This almost instant and easy Aloo Paratha is a huge hit in our home with Jay, who can eat four or five at a sitting and still ask for more. What makes it a hit with me is the fact that it takes just minutes to put together, because there’s no chopping or grating involved. All I need to do is boil a few potatoes (you can do this in the microwave or on the stovetop) and – once they’re done – mix in some powdered spices before rolling the parathas and roasting them on a griddle....

This easy vegan asparagus pizza is one of the easiest dinners you can make, with barely any hands-on time required. It’s delicious and kid-friendly and your only gripe might be that you wished you’d made more! The crust, which comes right out of a box, is made with puff pastry. A super-creamy, easy vegan bechamel sauce goes on top. Finally you layer all this goodness with tender asparagus spears that cook into even more tender deliciousness in the oven....

Spring and summer are a great time to make your own preserves, especially if you have family members who love some jam on – well, everything. And the reason I also love to make my own jam when possible is that the storebought kinds almost always have too much sugar or taste iffy or have that weird stiff texture or are laden with preservatives. And making your own jam is so easy, so why wouldn’t you?...

There are so many vegan butters on the market now, but buying the better brands can feel like a bit of a splurge. Once I’d learned to make my own vegan butter, it was a splurge I could happily avoid. Besides, the homemade vegan butter tastes far better than the best brands on the market anyway and has the healthfulness of live cultures from my homemade cultured vegan yogurt. A win-win....

on Mar 07, 2023 The #PressureCookerMarch series would be really incomplete without talking about this kitchen appliance – the Instant Pot aka the electric pressure cooker. Even though stovetop pressure cookers are more common in India with almost every household owning one (and rightly so), their electric counterpart, is slowly rising to fame. As someone who has been using one for quite a few years now, I totally get what the hype is about!...

You might also like these recipes for chickpea tagine, Moroccan lentil stew and Lebanese chickpea stew. If you like peppering your holiday excesses with periods of healthy eating, this Instant Pot Moroccan Chickpea Stew with no oil oughta be on your menu. Why? For one, if you’re looking for a great weight loss recipe – and who isn’t – you can’t do any better than this stew. There is nothing here that is not packed with goodness for you and your body....

You might also like these recipes for besan chilla, moong chilla and vegan omelet. Were you to order a moonglet (a moong bean omelet) from one of India’s street food vendors, they’d whip up an extraordinarily healthy slurry of moong beans and spices. Then, they’d add half a stick of butter to a pan, pour the moong bean slurry in, and fry it all up into a food so delicious, with crispy edges and a puff, airy texture, that you’d lick your fingers to stubs....

Prawn curry just like you wish they served you at your local Indian restaurant. But made in your kitchen. By you. For you. And your friends. Seem like a tall order? Read on. I’ve been asked many times. More seafood please? More fish? This is the start… South Indian prawn curry This is the first prawn curry ever on glebekitchen. So I’m pulling out all the stops. Bash you over the head flavours....

You might also like these recipes for chickpea curry, kidney beans curry and lima bean curry. As the New Year rolls around, one of my hopes is to incorporate more varieties of grains and legumes in my diet. As any Indian knows, there’s way more to the mighty legume than meets the eye on the average supermarket shelf here in the United States. Being Indian-born, I was fortunate to be introduced early on to a whole host of lentils and beans that make up the average Indian diet....

There’s a few things to keep in mind. Cook the mushrooms before you cook the steak. Do it the other way around and you’re eating cold steak for dinner. Veal stock adds a nice complexity to the sauce. A richness. Chicken stock work but veal stock is better. Be ready with your ingredients. You don’t have to move fast but you can’t move slow. Don’t crowd your pan. If you want to do 4 steaks use 2 pans....

I just don’t understand why people don’t make more soup. People always love it. And it’s way easier than doing an appetizer plus you can make it ahead of time. Drop the appetizer from your menu and slide in a soup. Half the work and just as impressive. Ask yourself – would you rather be fussing with a fancy appetizer with the main course on it’s heels or ladle a bit of soup into a bowl....

