Thank god for the Daring Bakers’ monthly challenges. Thanks to them I have been forced out of my no-blogging rut. It has been more than a week since my last blog post. So what had been keeping me so busy? Nothing. Nothing of importance actually. If you remember, I swore I won’t take any of … Read More →
Update: While the original black bean burger recipe post went live in February 2012, the pictures and parts of the recipe were updated in July 2016. Below is the original post. There are plenty of reasons why I chose to not post for GMT (again) this week. One, I had my hands on the last … Read More →
…and a lesson in knowing your “Moong” dal. When I was in India this time, somebody asked me, why is your blog called the “Novice” Housewife? Going on further to explain that from the pictures and the food I make, it didn’t look like I was a novice. At that time I took it as … Read More →



