By Reena Shimoga
Home Chef, Traveller, Reader, Blogger, Visual Storyteller and YouTuber, Reena was born and brought up in India. She moved to Canada in the year 2000 and now lives in Ontario with her husband and two children. She has a Masters in Social Work, but has many years of experience working in the area of Human Resources.She loves cooking and all of the recipes posted here are tried and tested in her own kitchen and shared with friends and families around the world.
Chia (Salvia Hispanica) is a member of the mint family. This plant has been in existence from 3500 BC. The Aztec and Mayan people were the first to cultivate this plant. In Manyan language, chia means strength. This tiny, potent …
Dalgona coffee has become a instagram trend during the COVID year of 2020. My children showed it to me and I went back in time to my own university days in India. We used to call it “pheti hui coffee” …
Any vegetarian feast (called sadhya in Malayalam) in Kerala is incomplete without Avial on the menu. It is a pure vegetarian dish. You can prepare this dish by using vegetables that cook slowly (for example; plantains, yam, green bananas, green …
We lived in Edmonton, Alberta a few years ago. Over there we would frequently visit a local family owned Thai restaurant. There, one of our favourite dishes was the shrimp & green beans stir-fry. It’s really a simple dish to …
Reena Shimoga I recently attended a wellness course from Yale University called “the science of well-being”. One of the learnings of this course was to inculcate and form new habits by trying out new things. This creates a certain sense …
India is a diverse country. So, the food choices of Indians are quite diverse too! However, the staple food for most Indians is wheat and rice. Not a single Indian feast is complete without one dish of either wheat or …
‘Shrikhand’ is a sweet dish made with yogurt. It is very popular in the states of Gujarat and Maharashtra. This dish often served for festivals, weddings and special occasions. It goes very well with deep fried whole wheat bread called …
My daughter and I recently came up with this recipe when she had taken part in a mocktail challenge at work. This is a super cool drink and we used freshly squeezed water melon juice, lime juice and sparkling soda. …
Giloda is part of the gourd family of vegetables and is known as the ivy gourd or gherkins. It looks like a mini version of cucumber. You can find this vegetable in many parts of India. The vegetable has several …
Medu vada is a very popular South Indian snack recipe. It is usually served for breakfast in the southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It is served with sambar and a coconut chutney on the side and sometimes even along with idlis. These vadas are shaped pretty much like doughnuts but that it is where the similarity ends. Unlike doughnuts, this is a savoury dish.