on Jun 28, 2021 Alright, who else misses the joy of eating vanilla softy with that crackly chocolate shell?? For the uninitiated, a softy is a soft serve vanilla ice cream in a cone which is then dipped into a decadent gorgeous chocolate sauce. And then the coolest thing happens – the chocolate magically solidifies within a few seconds and becomes crackly! Vanilla softy with the chocolate magic shell was usually more expensive than just plain vanilla ice cream....

on Aug 25, 2022, Updated Sep 23, 2024 If you are looking for sweets to make for the upcoming festive season, then you have got to try this coconut barfi this coconut barfi! It has the same authentic halwai-style flavor and texture, and only requires 5-6 ingredients, all of which are easily available! Sometimes, the struggle with these homemade recipes is that they end up not lasting as long as their store-made counterparts....

on Feb 18, 2021, Updated May 23, 2023 Traditionally, dal makhani is a labour of love, slow cooked for hours on hot coals, usually overnight till the dal breaks down on its own to a buttery, creamy consistency. But we don’t have that kind of time do we? We have to get to work, send kids to school and get some Netflix time in between. So I decided to test out versions of this recipe which will give you the same flavors and the same consistency but with less than half the time....

This very simple and easy one-pot recipe goes from scratch to done in just over 30 minutes and it’s so tasty you’ll be asked to make it over and over. Spring is a wonderful time to cook with zucchini. This tasty vegetable is a nutritional star, with tons of fiber and hardly any calories. It is rich in antioxidants and loaded with potassium and vitamin A. Flavor-wise it lends itself perfectly to both savory and sweet dishes, from Vegan Zucchini Breakfast Strata, Easy Pan-Roasted Zucchini and Garlicky Zucchini Quinoa Cakes to Vegan Zucchini Orange Cake and Vegan Zucchini Bread....

This Goan style cashew curry is made with whole cashews cooked to a delectable, toothsome tenderness. If you love cashews and Indian food, particularly Goan food with such flavorful offerings as vegetable vindaloo, chestnut xacuti and feijoada, you will go nuts for this curry! 😉 Cashews often feature in vegan Indian cooking as a substitute for cream or as an ingredient in sweets. I also add them to my vegetable biryani for extra protein and texture....

If you love pesto sauces, you are probably already making delicious pestos with all sorts of greens, from this classic vegan basil pesto to fennel fronds pesto and carrot top pesto. Add to that list this yummy green garlic pesto. Like all pestos this is an easy sauce to make and it comes together in minutes in a food processor. The challenging part could be finding the green garlic if you aren’t growing your own as most supermarkets don’t carry green garlic (at least not where I live)....

I have a thing for gumbo. A thing for cajun really. It was trendy for a while. But I liked it before it was trendy and I like it now. Anything from the American southwest really. I like it all. It’s great regional cooking. And it’s spicy. Nothing not to love. There’s a couple different approaches to gumbo. And the line is blurry. One is a more soupy dish. Thickened with okra....

on Jun 17, 2024 Love South Indian food? Check out my South Indian Style Egg Curry, Mushroom Pepper Fry, Chutneys for Idli & Dosa, and Millet Mysore Masala Dosa recipes! This feel-good Kerala Vegetable Stew takes no more than 25 minutes to come together and can be made with whatever veggies you have on hand. It is the vegetarian version of my Kerala Mutton Stew (Ishtu), and is a fragrant, nutty stew made with tender braised vegetables....

on Oct 17, 2023, Updated Sep 06, 2024 Sabudana Khichdi makes a weekly appearance on our breakfast table and everyone in the family loves it! It’s an easy recipe that’s super filling and a plate of hot sabudana khichdi sets you up till lunch. Which is also why it’s a popular Navratri or Vrat ki recipe when you need to load up on carbs while observing a fast through the day....

