This is one of our favorite weekend morning breakfasts or quick lunches. Desi loves it because a dosa is comfort food for any south Indian. Jay loves it because it’s a crispy crepe encasing a delicious potato and peas stuffing. And I love it because it’s all of the above, and one of the easiest and quickest meals in my repertoire. Do I even need to say it’s super healthy?...
You might also like these recipes for Mexican red rice, refried beans and Mexican black beans casserole. Here’s a rice recipe you’ll be making over and over, because it’s healthy, packed with flavor and you can eat it with anything, although it is especially wonderful with a side of refried beans and guacamole, which makes dinnertime SO easy! My Mexican Green Rice. This is an easy rice to make, and you need no more than 25 minutes to go from scratch to finish....
These adult- and kid-friendly Mexican Potato and Bean Cakes are a delicious memory of time Desi and I spent in Morelia, a quiet city nestled high in the hills of the Michoacan state of Mexico, and lined wall-to-wall with historic cathedrals and colleges. This was more than a decade ago, but I remember the city’s distinctive and even eclectic charm. A grand aqueduct that looks like a procession of arches marched around the outskirts....
That’s a lot of hyperbole. So I would expect you to doubt me. I would doubt me. But it’s so good. I could drink the dressing. Seriously. It absolutely shines with anything grilled. Or roasted. Fish. Chicken. Pork. It all just works. Or try it with shrimp poached in a tom yam style broth. That’s dinner right there. Make papaya salad with green papaya You can get green papaya at just about any Asian market....
I love a good shrimp cocktail. Firm flavourful shrimp. Dipped into a sauce brimming with horseradish and lemon. One of my absolute favourite appetizers. You might say old school. Dated. So 1970s. But I say classic. Something that stands the test of time. It doesn’t always have to be trendy. But if you love trendy then I say this is retro. Call it prawn cocktail instead. Does that make it better?...
on Apr 14, 2021 One of the many perks of being married to a Mangalorean is that I get to taste authentic coastal seafood dishes made with the freshest catch. Denver’s grandma has even taught me how to make the tastiest Chicken Kori Rotti and Fish Curry with Coconut. And I definitely enjoy food cooked in coconut oil! One of my favourite Mangalorean prawn recipes is prawns coated in semolina/rava and fried....
on Jul 14, 2016, Updated Aug 28, 2020 Be it monsoon or winters, you’ll always find me making a warm cup of soup every time there’s a slight nip in the air. And this Zucchini Basil Soup by my friend Amishi from Naive Cooks is one of my absolute favourites! It’s perfect for those cosy winter evenings when you feeling staying tucked into a warm blanket with a mug of this hot soup to slurp on while watching Netflix!...
Sanna Polo, a superhealthy Indian-style pancake packed with lentils, brown rice and veggies is a complete meal in itself. And if that sounds incredible to you, skip over and read the recipe. In Konkan along India’s west coast, where my dad’s family hails from, “polo” is local for dosa: a food most of you are no doubt familiar with. Dosas, which spring from South India, are typically made with lentils and rice, and some, like Adai, have veggies thrown in....
You might also like these recipes for no-knead sourdough bread, sourdough sandwich bread and crusty sourdough dinner rolls. Ever so often, my sourdough starter, George, drives me to inspired kitchen moments. This ravishing Sourdough Olive and Sage Loaf is one of them. If you love baking with sourdough, you know that one of the things that makes it so special is the journey itself. With sourdough, you can be sure that you will be surprised at every stage of the bread-making process....
For the longest time I used tomatillos mainly to make delicious salsa verde and, occasionally, as a substitute for green tomatoes in recipes like green tomato stew and green tomato dal. But of late I’ve been trying them out in recipes like this amazing tomatillo and pinto bean stew I have for you today, and I am blown away! Mexican tomatillo stews often contain meats like beef and pork, and instead of those I add healthy protein in the form of pinto beans, which I love....
