Year: 2012

    • Handvo with Zucchini

      Handvo is basically a spicy cake and it is one of my favorite dish. Traditionally, Handvo is prepared from rice and daals. Rice and daals are ground to very fine and then batter is prepared to cook on Tava with vegetables or without vegetable. My mom usually makes with fresh Tuvar(Pigeon peas) picked from her…

    • Instant White Dhokla – Idra or Idada or Khatta Dhokla

      Dhokla is a delicacy of Gujarat. This is the quick version of traditional recipe. Traditional recipe requires fermenting time of at least 6 hours. So if you ever wish to make instant dhokla, this is the recipe. A quick version of traditional Dhokla. Traditionally, rice and daal are soaked and then course mixture is prepared…

    • Tikha Aam ka Achar – Hot Mango Pickle

      Aam achar is prepared differently in many regions of India. This pickle is must with Indian meal called “Thali”. Variety of pickles are made from mango. Hot, sweet, and sour tasty pickles are made during mango season. In my family, we prepare all kinds of mango pickles. Preparing pickle masala is super quick and easy.…

    • Nutella Cupcakes

      This cupcakes are delicious and moist. These are known as Self-Frosting Nutella Cupcakes because of swirling the Nutella on top. And these egg free cupcakes are great for vegetarians.

    • Hot and Sour Noodle Soup

      This soup is perfect on very cold, rainy or snowy day. I have posted video for quick recipe and for authentic recipe, follow written instruction. Hot and sour soup is a variety of soups from several Asian culinary traditions. In all cases, the soup contains ingredients to make it both spicy and sour. In India,…

    • Everyday Gujarati Dal

      Gujarati Dal is very delicious tangy and great with Rice and Roti. I keep changing the method of preparing this dal since I make almost 2-3 times a week. I will try to write here very traditional way of making this Dal so it will be different than I showed in video. Each and every…

    • Dal Dhokli

      Dal Dhokli is basically homemade fresh pasta in lentil curry. Dhoklis are very comfy, easy to prepare, stomach filling, delicious and healthy. Dhoklis are prepared with lots of varieties. My son call it fresh Pasta in spicy curry! Whenever I have some left over dal, I freeze and use it to make Dhokli on lazy…

    • Dhokli

      Dhoklis are very comfy, easy to prepare, stomach filling, delicious and healthy. Dhoklis are prepared with lots of varieties. My son call it fresh Pasta in spicy curry! I keep changing vegetables in Dhokli and so never get bored of this recipe. Vegetables such as pigeon peas(Tuvar), black eye peas(chawli), Cluster beans(Guvar) or any of…

    • Gulab Jamun

      Gulab Jamun is very mouth melting sweet. Gulab Jamuns are very popular and very tempting dessert. It is a milk-solid-based South Asian sweet, particularly popular in India, Myanmar, Nepal (where it is known as lalmon), Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is also common in Mauritius and the Caribbean countries of Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname and…

    • Rainbow Rice Idlis

      Idlis are steamed rice cakes. Idli (/ɪdliː/) is a traditional breakfast in South Indian households. Idli is a savoury cake that is popular throughout India and neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka. The cakes are made by steaming a batter consisting of fermented black lentils (de-husked) and rice. The fermentation process breaks down the starches so…