About Me

Hello all, I am Smita Kelkar Beke . I am an Electrical Engineer by profession and I live in Chicago. I have been experimenting in my Kitchen since I  left home for higher education. Eventually, I  started enjoying Cooking and decided to pen down the recipes that are keepers !!    

               I recollect having read somewhere, that the Mantra for a flavourful dish , be it from any cuisine is adding the right seasoning in the right amount !! Coming to Indian cuisine, Spices are the key Ingredients and we Indians cannot imagine our food without spices- hence the name of the blog :) 

 Hailing from a Marathi family settled in Hyderabad, I have enjoyed both Maharashtrian and South Indian dishes and observed  a huge difference in taste mainly because of the choice and proportion of spices !! 

This blog is a collection of recipes from Maharshtrian, Andhra, Gujrati and Punjabi cuisines that I use in everyday cooking. I have gathered these recipes from numerous sources : Mommy, blogs, friends, Cooking shows on TV..etc :)