22 Best Coffee Shops in the World Worth Going Out of Your Way For
Over 20 of the best coffee shops to visit across the world on your travels. Must visit coffee shops in different cities and countries.
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Chicken Liver (Giblet) Stuffing
The traditional East Indian stuffing for Christmas meals consist of a chicken liver and bread pudding that’s stuffed into the chickens’ cavity before roasting. Here’s how to make this delicious homemade liver stuffing that’s sometimes called a giblet stuffing.
Kulkuls Recipe: The East Indian Christmas Sweet With Portuguese Roots
Kul-Kuls are a traditional East Indian sweet made around Christmas time! This sugary shell shaped treat made by most Indian Christian households is a great option for a sweet exchange with family and friends!
Things to Do in Goa: Popular Attractions and Hidden Spots for First-Time Visitors
if you’re still planning to visit Goa, here are some Goan destinations that you must visit. Top attractions in Goa, India that are visited more than the others.
Foogias: East Indian Balloon Bread
Foogias are one of the many traditional East Indian varieties of bread. These golden-fried little balls of dough are soft as heaven and disappear as quickly as they’re placed on the table. Foogias are eaten with dinner or lunch and go especially well with moile, khudi, or sorpotel.
Ajwain Puris: Deepfried Indian Caraway Flatbreads
Puris are an Indian flatbread made by deep-frying dough in oil. They can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, or even as a snack. Adding ajwain gives them a hearty and warm twist!
Pickled Garlic Recipe (Lasoon Sirka) – Why It Turns Green and How to Stop It
Sirke wala lasoon is an easy to make pickled garlic recipe that uses only a few ingredients – garlic, chillis, vinegar, sugar, salt, and water. Call it pickled garlic cloves or jade garlic or laba garlic, it is delicious.
Sirke Wala Pyaaz – Indian Pickled Onions Recipe
The popular sirke wala pyaaz is an easy to make Indian pickled onions recipe that uses only a few ingredients – onions, chillis, vinegar, sugar, salt, and water. Here’s how to make pyaaz sirka easily.
Why add Turmeric to Rice while Cooking?
Rice is a staple food all over India. It is eaten as a main dish, with a variety of dals, curries, and is even used in a few sweet dishes. Who doesn’t like …
Barik Methi Foogath – Fenugreek Sprouts Stir Fry
Methi Foogath is an easy-to-make recipe of stir-fried fenugreek leaves with onions and spices. A quick healthy and earthy side dish to go with any mains.
Mango Pickle – Mumbai East Indian Recipe
If you love Indian food, mangoes will become an indispensable part of your diet. Other than as a dessert, mangoes find prominent use in curries and pickles. One popular one, this traditional East Indian Mango pickle is sweet and mouth-watering. Easily and quickly cooked, it can be stored for months.
Chicken Gizzard Chilly Fry – Potha/Stomach Stir Fry
Chicken Gizzard Chilly fry is a healthy offal dish made of chicken stomachs that can be served as an appetizer with toast, or for lunch or dinner with chapati or chitiaps.
Eggless Indian Custard Powder Cookies (Shortbread)
These eggless custard powder cookies are some of the best Indian cookie recipes using custard powder! Using just a handful of ingredients, these vanilla custard shortbread cookies are easy to make quickly; and become the perfect tea time snack!
What to Eat in Switzerland
Switzerland is more than alpine scenery and towering mountains. Want to know what to eat in Switzerland on a visit? Here are some top choices.
21 Top things to do in Switzerland
Soaring alpine peaks overhanging quaint village towns; chocolates to delight the senses; fondues and raclettes, and Emmentaler cheese; the serene Swiss National Park and the wooded shores of Lake Geneva; these are just some of the reasons to visit Switzerland. If you’re planning a trip to this amazing Alpine country, here are some of the best things to do in Switzerland.
Tasty Fried Baiki – Indian Basa Fry Recipe
The baiki fish or fried Indian Basa fish has a delicious fatty and sweet taste that is just yum! Serve with dal and rice or pav and some pickled onions you have the perfect meal.
What to Eat in Rome
What traditional foods do Romans eat? And what should you eat in Rome on your next trip? What on Italy’s must-try food list? Here are the top 10 foods in Rome to eat!
Why Visit Switzerland?
Why visit Switzerland? What makes Switzerland so special? What are the things we love about Switzerland? Here are the top reasons to visit Switzerland!
Famous Must Try Latin American Food List
Latin American food is as sensual and mind-blowing as Latin American music. Here are the top South and Central American foods to eat.
