchariKaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-38394205302199722672009-05-05T19:01:00.000-07:002009-05-05T19:04:31.363-07:00Kitfo Recipe is coming....Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-50078774827723703452009-03-25T13:33:00.001-07:002009-03-25T20:27:27.820-07:00Kerala Fish Curry....Kerala Fish Curry...., originally uploaded by lorises.Here is a fish curry that has gone through some cultural changes... My friend Robin whose parents are originally from Kerala but he grew up mostly in Bharatpur in Rajasthan and now work in the forests of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and more recently in the US. Therefore Robin's cooking skill has evolved like his taste buds! He has made this mazing Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-87367597321900295612009-03-24T03:53:00.000-07:002009-03-24T09:13:46.583-07:00Payash (Rice pudding).... In eastern India winter is time to eat lost of home made sweet... Rasogollas and rasamalai do not count as home made and they are available throughout the year in the corner sweet shop at your neighbourhood! So it is time for making lots of different kinds of rice based sweets such as puli pithas and patisapta and payasah. New paddy gets harvested during this time of the year along with the Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-8453625998675251392009-02-28T09:06:00.000-08:002009-03-25T14:41:38.567-07:00Pav bhaji ... an Indian street foodPav bhaji ... an Indian street food, originally uploaded by lorises.Well, pav bahaji is probably not going to disappear from the indian street vendors soon....yet I some time worry what will happen to the locally grown street food or fast food industries in India...Will multinational corporations gobble them up too?Recipe here....cauliflower - half of the flower headCarrots- 2-3mid size golden Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-64667575590087633432009-02-26T20:47:00.000-08:002009-02-27T00:13:37.438-08:00North African style Vegetarian couscous This is a couscous recipe modified from Mark Bittman's book of international recipes. Here I used two cups of couscous boiled or steamed and all the ingredients that were available at the time of cooking. I made it mildly hot for my kids.Vegetables: One pack of frozen artichoke hearts from Trader Joe'sTomatoes: 1 choppedRed Onion: 2 tbspLeek: 1/4 cupgarlic 4 clovesginger: 1/2 tspgreen chilies: Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-10334827892319070432009-02-26T16:39:00.001-08:002009-02-26T20:39:56.182-08:00Chapli kabab with buffalo meatChapli kabab with buffalo meat, originally uploaded by lorises.Eating buffalo (American Bison) meat is an acquired taste. You need to get used to the strong meatiness that comes with it. But if you are used to eating beef then it is ok... According to Amearican Heart Association, it is better than eating beef since they are much more lean than the stall fed cows. My friend Chandra commented on Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186034187196052849.post-83214599881293206552009-02-24T15:10:00.001-08:002009-02-24T15:10:25.955-08:00Mustard fish curry any one? Recipe is here....Mustard fish curry any one? Recipe is here...., originally uploaded by lorises.Mustard fish curry any one? Recipe is here....I cooked fish curry in mustard paste other day after a long time! Accompanied vegetarian dishes are masoor dal (red lentil), dhonka'r dalna (split pea lentil cake in a curry) and brussels's sprout with bengali five spice mix.Mustard fish curry recipe:Any kind of freshwater Kaberihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125227656153971072noreply@blogger.com0