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This recipe is inspired by one of my fave celebrity Chefs.. Nigella L . I just love the way she weaves a story of her culinary trails. So this is a very simple yet delicious dish. She also adds a dressing in the end, which I have skipped here, because I love the Aubergine roast flavor playing the hero in this dish. Halve the baby aubergines, keeping the stalks intact to heighten their beauty! Dunk them, face upwards on a baking tray, add salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder (optional), sugar, chili flakes, and finely chopped garlic cloves. Add about 2-3 Tablespoons of Olive oil on this. Now turn the aubergines, face downwards, and swish them around so that the spices and garlic pieces mix and mingle and lodge themselves on the aubergine. Now pre-heat the oven for a good 8 mins, before putting this tray in for another 15 mins. Rest for another 1 min, and then serve hot.              Baby Aubergines marinated Ingredients for Baby Auberg...

I hadn't heard of this place until about two days ago, when one of my girlfriends made a plan that we should all catch up from where we had last left off..this was a long standing plan which was  being dilly dally-ied on for the longest time. So we all finally agreed to align our timelines,and meet after work.We had to go to a place that was close to work so that we spend lesser time travelling to get to the venue, than spending with each other- quite a common concern in Mumbai. My friend chose the venue and we drove down to this place. Breeze ,  is situated on the 18th floor of a commercial tower in Hiranandani Gardens, Powai. As soon as we got there, I knew that I could come here just for the view, and of course the lovely ‘cold’ breeze. The place is a Mediterranean dining. We ordered our drinks to begin with. So a big dampener to start off,was that the restaurant serves only Vegetarian. For a meat lover like me, that was a downer. However I was ok with the trade off as ...