Homemade Ginger Wine Recipe (Ready in 2 Weeks)
Homemade ginger wine is a light and refreshing drink for any occasion. Using ginger root, we make this spicy traditional East Indian ginger wine in 2 weeks with a few added flavors.
Homemade Raisin Wine Recipe (or Currant Wine)
The East Indians of Mumbai make a traditional currant wine for Christmas, Easter and other festivities. Here’s how to make this homemade currant wine.
Where to Stay in Goa: Quiet Beach Resorts and Affordable Stays We’ve Tested
Have a plan to visit the unusual places in Goa and popular sites in Goa? And wondering where to stay in Goa on your visit? We’ve got a tried and tested list of …
Best African Cathedrals And Churches to Visit
List of the famous African churches to visit on your trip to this amazing continent. Popular churches in South Africa, Kenya, Namibia, Ethiopia and more.
Best Churches in Australia & NZ to visit
Although Australia only had its first brush with Christianity in the early 17th century, it’s home to some of the most famous cathedrals in the world, from St. Mary’s in Sydney to St. …
Top Must-visit Latin American Churches
Latin American churches are full of splendour and beautiful, and some even more majestic than the cathedrals in Europe. Here are the top Must-Visit Latin American Churches in Central and South America for your trip.
How to Make Ginger Garlic Paste – Meal Prep
Most Indian recipes include large amounts of ginger, garlic and chillies. So it’s easier to make lots of ginger garlic paste and store in the refrigerator for use.
Indian Green Chutney Recipe (Coriander Mint Chutney)
The spicy and tangy Indian green chutney is an easy to make in 15-minutes spread or dip that goes well with snacks or sandwiches.
Mutton Paya Khudi – Goat Trotters Curry
How to make mutton paya curry? How to make goat trotter khudi curry? What is the recipe for the East Indian paya curry? Those are the questions that brought you here, aren’t they? …
East Indian Stuffed Roast Chicken Recipe
A traditional roast chicken dinner for Sundays or feast days and family gatherings, this whole roast chicken is stuffed with a delicious homemade liver stuffing. The glazed crispy chicken skin tastes as delicious …
Famous Chapels and Churches in South and South Eastern Asia
A home to Eastern religions, Asia is the land of temples! But it’s also home to some of the most stunning and beautiful churches in the world; some even more awe-inspiring that the …
Easy Homemade Pineapple Wine Recipe
This easy pineapple wine recipe is a fruity, homemade wine ready in about 3 weeks — perfect for festive gatherings, made the traditional Bombay way.
Tasty Kopra Pak – Naralchi Wadi – Indian Coconut Dessert
Naralchi Wadi or Kopra Pak is a popular dessert in Maharashtra, India. It’s easy to make naralchi wadi at home using this recipe.
Mom’s Green Pista Chutney recipe
We love chutney. Of course, we have to! We’re Indians. It’s one of the must-have vegetarian food items that we grew up with. And there are so many forms of chutney, red, green, …
Homemade Fresh Grape Wine (Black or Green)
The East Indian recipe for grape wine uses fresh black or green grapes or a mix of the two. Easy to make at home for a cheap table wine.
Glutenfree Jackfruit Flour Cookies Recipe
We had some leftover glutenfree jackfruit flour from the many packets I’d purchased for a friend in France; so we experimented with making gluten-free jackfruit flour cookies for dad because of his diabetes. …
Corned Beef Tongue – Salted Ox Tongue
The East Indian recipe for corned tongue or salted tongue takes a few days or a week to prepare but is delicious and perfect for many dinners and sandwiches.
Beef Tongue Roast – Ox Tongue Roast
The beef tongue roast is a tasty dish that’s popular in East Indian culture! Taking about an hour to make, this offal dish using simple ingredients is easy to make and tastes delicious. …
Oyster Mushroom Recipe – Butter Garlic (Ready in 18 Minutes)
Looking pretty in pink and other colours, oyster mushrooms have a mild flavour that’s reminiscent of seafood. To retain the taste, we use this quick and simple buttery recipe with just a few ingredients.
Things to Do on Holiday in Mallorca, Spain
It was time to visit the brother and his wife again. So we packed our bags and off we went to Mallorca, Spain for a month. The days passed so swiftly that there …
Sweet Beetroot Puris – Hidden Veggie Flatbread
Puris are tasty, but not really healthy as foods go. To add a touch of healthiness to the deep-fried Indian flatbreads, make these beetroot puris.