Who doesn’t love falafel? It’s one of Jay’s favorite foods and I make them so often, I surprised myself when I realized I’d never shared the recipe with you before. I know you probably weren’t waiting for it with bated breath, and you maybe don’t need it anyway because the web is filled with a million different ways to make falafel, but this is my way, and it’s a good one, so here it is....
Love the idea of vegan sourdough waffles but can’t eat gluten? For you I have these scrumptious vegan and gluten-free sourdough waffles made with a Gluten-Free Sourdough Starter. There’s one caveat with sourdough waffles, as there is with most sourdough baked goods – you need to give your sourdough batter or dough some time to sit so the good bacteria can go to work. But I actually love that about making sourdough waffles because if I take just five minutes the night before to put the ingredients together in the bowl, I know I can get breakfast on the table in 10 minutes the next morning....
You might also like vegan étouffée and vegan jambalaya. When I was a child, a young woman with a huge straw basket balanced over her head would make the rounds of my neighborhood every week or so. She would knock on doors, peddling fresh fish that her husband had just hauled in that morning from the sea that hugs Bombay’s shoreline. Everyone simply called her “Kolin” which is the Marathi word for fisherwoman....
You might also like these recipes for vegan lentil marinara and lentil soup. Here’s a recipe for those of us who love pasta with a passion but would rather do something else with all the time that sometimes goes into making it: my vegan Lentil Orzo Bake. And, it has a cheesy crust to die for. This is an easy weeknight casserole that practically cooks itself. There’s no standing over a big pot of boiling water, no constant sauteing and stirring to get the sauce just right....
You might also like these recipes for a classic vegan apple pie, vegan French apple tart and vegan apple cake. I had been wanting to bake an apple pie in a cast iron skillet ever since I read that the cast iron keeps the bottom crust from getting soggy – a common problem when you bake up a pie in a pie plate. Besides, while a pie baked in a pie plate looks pretty, anything baked in a cast iron skillet looks gorgeous....
These vegan stuffed mushrooms are my go-to for delicious gatherings with family and friends. They are at once elegant and so easy to put together, and everyone, including slimy mushroom haters, will love them. The mushrooms cook up perfectly al dente and juicy without collapsing, the stuffing is cheesy, crispy and savory, and all of it makes up one nourishing and yummy package. If you love recipes like these vegan stuffed peppers, this easy vegan stuffed mushrooms recipe is for you!...
You might also like this recipe for vegan tater tot casserole. I am not a huge fan of stuffing and since there exist people in my home who have taken the term “picky eater” to a whole new degree, I needed to come up with a vegan Thanksgiving stuffing recipe that we could all love. Ergo, this vegan stuffing with crispy, crunchy tater tots. Stuffing is one of the most important dishes at the Thanksgiving table, so what a pity then that it usually elicits groans rather than yums from most eaters....
Packing a healthy but tasty lunch box for school Kids are the world’s toughest critics when it comes to food. And you are a busy mom or dad with no time to fuss around in the kitchen every morning. That’s why all of the recipes you’ll find here are: Healthy AND yummy. If your kids are anything like mine, you know that instead of that blue-ribbon meal you just cooked for them they would rather stuff their faces with processed snacks and sodas....
Diwali’s the time of year to go a little bit over the top, particularly with food. It is time when every Indian kitchen is overrun– but never overwhelmed– with sweets and savory snacks of every shape, taste and hue. This year’s Diwali dawned on me pretty suddenly, as it seems to do each year, actually. Since I’m no genius in the planning-ahead department, it was only yesterday that I woke up to the fact that I needed to get at least one really special sweet ready in time for the big day....
Say hello to a delicious Spring with my Beet Burger with Chipotle Cashew Hummus. This burger is simplicity itself: instead of making a patty with grated beet and other ingredients, I take a thick, juicy slice of roasted beetroot, saute it with some seasonings to add more flavor, then sandwich it between layers of caramelized onions, hummus flavored with chipotle chili, and crisp, clean greens. All of this goodness goes on my whole wheat burger bun....
