Welcome to Saffron Trail

Thanks for coming over here. So you want to know more about my blog and me?

I'm medical doctor by qualification, a freelance writer by occupation and a passionate cook. I love to spend all my free time in the kitchen. I love cooking for my family and friends. And there's always a little more food than what the two of us would eat to accomodate any friends who drop by.

It's my dream to start a little home-style restaurant someday soon and I'm lucky that my husband encourages my dream completely. He has reserved the position of CTO (Chief Tasting Officer).

I say - Cooking is like meditation. Wait - don't laugh! When I stand in front of my wok, I just put in the ingredients instictively. My heart tells me what will taste good and what wont. And I cook with my heart. When one does that, the results are usually good. I believe in healthy cooking - low on salt and oil, fresh ingredients and spices, simple and quick procedures that help us eat freshly cooked meals at any time of the day. I eat to live so that I may live to eat!

Baking is a love I discovered some 2 years ago. It is something I find therapeutic and it calms me down completely, both the process and the aromas. I make it a point to bake something or the other when I go meet my mom or aunt or anyone I love. A home-baked goodie is the most personal and loving gift one can give anyone.

Food to me is an integral part of life, and cooking even more. Nothing was more natural than writing about food. If not this blog, it would have been a diary. And someday I plan to write a book on food too...

And it's Saffron Trail because nothing is as exotic and intoxicating as the aroma of saffron, sailing from the kitchen, spreading into the whole house. It leaves a sweet-smelling trail called the 'Saffron Trail'.

You can check out my work-profile here.

Thanks again for taking interest in my blog. You can address any queries, post your feedback or simply say hello at saffrontrail (at) gmail (dot) com

Happy Cooking.

Nandita Iyer