Salsa

 The word Salsa conjures metaphors like action ,emotion, freedom and energy. Just like the dance form,this recipe is a frenetic rendezvous of flavors in your mouth. Well the american football season has begun and chips with salsa is a staple in my house for the whole season. My husband loves it and i have had many permutation combination to the basic recipe. I share the simplest salsa here, which you can come up in a jiffy.

Orzo with feta and olives

We are variety seekers when it comes to food.  Orzo was a pleasant discovery two years back surfing the aisles in a superstore. Its is a rice shaped pasta with varied uses. 

This particular recipe is a warm salad and a light meal in one.

Bruschetta

Bruschetta [read as brus-ketta] is a hearty snack from central Italy. Its basically a crusty grilled bread, rubbed with garlic and sprinkled with salt and pepper. Variations include toppings running as wild as your imagination. I present to you  the classic vegetarian version topped with fresh tomato, basil and garlic in light balsamic. 

This international snack has a very wide appeal, I was pleasantly surprised when my mother in law urged me to  make these almost every week when she was here visiting us..the tart sweet aged taste really grew on her. The recipe was an super duper hit. 

Quick ,easy, delicious !!

Paneer Skewers

As "s u r r e a l" as it gets, this recipe is yet another all time favorite appetiser. Done the tandoori style, these skewers are mysteriously earthy smoky tangy and charred !!  The aromas from this dish envelopes and sends you on a reminiscent trip back to India where in the heart of winters we all savoured some amazing hot and fresh delicacies out of a "r e a l" tandoor or clay oven.

Arbi Masala

We are all self proclaimed cooks in our family.This finger foods recipe is authored by my father in law and hopefully i did full justice to it by not frying but broiling instead :)

Arbi aka taro, colocasia, arvi, ghuiya-  is a root vegetable. I had nightmares cooking it yrs back myself , but this ugly looking  hairy  knotty root that you see in most international stores is truly underrated and outshined by the likes of potatoes and yams. This is one diamond in the rough which u have to lay your hands on and then you'd be hooked to it forever.