Category: Tea Time/Snacks

  • Mixed Sprouts Poha

    Mixed Sprouts Poha

    Take your traditional breakfast or light lunch poha to the next level. Poha (beaten rice) is the ingredient that most Indian households have in the pantry and poha allows to make quick recipes anytime.

  • Keep your Air Fryer Busy!

    Keep your Air Fryer Busy!

    Wondering what to cook in an air fryer? Find easy recipes for air fried fries, onion rings, Manchurian, Spring rolls, Puri, Samosa and many other Indian fried food and so much more! If you don’t have an air fryer, oven can be used to bake some of my recipes. More recipes at

  • Leftover Indian Food Fix

    Leftover Indian Food Fix

    Here’s how you can take what’s left over from your last meal, add a little something to it and pretend you cooked up a fabulous meal from scratch! Khaman Dhokla Handvo Idli are on our weekly menu as they are the healthiest and favorite among our whole family. My younger son Aakash take these steamed…

  • Mood & Immune Boosting Homemade Chai Tea Masala + Fragrant Spiced Herby Chai Tea

    Mood & Immune Boosting Homemade Chai Tea Masala + Fragrant Spiced Herby Chai Tea

    Mood and immune boosting Chai Tea Enjoyed by millions in India, masala chai, a spiced, sweetened black tea mixed with milk, is now popular around the world. And in this video, I am so excited to share my store of my Morning Dew Chai moments. Spiced and herby chia not just boost my mood but…

  • Khatta Puda (Savory Rice Flour Pancakes)

    Khatta Puda (Savory Rice Flour Pancakes)

    To all those who are keen on trying different types of Indian snacks will enjoy this. This is a sour dosa and very easy to make. The sesame seeds make the dosa more crunchier. This can be made really quickly, so do try making it when you are in a hurry. Watch the video for…

  • Khandvi in Cosori Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker

    Khandvi in Cosori Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker

    Khandvi is a popular Gluten-free snack from Gujarat. It is made from besan(Chickpea flour) and sour yogurt. The texture is really soft, silky and melt in your mouth. Khandvi is usually lengthy, tricky and difficult recipe but here is a video recipe of Instant pot khandvi which is quick, instant and easy. This recipe is…

  • Why do I love Air Fryer?

    Why do I love Air Fryer?

    I usually opt for healthier cooking methods, such as baking, roasting, steaming or sautéing, to boost flavor and avoid the negative health effects of fried foods. But I love fried food as well. I crave for fried food often, specially on a rainy day in monsoon season and on a very cold day in winter.…

  • Homemade Idli Mix + Soft Fluffy Idli Making

    Homemade Idli Mix + Soft Fluffy Idli Making

    Earlier, I shared how to make homemade mixes for making Idli, Khaman, Dhokla, Dosa, Vada, Uttapam and more. You can read the post here with video instructions. Being an Indian, specially Gujarati, steamed snacks are on my weekly menu such as Khaman, Dhokla, Idli, Vada, Dosa, Uttapam and more. So I keep my homemade flour…

  • How to make Dahitra

    How to make Dahitra

    Dahitra Puri is a popular Surti Gujarati recipe served with Shrikhand on a special occasions like wedding. Dahitra is kind of fried biscuits, flaky, mouth melting, a traditional semi-sweet dessert recipe prepared mainly with maida or all purpose flour, deep fried in ghee / oil and served with flavored yogurt known as Shrikhand. I enjoy…

  • Instant Khaman Dhokla Sandwiches – Electric Pressure Cooker

    Instant Khaman Dhokla Sandwiches – Electric Pressure Cooker

    Khaman Dhokla Sandwiches can be made from Instant Khaman Dokla recipes. This recipe is very versatile for picnic, party and even after school snack. Perfect breakfast or tea time snack as well. I use Electric Multi Cooker to proof bread/pizza dough, to ferment all my Indian batter like Dosa, Khaman Dhokla, Idli and so on……