Sept 15 - Chicken Curry

It was chicken for dinner and coincidently, it was last year as well!! But that was grilled chicken and today it was chicken curry. Here is the recipe for the chicken curry.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2015: Chicken for dinner
Picture of the day in 2011: B&W pitcute
Picture of the day in 2010: Inorbit, newest mall in the city

Sept 13 - Pasta for Dinner

This again was cooked for the cooking blog. Recipe will be posted in a day on posted.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2013: Let's Eat
Picture of the day in 2012: Breakfast
Picture of the day in 2011: More lavender
Picture of the day in 2010: More of Ganesh celebrations

Sept 1 - One Pot Meal

Vegetable rice is a one pot meal which is wholesome and a comfort food. Recipe will be posted soon on MySpicyKitchen.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2015: Another food picture
Picture of the day in 2012: Water & reflection
Picture of the day in 2011: Y for Yarn
Picture of the day in 2010: Roadside corn seller

Aug 31 - Yesterday's Lunch

Ground chicken is one of my go to meats when I need to cook something in a hurry. Though it is not one of my favorites, I don't mind it once in a while. This was my yesterday's lunch with some frozen chapati. Recipe here.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2015: Street photography
Picture of the day in 2013: Design # 1
Picture of the day in 2012: Complimentary colors
Picture of the day in 2011: X for X-ing, pedestrian x-ing
Picture of the day in 2010: Family of turtles

Aug 30 - Still Life: Squash ~ Bottle Gourd

Last Friday when I did some Indian groceries, I picked up two varieties of bottle gourd; the long and two round ones.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2015: Cooking with greens
Picture of the day in 2012: Sunrise
Picture of the day in 2011: W for Waves
Picture of the day in 2010: Bride & groom

Aug 29 - Still Life, Snake Gourd

This month flew by in a jiffy. I did not take many pictures. I took a few for the cooking blog but most of them were in a hurry to update the blog. I did post a few on Instagram which were taken with my iPhone. I don't think I shall be taking any pictures for this blog for the next few days but shall share food pictures which I take for my cooking blog, MySpicyKitchen. You are going to see lot of food pictures; both cooked and uncooked.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2015: Lotus seed pods
Picture of the day in 2012: Bowl of fresh green peas
Picture of the day in 2011: V for View of uptown
Picture of the day in 2010: Mischief

Aug 7 - From the Kitchen: West African Street Food, Accara with Sosu Kaani

Accara is a popular street food in West Africa. Accara is black eyed peas fritter served with sosu kaani, a dipping sauce prepared with habanero peppers. I will update updated the recipe on the food blog in couple of days.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2015: Coconut Shrimp
Picture of the day in 2013: Backyard # 1
Picture of the day in 2012: Day 7 of 4 colors - exposure
Picture of the day in 2011: Roses
Picture of the day in 2010: Homemade sausages

July 20 - Peanut Rice

I picked the best of the lot from this peanut rice shoot for the food blog and this makes it's way here.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2014: At farmers market
Picture of the day in 2012: Day 5 of exploration
Picture of the day in 2011: Cookies
Picture of the day in 2010: Chrysler building

Jun 8 - From the Kitchen

On the menu for the dinner; paruppu usili, miryala charu with some rice for me and an omelet for the man of the house.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2015: Cupcake
Picture of the day in 2012: Enter the world, door
Picture of the day in 2011: Looking at girls??
Picture of the day in 2010: Sea Nymph

May 30 - Long Weekend Treat, Shrimp Biryani

For the long weekend, we were at home. I did little nit of shopping, little bit of blog cooking and watching TV. That sums up our long weekend. This was our dinner and was cooked for the blog. I will post the recipe very soon. The preparation is similar to this but cooked on stovetop.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2015: Macy's on 34th street
Picture of the day in 2012: Architecture
Picture of the day in 2011: Live fish at a restaurant
Picture of the day in 2010: In style

May 14 - Cookies

Look out for this three ingredient cookies recipe on the food blog Here is the recipe for these 3 ingredient cookies.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2015: Edible gift
Picture of the day in 2012: Look up
Picture of the day in 2011: Bed of red flowers
Picture of the day in 2010: The dog

Oct 17 - Day 290: Corn Salad

I promise, I won't post any food pictures for the next few days. :) This is a picture from 2-3 days ago. Recipe for the salad is here.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2014: Oranges
Picture of the day in 2013: Pink #2
Picture of the day in 2011: Salad prep
Picture of the day in 2010: Happy Dasara with a bowl of this

Oct 13 - Day 286: Learning New Software

I shoot my pictures in JPEG and post processing is easy as the camera does most of the work for me. If not into photography, one might wonder how else would your shoot pictures. The other way is to shooting in RAW and then process the images using photo editing softwares that can read RAW images. This is how professional and some of the amature photographers shoot. That gives lot more flexibility in editing the images during post production. I shot this image in RAW and tried to process it but not very successful :( I am determined to learn to edit my RAW images.
You can find the recipe for this clear soup and the image I shot in JPEG here. Most of the DSLR cameras give the option of shooting in both RAW & JPEG. I am shooting in RAW + JGEP until I figure out how to successfully edit RAW images. Until then the JPEG images are gone to be my backup.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2011: Occupy Wall Street
Picture of the day in 2010: Octopus salad

Oct 12 - Day 285: Cherry Peppers Curry

I made cherry peppers curry few days ago. I could not take any pictures today and posting an old one
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2011: Fresh produce
Picture of the day in 2010: Fruit basket

Oct 8 - Day 281: Dinner Prep

Long beans washed, cut and ready to cook.
Camera: iPhone 5s
Picture of the day in 2011: Getting a manicure
Picture of the day in 2010: Remembering John Lennon

Oct 3 - Day 276: Egg Curry

It was a cloudy, overcast day with on and off rain; the effect of hurricane Joaquin. I wasn't happy with the original image. During post processing, I gave it a vintage and B&W effect. Watch out for the recipe on MySpicyKitchen.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2013: Hand # 2
Picture of the day in 2011: From Empire State Building
Picture of the day in 2010: Fall is yet to arrive

Oct 2 - Day 275: Chocolate Mania

A quick dessert for sudden sweet cravings, microwave chocolate choco chip cupcake.
Camera: iPhone 5s
Picture of the day in 2011: I am a..
Picture of the day in 2010: Puff of steam

Sep 25 - Day 268: Breakfast

Atukulu or stir fried flattened rice recipe here.
Camera: Nikon 5100
Picture of the day in 2013: Light & shadow # 3
Picture of the day in 2011: Tornado
Picture of the day in 2010: Flooded streets

Sept 24 - Day 267: Indonesian Fried Rice

Nasi Goreng is fried rice from Indonesia. Here is the recipe.
Camera: iPhone 5s
Picture of the day in 2011: Takeout for dinner

Sept 15 - Day 258: Chicken for Dinner

Grilled chicken with harissa marinade.
Camera: iPhone 5s
Picture of the day in 2011: B&W pitcute
Picture of the day in 2010: Inorbit, newest mall in the city