Vegetarian Christmas Cookies With Honey
So this Christmas we were looking at the list of Christmas dishes made across the world, but we just wanted to make some simple cookies that tasted like shortbread and were yummy too! …
Moulded Walnut Fudge Recipe – Milk and Cocoa fudge
Walnut fudge, also known as Milk and Cocoa fudge is a traditional East Indian dessert made for Christmas! This sweet is made in various shapes and sizes, chunks or molded. Try one and you can’t resist another!
Vanilla Cream Dessert – Not really a Milk Fudge!
Little drops of heaven that melt in your mouth, that’s what we think they are. But some people just call this the East Indian milk cream or traditional vanilla cream, one of the …
Spicy Pork Vindaloo – Indyal
The spicy vindaloo made by the East Indians of Bombay, India is derived from Portuguese Carne de Vinha D’Alhos dish. Made with dry or fresh indyal masala, here’s how our family makes it …
Easy Indian Custard Powder Halwa Recipe
You know it’s nearing Diwali, when your family starts making many many sweets; and among them the traditional wheat halwas or Karachi Halwa or Cornflour Halwa or Custard Powder Halwas, or whatever your …
35+ Snacks & Desserts made with Rice
Desserts using rice flour or cooked rice in them; rice puddings, rice cakes, Indian rice desserts and more.
22 Dessert and Dinner Recipes using Dates
I love eating dates! A handful of the sweet luscious fruit is more than enough to satisfy my sugar cravings after each meal. I sometimes eat them as snacks too. Don’t you? I …
Khajur Barfi: Indian Date and Dry Fruit Barfi Recipe
Khajur barfi is an Indian date and dry fruit dessert made with no added sugar, no dairy, and no gluten. Ready in under 30 minutes — just dates, figs, nuts, and coconut oil.
Sugarfree Anjeer Barfi – Indian Fig Dessert
I love sweets, just like my dad. But dad is diabetic, so we try to keep his sugar intake under control. That doesn’t stop him from finding something or the other in the …
51 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Asia
We were having a chat about the number of UNESCO sites in Asia that we’ve visited. And it seems my percentage of World Heritage Sites is really really small. So I asked my …
Goat Brain Masala: Mom’s Spicy East Indian Bheja Curry
Mom’s East Indian goat brain masala uses extra chilies, coconut, and cashew powder for a richer, spicier bheja curry. Ready in 30 minutes.
30+ Weird Foods Around the World (Some Might Surprise You)
We were having a chat about the unusual food people eat in different cultures, and Laura said, “You know some people eat every part of the fish”. I said “Yeah, we do too! …
Gluten Free Meaty Spicy Corn Muffins
I’ve always loved eating sweet corn muffins. They’re delicious and have a grainy but smooth texture all in one. So one day back in July 2014 I figured why not make savory corn …
Glutenfree East Indian Sand Cake | Riceflour Cake
Sand cake is a gluten-free East Indian cake made of rice flour. Grainy and buttery, it’s the perfect tea-time snack! And it goes well with ice cream too!
Homemade Breadfruit Chips or Nachos Recipe
Breadfruit chips are one of our favorite fried breadfruit recipes to make at home. The breadfruit chips or nachos are yummy and gluten free!
Chitaps: East Indian Rice Crepes – Handkerchief Bread Recipe
Chitaps are traditional East Indian rice crepes, thin and lacy like handkerchiefs, cooked on one side only. A staple bread from Mumbai’s East Indian community, naturally gluten free.
Kimad: The East Indian Spiced Drink (Like a Hot Mulled Wine)
So some nights it’s really cold outside and you need a liquid to warm your bones. That’s when the East Indian kimad makes a warm entrance into the hearth and home. Quite similar …
50+ Popular Drinks to try around the World
Ever had this happen? Travelled on holiday to a new city and after a fun day sightseeing, dropped into that famous café or bar and got stumped looking at the bar drinks list. …
East Indian Tomato Kusondi | Tomato Pickle
The East Indian Tomato Kusondi is the perfect accompaniment for lunch or dinner. This traditional pickle is perfectly zingy and spicy.
Mom’s GlutenFree Homemade Chicken Soup
The monsoon and winter come around and it’s time for flus and colds. But it’s also time for some chicken soup for the soul. Or that’s what we call it. Here’s the recipe for mom’s egg drop chicken soup made from scratch. It’s heartwarming and delicious and you can easily make it at home with a little time and patience!
Pancake With Coconut Filling – Elijao
The traditional pancakes made by the East Indian community of Mumbai are different from what Westerners would conceive as pancakes. But these tasty coconut-filled crepe-like sweet pancakes called Elijao are a delight to eat!