This vegan étouffée, a veggie-packed stew from Louisiana, is as close as it can be to an authentic version without the crawfish or shrimp that typically go into it. The distinctive–and delicious–cuisine of Louisiana originated from a commingling of local flavors and ingredients available in this coastal state with the cooking techniques of foreigners who settled here, mainly the French colonists. (If you’d like to know more, here’s an excellent article that explains the background of Louisiana cooking–and more specifically Cajun and Creole cooking–far beter than I can....

You might also like these recipes for vegan sweet potato pancakes and vegan pumpkin pancakes. If you love vegan carrot cake, meet your new favorite breakfast: these scrumptious vegan carrot cake pancakes scented with cardamom and nutmeg. These make the perfect breakfast for weekend mornings although they are so simple you could easily cook them up in minutes on a weekday with some basic meal-prepping the day before. We all know carrots are good for you, and they are so satisfying to the sweet tooth....

You might also like these recipes for vegan lemon yogurt bundt cake, vegan lemon pound cake and vegan lemon cake with lemon curd. A plump, golden Lemon Poppy Seed Cake with a Lemon Glaze is what I have for you today. After all these years of baking vegan cakes and cupcakes, I am still amazed at how easy it is to eliminate animal products like butter, cream and egg and still get a perfectly moist, airy and beautiful result....

My favorite thing about summer is all that sweet, juicy fruit it brings along, like mangoes, plums and peaches. My next favorite thing? Putting that fruit into desserts, like peach upside-down cake and this vegan peach pie. These are treats that satisfy every craving yet leave one wanting more! There’s just something divine about juicy, melting peaches nestled in a crackling, golden pie crust. The peaches are lightly kissed with cinnamon and they hold their shape in the pie, yet they are so tender....

My Pumpkin Brown Rice Pudding is a super-fun way to sneak “healthy” in with delicious. But wait, let’s not start with healthy. Let’s start with delicious because that’s what this dish is– absolutely, mind blowingly delicious. So delicious in fact that you might have a hard time sharing it. And as for the healthy part– besides the pumpkin and the brown rice, both stars on the health front, we have almond milk which is way healthier and way tastier than dairy milk....

For more pumpkin treats, be sure to try vegan pumpkin cake with chai spices and this gluten-free vegan pumpkin praline tart. Why you will love this recipe Pumpkin pie is everyone’s favorite holiday dessert. And this vegan pie is so delicious, everyone will want more. The pumpkin pie filling is perfectly spiced with a smooth, creamy texture and the crust is crispy and flaky. The pie slices like a dream and it tastes amazing....

This very vegan zucchini breakfast strata is a dish you can also serve for brunch, lunch or dinner, or anytime in between that you have a mind to eat. I can promise you, though, that there will never be any leftovers for in-between snacking. There are many layers and flavors that go into this strata, and each is a delicious recipe in itself. There is a flavorsome saute of zucchini and tomatoes, mashed potatoes with olive oil, sage and ground black pepper, and a lemon basil cashew cream that’s so good, you’ll want to chug it out of the blender....

on May 17, 2019, Updated Jul 15, 2024 I’ve told you before that I don’t like watermelon and yet, this is my second watermelon recipe this season. I guess I can’t get enough lately. And I’m discovering my love for this right now. Better late than never. A good watermelon salad when it’s hot and sweaty can immediately lift the mood as I’m discovering these days. We inhale this by the bowlful on most days now....

Indian food, with layers of complex flavor and a heady aroma, is some of the best in the world. But it is not an easy cuisine to master immediately because you need a basic understanding of spices to balance out recipes, especially when you veganize them. That’s why I’ve collected for you a few diverse and easy Indian vegan recipes that need just a few simple ingredients. Not only are they delicious, but they will give you a strong foundation to build upon when you tackle slightly more complex dishes like my vegan butter chicken, chickpea curry or vegan malai kofta....