About

Hello there.  Thank you for stopping by!

Here's a little about me:

– I was born in India, grew up in Thailand, now residing in Texas California with my husband, Alok, and my twin babies.  My life revolves around them and this blog.

– After Bachelors in Telecommunications Engineering and an MBA in Marketing, I am now a homemaker.  I am not a professional chef, don't get deceived by the picture; my friend gifted me that adorable chef's hat.



– I have various interests ranging from dance, photography, painting, crafts, reading, event management, and many more that keep changing with time. It took me a couple of decades to discover my ultimate passion: cooking and baking.

– I have an extremely sweet tooth.  If I could I would start every meal with dessert first and eat it all the way until it is dessert-time. Not good, not good.

– While my mom and dad cooked amazing food at home, I cooked only occasionally (once or twice a year, to be more precise). There was a lot I learned from observing both of them, and I only truly started to cook and bake regularly after marriage.

– What many people close to me do not know about my history with cooking: I joined a 'Home Economics' course in grade 11 [year 2001] where I learned cooking, crochet, knitting, and all household-y things. Some of the dishes I learned in the course were Blueberry Cheesecake, Caramel Custard, Lasagna, Korean Scallion Pancakes, Pasta in White Sauce, and so much more!

– I am inspired by many personalities, blessed with wonderful family and friends, influenced by several cultures, and injected with a straightforward-hyperenergetic-carefree attitude. 

And there's plenty about me in the 200+ posts here...surf around at your leisure ;-)

Cheers,
Nisha


About this blog

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
 Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist and philosopher

I write on various topics and they're divided into categories in the tabs above.  There's a little travelogue of mine, some poetry that I scribble occasionally, some how-to posts and ideas on food and non-food subjects, few humor and inspirational articles, some casual write-ups of mine, over a 100 recipes, and when I can't decide what category a post should be - it goes into miscellaneous.

My family has been a vegetarian since generations,  and I continue to be one.  So you will find only vegetarian and eggless recipes on this blog.  I might occasionally go back and edit a recipe if I find a better way to make it, because I only want to give you what I think is the best.  And that's my promise to you.

If you are searching for recipes: to make it easier for you so that you don't have to go through archives of each month, I have created a Recipe Photo Archive where you can scroll through the images to see if something catches your fancy.  If you are searching for something particular, use the Ctrl+F function.  Alternatively, you can use the search bar on  the top.

This blog was born in 2011.  "Spusht" is a Sanskrit word and it means simple, clear, and straightforward.  That's exactly how I am, and how my blog is.  I hope you enjoy reading.   And if you do, I'd love to hear from you.  Thank you for your time.  Welcome to Spusht!



If you want to read more: why do i blog?


Posting Frequency
I usually post once or twice a week here on Spusht, and occasionally on my other blog SpushtChats.  You can subscribe for free to receive updates sent to your email when new posts get published.  I am more active on Facebook (sharing real-time pictures, tips, and so on) than updating this blog with new posts everyday, so come join me there.



Blog Policy
It takes me about...
3 hours to plan, prepare, cook, photograph food, and do the dishes; 
2 days to edit the pictures and complete writing a blog post;
1 major headache if photos and text that belong to me from my blog (unless noted otherwise) are copied without permission, without back link, and without credit; and
0 seconds to remove any spam message or a rude comment toward me, my blog, or my readers/commenters. 

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