Mirch Masala

The holidays are here, the lights are up everywhere, beautiful holiday decorations adorn most front yards, candy-spiced, peppermint-spiced and gingerbread lattes are there in coffee shops ( those are one ...

I always thought chow chow was a funny name for a vegetable and it is the main reason why I liked anything made with this vegetable when I was a kid. Stupid reason, Yes, but it was easy for Amma to make me eat vegetables, not that I was a very fussy kid. ...

If you want a brunch that is not just French toast or eggs Benedict or scrambled eggs with bacon, then 5 Spot is the place to go. This is the brunch place we went to on the day of our 2nd wedding anniversary. ...

I am right now in a phase of extended post vacation laziness and i really really had to push myself to post this. Its been a week since we came back from our east coast trip and only by the weekend did i finally manage to finish all the laundry and stow away the luggage. ...

Mirch Masala is finally hosting an event!! Even though i have been blogging for over 2 yrs now, i haven't hosted even a single event here at Mirch Masala. There is no particular reason, it just didn't happen, that's all! ...

Great cookbook from food bloggers worldwide. Can be purchased at: https://www.createspace.com/3405882 The BloggerAid Cook Book is a collection of international recipes illustrating that we can work ...

You know how I love collecting cookbooks. During the last couple of months, i haven't bought many as the little space that has been allotted for my cookbooks is slowly filling up and till i find another ...

I somehow managed a trip to the South 47 farm here between Redmond and Kirkland before they closed for the season. Even though it is literally a hop skip and jump away from where i live, i have never been to the farm stand and bought veggies from there (Ive been there last year for the corn maze). ....

This is yet another recipe that I got from my mom-in-law when she was here. She gave me her recipe for mutton cutlets and I put my twist to it by adding/omitting some ingredients and made these yummy beef cutlets. ...

Chantanee has been on our list of “suggested by friends” and “well-heard of” restaurants that we have wanted to go for like ever but somehow never managed to and Im glad we finally made it! ...

AJ was working from home one of these days and since I already had some leftovers from the day before for my lunch, I thought i’ll make something nice and meaty for him. Ever since i got my stove ...