About

 

Writing stuff in the ‘About Me’ section is very hard. Even for someone who talks as much as I do. Especially if the person in question, in this case the author of this blog, that’s yours truly has a multi-faceted personality. Did I see you roll your eyes? Well, I did too, when I thought of these lines. Now that we’ve brushed the initial awkwardness of the situation under the carpet, lets get to the point. About me, that is.

I have a typical profile – I work for a software firm. I love to read books, and like many women my age, I love to hang out with friends, and love to shop [even if the entire shopping experience is done in 15 mins flat. There is no therapy like retail therapy, babeh!] and I’d like to think of myself as some sort of a geek, so don’t burst that bubble if you figure out I am not. [Did you not notice the header of my blog? Cool stuff, no? :-)] Also, unlike many people my age, I also love to spend time by myself, in my own space.

So I am some kind of an extroverted loner, if that word exists in the dictionary , that is.

And yes, if you are reading this page, you might have already noticed that I own this blog, which means, I also love to spend my time in the kitchen and dishing out some good meals for the husband, and for some obliging unsuspecting friends who take constant risks with their lives by setting foot into our house and asking me to cook something for them. :-P

I love my job and what I do on my desk, and totally love the company I work for. My job keeps me very busy , so busy that I do not have time to cook at all. Which is why I have a cook, who cooks my breakfast, lunch and dinner too. A food-blogger and has a cook at home, something fishy about this, right? Well, the cook is to take care of the stomach. And to ensure the husband doesn’t charge at me with some kind of a club in hand every evening when I am busy working. And what I do in the kitchen, the source of all of these recipes is to take care of the mind. My mind. My stress-buster. My outlet at the end of a tiring day.

To summarize, I set foot into the kitchen to keep myself excited. To answer the question that bothers all of us – What next?

The husband has a pretty cool name for it – he calls it The State of Perpetual Anticipation – SPA. [Go ahead, use this term if you like it. The idea is to get it into urban dictionary ;-)]

That’s what this is about. In fact, that’s what everything I do is all about. I like to keep myself guessing what I will do next. I like to plan what my next day will look like. My Kindle has lists of books that I will be reading, and more often than not, I am planning my next vacation when I am already on one. My OneNote page has a hundred must-try recipes, and at least ten work-projects that I would love to spend my time on. That’s what I do – ensure that I do not host a devil’s workshop up here, in my head.

Well, I digress. This blog was started when I pleasantly rediscovered my interest in the kitchen after years of neglecting it. Initially it was a way for me to keep track of my recipes, but if it helps others too, am not complaining.

It also happened to be the time when I met some awesome food bloggers online and in real life, who are more or less an inspiration to me. [Check them out on my Blogroll] Like they say, there are no coincidences in life, right?

I started with baking, and graduated to cooking themed meals. And now I’ve realized I enjoy cooking better. I can innovate, experiment and create some good meals without them turning into disasters. I do not follow instructions or measurements from the recipe the dish is inspired from. I just go with the flow. Which is why I cannot often reproduce the same dish twice. [And now I make quick notes on my phone as I am adding the ingredients, so that I can blog about them later :-)]

Baking requires anyone to follow instructions, quantities and think about a dozen other parameters. These days, I bake only when I need to – visiting a friend’s house, a friend’s birthday or having people over. And sometimes baking is a better stress-buster than cooking is.

All the recipes I post on this blog are personally tested by me on the guinea pig, the husband. Some of them are inspired by recipes I read online, and some of them are my own creations. In the former cases, I will always give credit to the original recipe, and I would very much like it that you give me credit too if you are to post one of my recipes in your blog. And I will be glad if you let me know when and if you do so, I would love to check it out. :-)

If you have any questions on any of the recipes, ask them in the comment box, which I'll answer there, which might help the future readers.

I am a vegetarian, and I do not eat eggs and I am as close to being a vegan as possible, which is why you’ll find only vegetarian and eggless recipes on my blog.

I shoot all the photographs on my blog, and I watermark them to assert that. Needless to say, the photographs are entirely my property and any unauthorized usage of the pics will be inviting my wrath.

I am a Mangalorean (Udupi/Shivalli, to be precise) living in Hyderabad

You can read more about me on my other blog – The Green Tea Evenings.

If you still have not had your fill of me, here are some links -

• Book reviews – Only Books, Goodreads Reviews
• Goodreads profile – Link
• Twitter profile – Link [Follow me there!]
• My mother tongue is Tulu, and at times I feel a need to belong…
• Flickr page – Link [Add me as a contact!]

Thanks for dropping by to check out the recipe, and being interested enough to actually know about the author. And drop a comment or two if you would to talk to me more.