Trick For Puris! Indian Deep-fried Flatbreads
Puris are literally one of the oiliest Indian flatbreads around, and tasty too! These deep-fried flatbreads can be eaten as a snack or even for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Traditionally, puris go perfectly with potato bhaji, or even sweet dishes like amras or shrikhand.
Top Water Sports Destinations In The World
It’s summer somewhere in the world right now! We’re lucky we live on a blue dot that has summer in some place no matter the time of the year; and there are always …
Hidden Gems in Goa: 15 Offbeat Places Most Tourists Never Find
Planning a trip to Goa? If you’ve already looked at our lists of where to eat in Goa and the traditionally popular attractions to see in Goa, and are still craving for more, …
Christmas Dishes & Sweets Around the World
Gifts and stockings, and desserts and treats, and Santa and snow, and so much more. Wishes coming true and hope in the air. Love and laughter and everything good. Christmas is on it’s …
Coconut Dessert named Cordial
Coconut Cordial is one of the easiest desserts to make for Christmas. And it tastes yummy too! Granny has always made the coconut version of cordial. Some people use almonds or cashewnuts instead …
Mass Pav – Moulded Cashewnut Marzipan Dessert
Growing up, the house started smelling of Christmas from early December. Literally! You could smell marzipan, vanilla cream, thali sweet, cordial, Christmas cake and so much more. The best part of being East …
Kaka Baptista East Indian Museum in Mumbai
My family always talks about how our great-grandfather Joseph Frank Rebello was the secretary to Kaka Baptista, the great freedom fighter. So it was necessary to visit the museum dedicated to him in …
Spicy Love Apple Pickle | Jamrul | Chambakka
Love apples are crisp bell-shaped fruit. Tasting like pears, the juicy fruit is perfect for a spicy tangy love apple pickle.
60 Best Street Food in Europe You Must Eat
Food makes the world go round. Doesn’t it? Okay, maybe my world and that of my fellow foodie friends. Whether it’s in unusual and quirky cafes, or right on the street, we think …
Bombay Duck Pickle Recipe (Sukha Bomblache Lonche)
The house stinks! That’s what my sister says every time mom makes a bombil pickle. And it actually does. The East Indian Lonchey or Dry Bombil Pickle stinks when you put it together, …
Best Indian Street Food You must Taste
Indian food is most delicious food in the world! Okay, maybe not the sole winner among food around the world, but Indian dishes are definitely some of the most loved snacks and dinners …
What’s for dessert in different cultures?
What’s for dessert? I love dessert! Don’t you? So I’ve asked a few friends of mine to list the best desserts in their cultures. So here we have it – yummy desserts, Italian …
Mango Chutney – Aam Ka Murabba – Chunda
Here in Mumbai, we make this lush sweet mango chutney every summer. Sweet and slightly spicy, it’s similar to the aam ka murabba or chunda; and tastes as good as a dessert. This mango pickle perfect as an accompaniment to meals or as a spread on bread or roti for snacks or breakfast!
Where to Eat in Mumbai: 14 Iconic Foodie Spots Locals Love
Mumbai, the City of dreams, the most visited place in India is full of foodie spots catering to old and new tastes. Here are a few must visit restaurants and foodie joints in Mumbai.
What to Do in Mumbai: A Local’s Guide to Bombay’s Best Sights
Mumbai, the City of dreams where anything is possible is the most visited place in India. Here’s a list of the things to see or do in Bombay, India.
What’s for dinner in different cultures/Countries?
What’s for dinner? A question as important as asking about breakfast or dessert. What’s for dinner tonight? Is there any dinner? What’s easy to cook for dinner tonight? What can we make for dinner? Supper? …
What’s for breakfast in different countries (cultures)?
What’s for breakfast mom? What’s for breakfast dad? What’s for breakfast nan? What’s for breakfast at the cafe? What’s for breakfast honey? I’m hungry. What’s for breakfast? Is there any breakfast? Ever wondered what …
Honey Balls (Snow Balls) – East Indian Dessert
Brown balls and white balls. Those are our punny names for gulab jamuns or rosgullas. But I’ve not heard any jokes about honey balls or snow balls yet. Is it because East Indian honey …
Homemade Tomato Carrot Soup Recipe
This homemade creamy tomato soup recipe is the perfect variation of the simple tomato soup recipe. Why? It has carrots adding natural sweetness and turmeric powder for a dose of health. Here’s how to make this carrot and tomato soup recipe Indian style, or rather my mom’s style!
