Pani Puri at a Mall in Noida, India You know what? When you have lot of work to do, meet some deadline, you want the most irrational things. I have a deadline of 15th Jan and here I am craving for some Pani Puri. If you have never tried it before, you have to try…
Category: Food
Video of a Lassi Shop from Amritsar by Hobo
I was looking at a video by Hobo and thought I would share it at my blog too. He takes a video at a more than 70 year old Lassi (an Indian cold drink made of curd) shop at Amritsar and I quite enjoyed it. To see the video head to Hobo’s blog now called…
Meeting Lakshmi and Nilesh
I met Lakshmi and Nilesh (see the first comment, he does not blog, yet!) yesterday in Bangalore. And it had a positive side effect on the mobile phone camera and the PC relationship, my mobile phone started talking to the PC yesterday after I came back. But more about this a little later. Lakshmi and…
The Story of Dal Bati Churma- Rajasthani Food
The Dal Bati Churma Thali Shop, Jaipur Rajasthan Before I say anything else, once upon a time I have studied for five years near Jaipur (my graduation and post graduation). But at that time I hardly explored Rajasthan. But the Rajasthani Thali (plate) of Dal Bati Churma was not new for me. We asked Gopi…
Coffee and Coffee Beans
Coffee Beans on the Coffee Plan, Picture taken in Coorg Let me make it clear first, I love tea. Coffee comes after it. But it was exciting to walk through coffee plantations in Coorg in December last year. The trip to Coorg was sponsored by Club Mahindra and I actually brought back two coffee beans…
There is Something about Garlic!
Freshly Cut Wild Garlic Stems at Langza, Spiti You either like Garlic or hate it. I have not met too many people who are ambivalent about it. I belong to the camp who love it. A few days back I was eating Pasta at our campus restaurant (the perks of being partially associated with a…
New Camera Phone, Nokia 6275
New Nokia 6275 I bought the Nokia 6275 for the 2 megapixel camera, without any research and too much thought. I was hankering after a camera in my cell phone because it is very inconvenient to drag a camera everywhere I go. And I just love to click pictures! I know there must be many…
Sea Buckthorn Drink- Spiti Magic, Spiti
Last year when we were trekking in Spiti we were introduced to this refreshing drink called Spiti Magic. When asked what is it made of, pat came the reply- Sea-Buckthorn! Now what was that? We were totally clueless but not for long. We were patiently explained that it is made of the same thing that Leh…
Maggi Omelet in a Trek, Cooked on Wood!
One of our Group Members Cooking Omelet and Maggi on Har Ki Doon Trek, as the Canteen Owners Look and Pose for Pictures I have to admit I am quite fond of Maggi even on an ordinary day (packaged noodles sold in India by Nestle. And as soon as you take the name of any…
Lunch Time at Bylakuppe Monastery!
I clicked this picture at Bylakuppe Monastery on my way back from Coorg. The meal seem to consist of rice and Dal. And sometimes (and only sometimes) when I pay Rs. 1000 for two large Pizza I wonder why should it cost so much! I do like eating out (or in this case home delivery)…