on Nov 30, 2015, Updated Aug 31, 2020 If you’re anything like me and buy bananas by the dozen only to then leave them sitting on the counter till they are too ripe to eat, then this Spiced Indian Banana Fritters might just the recipe you need. This recipe is the perfect way to use up overripe bananas and turn them into a yummy, homemade dessert that you absolutely will not be able to refrain from....
on Mar 12, 2020, Updated Aug 18, 2020 If you’ve ever had midnight cravings and hit one of the street stalls that do egg bhurji and pav bhaji in the middle of the night, you know what I’m talking about. And if you haven’t experienced that awesomeness, all the more reason to try this recipe! Egg Bhurji is India’s take on scrambled eggs, only better! Because this version is spicy, garlicky and buttery....
A homemade marinara sauce is a great recipe to have in your toolbox for those days when you want dinner to be a quick, healthy – yet delicious – affair. That’s why I want to share with you today my favorite recipe for a very traditional marinara that needs all of five ingredients, hardly any prep, and that comes together in one pot in under 30 minutes. I confess I was never a huge fan of marinara until I started to make and eat this sauce, based off a recipe I found many years back in the New York Times, and which I’ve tweaked a bit over the years....
When I buy fresh turmeric root at the store, curious shoppers sometimes ask me what I use it for. My answer usually is that Desi adds them to his smoothies. But fresh turmeric, with a grassy taste not unlike carrots, only more bitter, is often used in curries and side dishes in India. I’d been wanting to make this turmeric curry with fresh turmeric root, that owes its origins to Rajasthan in northwestern India, for the longest time, and the timing seemed just right....
I have many vegan Indian sweets on the blog for the Indian festive season, which begins with Ganesh Chaturthi and ends with Diwali. These include favorites like vegan gulab jamun, vegan barfi and vegan kheer. This vegan badam katli recipe, which riffs off my vegan kaju katli recipe, is just as delicious as these other sweet recipes, and easier. What is badam katli? In some Indian languages, including Hindi, badam = almond and katli = thin slice....
You might also like vegan butter chicken, vegan Indian pepper chicken and vegan chicken masala. Here’s a really simple and ridiculously delicious vegan chicken curry that’s loaded with veggies and protein. It’s a recipe everyone I’ve ever served it to loves, including kids, but it is especially great for anyone who likes or misses eating meat. Authentic but vegan chicken curry The flavors in this curry are drawn from an easy south Indian Chettinad style chicken curry I used to make when I lived in India and before I started eating vegan....
You might also like these recipes for vegan jambalaya and vegan red beans and rice. I’ve always loved cooking the food of Louisiana, probably because New Orleans starved me when I visited it for the first time almost a decade and a half ago. It was just a month or two after Katrina and half the city was somnolent as it stirred and recovered from the storm. But the vibrance was still around, and at night you could feel it on the city’s hallowed Bourbon Street....
You might also like these recipes for vegan stuffed French toast, vegan eggnog French toast and vegan French toast casserole. I have made this vegan French Toast recipe for many, many years now and it has lived on this blog for at least eight of those. I know a number of you love it too, and have written to tell me so. But when I made it once again this week and had Desi photograph it for you, I was wondering – as I usually do with old recipes that I update – if there’s anything I could tweak to make it better....
This flavorful, meatless version of a classic Irish shepherd’s pie is hearty, healthy and full of veggie goodness. The pie has a hearty, protein-packed filling of crumbled tempeh, brown lentils, and veggies, including celery, bell peppers, onions and green peas, seasoned perfectly with mustard, tomato paste, paprika, mint, thyme and, oh, yes, a spot of Irish whiskey. Over all of this goodness goes a thick layer of mashed potatoes that turns golden and crusty in the oven....
I’m in love with these delicious and lemony little vegan low carb cheesecake bites. They need just six ingredients and take minutes to make, but they are so good I can’t stop popping them. And here’s the kicker: I don’t really have to stop. I’ve been sharing with you some of my favorite sugar free low carb and keto desserts, which include these vegan protein energy balls, these vegan keto brownies, vegan keto cheesecake blondies, and vegan low carb cheescake....
These are quite possibly the best tacos ever. The filling’s creamy and flavorful, the whole-wheat tortillas are soft and fluffy, and the toppings– roasted red peppers and salsa– take them from simply superb to simply sublime. But here’s the most wonderful part: these tacos are absolutely fat-free. Yep, that’s right. There’s not one drop of gooey, dripping, waist-clutching fat in this dish, and yet it’s so delicious and so filling that your tummy– after eating just one– will be sending signals to your reluctant brain that it’s quite full....
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This deeply satisfying, one-pot dish is what I rustle up when I want a hearty, nourishing curry in a hurry and it never lets me down. Even Jay, my picky eater, goes back for second and third helpings of this Vegan Meatball Curry. It’s that good. I used south Indian flavors in this curry: curry leaves and coconut milk. I am not claiming any pedigree for it because it is completely my own invention and not from one part of India or the other....
Here’s a delicious alternative to mashed sweet potatoes or a sweet potato casserole for your Thanksgiving table: my Scalloped Sweet Potatoes with a Crunchy Pecan Topping. This is a lovely dish to look at: the slices of pretty orange sweet potatoes, shingled and drowned in a creamy sauce, with golden streusel-like pecans strewn over, is a showstopper. But when you dig in – that’s when you’ll really fall in love....
I am all about easy curries for weeknights, like this vegan Indian curry, and this simple but delicious 20-minute curry I am sharing today. It needs very little prep and tastes so, so good. Why you’ll love this 20-minute curry Actually takes 20 minutes from scratch! You can put this curry together in less time than it would to order takeout and it’s way healthier than anything you’d get at a restaurant....
on Oct 19, 2022 Looking for more Chaat recipes? Try my Pani Puri (Golgappa/ Puchka) Recipe, Bread Chaat and Easy Aloo Chaat! We always make Papdi for Diwali in my house – it’s a great snack, gift hamper addition, and perfect to have on hand when impromptu guests visit. It’s also perfect to turn into papdi chaat if you have some tamarind or coriander chutney stocked up in the fridge!...
on Oct 19, 2023 There is nothing that screams Indian festivities quite like sooji halwa does, and I think this recipe is really special. I don’t know if you can see it but there’s a gorgeous caramel-like glaze on this suji halwa that coats every little bit of sooji. The trick is to patiently roast the sooji in ghee for 20-25 minutes till the colour changes from white to a deep brown....
on Mar 15, 2021 I’m so excited coz with this recipe, I’ve completed the holy trinity of Idli Dosa Batter, Sambar and now Chutney for Idli Dosa! If you’ve ever visited a breakfast joint in Bangalore, I’m sure you fell in love with the colourful trio of chutneys that are served with idlis and dosas. These three varieties of chutney are popular all over south India, in hotels and households alike....
You might also like amaranth dal, urad dal and methi dal. I once read a magazine article where the writer asked a number of Indian celebrities what their favorite meal was–their comfort meal. Most of these people were not vegetarians (most Indians aren’t). But the reason their responses stuck in my memory was that they were, in most cases, the same: dal chawal, they said. Cooked by mom. Dal chawal (dal and rice) sits at the core of every Indian meal and to so many of us, no matter where in the world we live, it really is comfort food....
You can add sprouts to just about any dish, but this khichdi is a particular favorite in our home. It’s not just delicious, but it is also really easy to make. I make it in a pressure cooker, although you can certainly do this in a saucepan. All you really need is a few spices and herbs, like ginger, garlic, and turmeric, and you can have the khichdi piping hot and ready to eat in under 30 minutes....