Amazing Churches In America and Canada
Across America and Canada there are amazing churches that you must visit. Here’s a traveler’s list of the must-visit American churches.
Top 72 Most Beautiful Churches in Europe
Churches, known as places of fellowship and amazing grace. Even if churches are no longer visited for their religious significance; they are still visited for their splendour and beauty, their majesty and magnificence. …
Raw Mango Kadmat Salad Recipe
The East Indian Kadmat or Cuchumber is a traditional East Indian salad made from raw mangoes, onions and chillies, and can be made in a matter or minutes.
Pench Jungle Camp: A night in the forest
Tigers! The majesty, the magnificence, the sheer presence of wild nature. One of the reasons people from across the world visit India. And the reason so many of us visit National Parks. The …
Buying bras while traveling is tough!
You’ve already read the blog about how I found it difficult to get back into a Kayak because my boobs kept getting in the way. But that’s not the only problem I’ve had …
Best local Ice Creams in the World
Bells ringing, childhood memories. The ice cream cart comes to our neighborhood, but here in Bombay it’s kulfi. Sometimes it’s the kulfi man with the basket on his head announcing his arrival. ‘Kulfi-eaah’ …
Vajri Khudi: The East Indian Goat Tripe Curry Recipe Worth Trying
The traditional East Indian Vajri Khudi or Vajadi khudi is a gluten free goat tripe curry from the East Indians of Bombay, India. This recipe that’s been handed down from my grandmom to my mom can be made in about 70 minutes. We use the same recipe to cook sheep tripe as well.
Bryant Park in Kodaikanal, India
When you’re looking for places to visit in Kodaikanal hill station in Tamil Nadu, Bryant Park shows up in the top 10. This South Indian nature park set up in 1908 by H.D.Bryant covers 20 acres in Palani Hills opposite Coakers Walk on the East of Kodaikanal Lake.
How to Make Cashewnut Marzipan Easter Eggs
The Easter Eggs made by the East Indian community in Mumbai, India are made using almond or cashewnut marzipan. Although there is a slight learning curve with this recipe, it tastes better than chocolate Easter eggs and is the perfect Easter gift for friends and relatives!
palolem Beach, Goa: The Secret Bioluminescent Plankton and What Else to Know
There are a lot of beaches in Goa that are perfect for getting some sun. Goa is a beach destination, so unlike the rest of India. It’s famous for beaches like Calangute, Baga, …
Lebua Lodge Jaipur (Now Closed) – Our Stay Near Amer Fort
UPDATE: As of September 2018, the Lodge at Amer is no longer under the flagship of Lebua and is now permanently closed / no longer operational. The property has not reopened under a …
An Igloo Stay in Manali, Himachal, India
Igloo? In India? Really? Normal questions that my friend Tejashree gets when talking about her trips to Manali in Himachal Pradesh. But yes, igloo stays are now economical and I’m so glad I got …
Backwoods Mountain Camp in Hamta, Manali, India
On our way to the Igloo Camp near Hamta Pass, Manali, which is a well known destination for skiing in Himachal Pradesh, India, we stopped for a bit somewhere near Curve 24 to …
How to build an igloo: Manali Snow Lessons
I’ve dreamt of staying in a glass igloo in Kakslauttanen one day; and waking up to see the Northern Lights from the warm interiors of the igloo. I’ve also dreamt of being seated around …
13 things you must do in Graz, Austria
Graz, Austria, a UNESCO World Heritage Site has many monuments. Here are13 things to do or see in Graz, Austria.
My Hiking Gear Wish List
So after doing a couple of hiking trips with friends and borrowing or renting equipment every time I go, I figured it was time to buy some of my own. So here’s my …
Traditional East Indian Christmas Sweets
Two East Indian aunties meet on the street. “Hello Lucy, how are you re?” “I’m good men, how are you and the babas?” “We’re all good men. Where you went?” “To the bakery …
Dinner at K+K am Waagplatz, Salzburg, Austria
It was pretty late by the time we got into Salzburg on the Eurail and checked into our hotel, Der Salzburger Hof. It was hardly a 10-minute walk from the Salzburg train station …
11 Things to do in Feldkirch, Austria
Feldkirch is a medieval town in the mountainous state of Voralberg in Austria. It was the last stop of our journey through Austria. The reason we chose to stay in Feldkirch? We wanted …
Ristorante Goose Roma: A Real Taste Of Rome, Italy
Although many restaurants in Rome claim to serve authentic local food, not all do. But Goose does! Here’s a bit more about Rome’s little treasure.