I see some fresh corn at the store at an even more refreshing price, 5 for $1 ! Now who can pass such a neat deal !! So I got home 5 lovely little beauties huddled in their green covers. And as if the weather God saw them tucked in my shopping bag, he sent down some rain the very next evening. Anybody who has been in India during the start of the rainy season can never forget the waft of corn on the cob being roasted on hot coals by the street side. And so, just as soon as the heavenly smell of wet sand rose in the air I went straight into the kitchen to roast the corn.
For rainy days and happy times !
A few dabs of olive oil/butter on the corn, sprinkle some salt and pepper,wrap it in a aluminum foil and they are ready to bake. These went into a preheated oven at 350Deg C for about 20 mins and then on broil for about 2 mins on each side. {Ok ok,,,enough of the "Why !!" look, I have an electric stove and so resorted to this method !!} I am not sure if this is the best way to roast it, but for that rainy day's craving, it was perfect :)Corn on the cob, or makka bhutta in Telugu, is a savory snack, just like most of the other snack time items we prefer.The corn in India, is not as sweet and tender as the ones here and the favored toppings are salt and lime on the coal-roasted corn. There is also a clear difference in taste between the corn roasted on the hot coals and the one done on the gas stove. Both unique and wonderful in their own way. The other way of eating corn that I preferred for years was the boiled corn. The salted water would just seep into the cob and you could suck the juice each time you bit into it for corn. Lovely !!
One for you , One for me :)
The first time I had corn on the cob here was when I went to watch the Labor day Fireworks. The first bite was disappointing, I was expecting a nice tangy lemon-salt taste but bit into a buttery sweet mess !! It was a horror to realize that corn could be cooked and eaten in this way :)) But well, tastes change and adapt and so... now, something is better than nothing prevails :) but I still do hate all that butter. The corn I had in hand was sweet too and so I opted for butter (or oil, its just for the seasonings to stick & very little is needed, so the taste really doesn't matter) salt n pepper. It was sooooo nice having corn and watching the rain outside...absolute blisss, Get some for yourself & get them soon !I am going to try other ways of roasting it, boiling these I think will only give me a mush, any suggestions ??
Here's a bowl of soul warming soup. This dish was part of a Indo-Chinese dinner that my room mate and I had put together. My roomie, actually ex-roomie now :(, makes the best vegetable manchuria. It had been ages since she made some and we pestered her into making some for us. So we decided to make it a complete Indo-Chinese meal that night with her making the signature manchuria's & vegetable stir fry and I made this soup and 
I loved this soup. Its what any dish should be, simple and delicious. The crunch from the carrots and cabbage is really nice and the whole corn kernels add to the texture. Its a nice little mouthful, especially when had with the chillies. The vinegar mellows the sharpness of the green chillies a little and they are a perfect compliment to the mild corn. Freshly ground pepper is a must in this soup, sweet corn and pepper go perfectly well together.
This one is not much of a recipe, but more of assembling things together. Hmmm...I could may be send this one to 
These were really tasty and I would definitely make them more often. 
Thats how spicy it is :)
Enjoy
When I had dulce de leche for the first time I was reminded of the taste of theratipaal or kalakhand, the flavor of milk reduced to more than 1/4th its volume. I was curious to see how it was made and did a google search. And the most common method seemed to be the most weird and craziest way ever. The can of condensed milk was to be punched with a hole and then immersed in water and set to boil for about 1-2hrs. I am not sure if I understood what they said. How can u pierce it and immerse it in water and still make sure it does not ooze out ! There was also a warning about chances of the cans exploding, now how much more crazier could it get. All that needed to be done according to me was cooking the condensed milk with indirect heat. I am not patient enough to set it on a double boiler and baby sit it for hours, so I choose the easier way out and used the oven instead. The result was an amazing caramel and I had to hold my self from eating it by the spoonfuls so I could save some for the ice cream :P. 
The ice cream was absolutely delicious, it tasted exactly like the store bought one, or infact 
These were really good and paired with the mango ice cream, it was fantastic. My friends and I just loved them. They really matched a cheese cake in flavor and the fruits inside were a neat little surprise. I filled each cup with a different combo of the three fruits. The roasted jack fruit was really yummy. It gave a nice bite to the otherwise smooth tart. The 
This was a dish that fell into place as I was going on. I had no idea what I was making until it was done and sitting on my plate. I started out with the intention of making a curry with Soy granules. It was a long time since I had eaten it and I suddenly had the cravings for them. I checked my kitchen closet, and dug out near 3/4th pack of it. Happy, I was :), So I went about getting the veggies ready. I diced some fresh carrots, capsicum, onions, all to match the size of the soy granules, and that meant tiny cubes(Why! Oh why !! It took me such a looooong time.) Once that was ready, I thought I was all set to get the curry started. I opened the pack of soy granules so I could soak them in water as the veggies got cooked. Surprise !! It had those teeny tiny insects in it .....eeks...it was way past its shelf life ! I threw out the whole pack and then cleaned the rest of the shelf. But after all that I was still hungry and had neatly diced, cute veggies with me. I had to come up with something using all of them and decided to make it into a curry that I could add rice to,hence making it complete meal on its own. The result of that experiment was this extremely delicious rice dish. It was so wonderful that I fell in love with it right from the first spoonful. This is a must try guys.
I had only recently discovered that coconut and garlic can be paired together and the act did not have to be termed 
The photos definitely don't do justice to this dish. I had made it for dinner and there was no sunlight, just the boring yellow light from the bulbs, I tried my best though ! I simply loved this rice dish. More so since I had no clue how it would all taste together. But I am really happy that I dint have soy granules, cos I would have missed out on this one. I would surely recommend it to all of you. Its a dish to wipe out all the odd leftover veggies in your fridge and though the list of ingredients seems long, its just throwing together stuff. So try it out and let me know how you liked it :)
Being a true Indian, whose heart starts to ache for Mangoes just as soon as the Sun peeps out in the summer, the flavor of the ice cream was decided ! I cannot find 
This has become my favorite dal recipe, and to think it is so simple to make ! After this recipe I have become a fan of the magical transformation a spoon of yogurt can lend to a dish, be it dal or a North Indian gravy dish. If you don't already do this, try it out today and turn your dish into a rich, creamy one without the need for any fattening heavy cream. Yogurt also tends to bring all the spices in the dish together giving you a smooth overall effect instead of a sharp individual feel. And not to forget, that it can also take care of that accidental, unintentional extra spoon of red chilli powder or garam masala in the dish ;-)