What do you get in this meal plan? You will get six nutritious, delicious and family friendly recipes, meal prep tips and a printable shopping list. Sign up below to get the meal plan directly in your mailbox each weekend, for free. Why follow a meal plan? Saves time: Following a meal plan helps you save time. If you have a meal plan on hand, you have a roadmap for how to feed your family for the rest of the week....

on Sep 08, 2020, Updated Jan 28, 2024 I can never have enough of mushrooms! And this Mushroom Pepper Fry is extra special because it combines two of my biggest loves – mushrooms and South Indian flavours. Made with lots of pepper, tomato paste, curry leaves, this South Indian style mushroom pepper fry is a flavor bomb with each bite. Plus, it comes together so fast! It literally takes about 15 minutes before we’re in mushroomy umami paradise....

What is panch phoron? Panch phoron (also called paanch phoron or panch phoran) is a whole spice blend used in the cuisine of eastern Indian states like West Bengal, Assam and Orissa, and in neighboring Nepal and Bangladesh. “Panch phoron” literally translates from Bengali into “five tempering spices,” with the five spices being cumin seeds, fennel seeds, nigella seeds, fenugreek seeds and black mustard seeds (some Bengalis use radhuni, the seeds of wild celery, instead of mustard) ....

We’ve been having a lot of fun, Desi, Jay, and I, picking raspberries in the backyard. A few summers ago, soon after we had moved into this house, Desi and I planted a tiny little raspberry shoot because it is my favorite berry hands-down. In the years since, with minimal to zero maintenance, it’s grown and grown into a thick, thorny bush that’s pretty much taken over the entire patch, smothering out everything else that was ever there, including some mint....

I love Mediterranean eggplant recipes like baba ganoush, eggplant hummus and this Persian eggplant stew, khoresh bademjan. And when I can use eggplant in one of my favorite winter foods – a Mediterranean style soup – I am in heaven. In fact, I can’t think of a better way to showcase the amazing flavors of eggplant. This eggplant soup is free of added oils but loaded with flavor, thanks to the eggplant and za’atar, that incredibly delicious Middle Eastern spice blend....

I cook healthy most of the time, but I honestly can’t think of the last time I made a recipe that made me feel like trotting around in a halo. It has beans and quinoa and veggies, all in one pot, and it tastes awesome. Ask Jay, who gobbled it down for lunch and dinner and asked for more. I have written about the benefits of sprouts in my moong chilla recipe post....

on Mar 17, 2017, Updated Apr 21, 2021 I have to warn you that this might turn out to be a long post. Because I have so much to tell you. But I hope you won’t jump ship because it’s going to be full of gorgeous pictures. And a trip to the vineyard so I promise it’s not boring. So why don’t you grab a glass of vino and sit back and listen to my storytelling?...

Gujarat is a beautiful swath of land not unlike an alligator’s head that sweeps into the Arabian Sea and kisses Pakistan’s southeast border. This is the state where India’s most illustrious son, Mahatma Gandhi, was born. A land that was once the playground of Krishna, the charismatic child-god and friend of cows whose antics cram the pages of India’s holy and mythological books. The state that is home to the Jain community, a religious group who have – for centuries and long before the term “ethical vegan” was coined–believed in shunning cruelty to every living creature, including insects....

Look at that perfect, ooey, gooey, tomato-ey monster. Now tell me you don’t just want to pick him up and devour him. My Vegan Cheesy Garlicky Pull Apart Pizza Bread will appeal to the kid in you, and to just about every kid out there. It’s also the perfect snack to bake up for a crowd, or for a group of adults who are really just kids at your Super Bowl party....

I dream of soft, fluffy vegan crescent rolls fresh from the oven that I can tear open with my fingers, watch as the smoke dissipates right before my eyes, slather with a dab of vegan butter and raspberry jelly, and then take a huge bite of…now doesn’t that sound like heaven? After making these vegan crescent rolls I definitely was in heaven. Because not only are they are easy to make and impossibly elegant, they are, of course, 100 percent vegan....

A gulab jamun is the ultimate Indian dessert. You’ve likely run into these red-gold orbs of deliciousness scented with cardamom and dunked in a flavorful sugar syrup at an Indian restaurant. Or you’ve likely tried making them at home. Either way, you know that to eat one is to fall in love with it forever. Traditionally, the gulab jamun, like most Indian sweets, is made with cream, or a reduction of milk called khoya....