Category: Recipes

  • Achari Bengal Aloo | Spicy Potatoes

    Achari Bengal Aloo | Spicy Potatoes

    This spicy potato can be served as a side or serve with Rotis, Rice. Don’t have Punch Phoron Spice mix? Don’t worry, this recipe can be prepared with only Jeera (Cumin Seeds). Let’s first learn how to make Punch Phoron Mix. You may also like Paneer prepared with Punch Phoron mix known as Achari Paneer.

  • Baba Ganoush | Eggplant Dip

    Baba Ganoush | Eggplant Dip

    Baba ghanoush is a Levantine dish of cooked eggplant mixed with onions, tomatoes, olive oil and various seasonings. Perfect party appetizer!

  • Pressure Cooker Pulao

    Pressure Cooker Pulao

    You must be thinking I have gone totally crazy with pressure cooker cooking but let me tell you the quick story of what is happening at present. As you might be knowing I am the mom of two growing kids keep me busy with their school, after school, sports and more leaving me very little…

  • Apple Pie

    Apple Pie

    Apples are available through out the year and it is the best fruit to keep you away from doctor! I simply love to prepare recipes using apples since it brings sweetness and tartness naturally. Another reason I love apple so much is that most apple dessert recipes do not require eggs. Following recipe calls for…

  • Apple Crisp

    Apple Crisp

    One of the easiest, healthiest dessert ever in my diary…just put ingredients together and bake! Serve with Ice cream or as it is..yum! For variations, I sometimes throw some chocolate chips, nuts or other dry fruits as well. Apple Crisp is a dessert made up of a baked apple filling and a crispy crumb topping.…

  • Appam – Rice Crepes

    Appam – Rice Crepes

    Appam or Palappam – one of the favorite breakfast of Keralites. Jewish people who migrated to India introduced this food item in the country. Appam, a fermented rice pancake, is a speciality of the South Indian coastal state of Kerala. It is especially popular among the Christian communities of that state. Appam are often served…

  • Mix Veg Stuffed Paratha

    Mix Veg Stuffed Paratha

    Got some assorted left over veggies? Try making yummy Parathas, stuffed bread. One of my most favorited recipe to prepare when I have little amount of cauliflower, carrot, cabbage left. Veg-stuffed parathas consist of unleavened dough stuffed with a spiced mixture of assorted vegetables, which is rolled out and cooked on a hot tawa with…

  • Bhindi Masala or Bhindi do Pyaza

    Bhindi Masala or Bhindi do Pyaza

    Bhindi Masala or Bhindi do Pyaza – literally translates to okras cooked with double the measure of onions. Okra cooked with caramelised onions and dried spices, the flavours are just divine – a lovely vegetable dish to go with freshly made chapatis.

  • Bhindi Subzi – Crispy Okra

    Bhindi Subzi – Crispy Okra

    This stir fried crunchy outside, soft inside bhindi is prepared for Gujarati Thali meal menu. Okra is easy to cook and a very tasty vegetable. But for beginners, it is bit of challenge due to it’s stickiness. Even while cutting the Lady’s finger we can see the juice sticking at the edges of the knife.…

  • Pani Puri – Golgappa | Puchka

    Pani Puri – Golgappa | Puchka

    Panipuri, also called golgappa, is a common street snack in several regions of South Asia, in particular in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. It consists of a round, hollow puri, fried crisp and filled with a mixture of mint flavored water (pani), tamarind chutney, chili, chaat masala, potato, onion and chickpeas. Panipuri has various names,…