Pizza Milanese is a tricky one. It exists in the wierd, and wonderful world between a fluffly cheesy bread and a pizza. Whatever you call it, don’t call it a deep dish pizza. Deep dish is a style claimed by Chicago. Pizza Milanese is a fluffy, thick base, cooked in a pan with a lot…
I'm just an ecclectic oddball, with a thousand interests. As a geek, I have a deep interest in the reasons for why things are done a certain way in each discpline. I find the most incredible parallels across food, coffee, bbq, business and faith. Everything really is connected.
I am a South Indian by ethnicity but have lived in various places overseas for much of my life. Some of those include the US, UK, New Zealand, Malaysia and Singapore. My palate has been developed on my travels throughout Asia, so I tend to be a bit adventurous.
I've spent most of my career in Banking, mostly in Risk Management. I started my career in Technology, moving to Operational Risk, and my journey has encompassed almost every single non financial risk discpline at this point. I am also a once failed entrepreneur trying to give it a second go.
I absolutely focus on innovation as I think there are always better ways to do things, and a good solution can positively impact all participants.
That said, life is always a journey, it is best to slow down and take time to smell the roses along the way :).
Sourdough Maintenance (How I learned to stop worrying and love the ‘dough)
| Mrs Sambar asked me if we have any documentation of our Sourdough journey, and truth is, we don’t. Sambar Chronicles (although has been planned for a while), wasn’t actually launched till well into our sourdough journey. So we never wrote about it. But since we have friends who asked us about how to maintain a…
Sourdough Popovers / Yorkshire Pudding Takoyaki Style
| Ok this is a wierd one, and its different enough that I think its worth a separate entry. Basically Mrs Sambar wanted me to try the popovers but in a takoyaki pan. Yes, we have wierd ideas, and they sometimes work out. Spoiler alert : it worked out! As for technique, I heated the pan…
Sourdough Scones
| Yes, another sourdough recipe. It’s a thing with us. Quick recap : Sourdough has to be fed weekly (ish), so we use up sourdough in various recipes. Sourdough can be used as the main “flour” component or as a flavoring (just a little sourdough is used up, to impart flavor). Sourdough helps particularly with sweet…
Sourdough Milk Bread
| As a family, we went through an intense baking phase (surprisingly just before the pandemic), and we tore through breads and various baked and breakfast sourdough foods. Then Mrs Sambar disavowed most carbs, so the house was devoid of bread. I kept a picture of my sourdough bread on my mantle in remembrance of times…
Tteok-bokki (4/10 spicy, 5/10 sweet)
| So I love tteok-bokki. My love of tteokbokki started in new york. The samonim (pastors wife 🙂 was Korean, so the youngsters at the church were very familiar with Korean food. They introduced me to this shop in Flushing, where there’s this one ajumma (older aunty) who makes fresh tteok out of this small (miniscule)…
New Music Saturday РLe Nom de J̩sus / The Name of Jesus (Sinach)
| It’s another Saturday, another opportunity to discover new music :). Today, I’m listening to Sinach, an Nigerian gospel singer. Sinach has a powerful voice, and it is on full display here. For those that don’t know Sinach, she is the original singer and songwriter of the song “Way Maker”, which you may have heard from…
Basic Sourdough Crepes
| OK, when a recipe diverges sufficiently from the original, I stick a new post out on it. Today’s victim is my pancake/waffle/crepe recipe. I have one on coconut sourdough and oatmeal sourdough. Oatmeal sourdough batter doesnt work well for crepes (because, oatmeal). And coconut is not always the way to go. So here is a…
Sourdough Popovers vs Sourdough Yorkshire Pudding
| In the red white and blue corner, Sourdough Popovers, in the other red white and blue corner, Sourdough Yorkshire Puddins. Wait a hot minute, they’re twins! Call off the cagematch, its been fixed… Jokes aside, it is very hard to tell the difference between the two. Our ‘Murican Popover has a slightly different ratio of…
New Music Saturday – Yah (Dunsin Oyekan)
| This song has been on rotation for me recently. It popped up on my suggested list yesterday because I’ve been listening to Nigerian Christian artists (Sinach et all). Now I got into Nigerian music and movies recently because of a job interview last year with an African bank based out of Nigeria. Oddly we have…