12 Quick Diwali Sweets Under 20 Mins - Easy Diwali Sweet Recipes
Diwali is the best time to enjoy all those few-times-a-year sweets and snacks and this year has been the year of quick and easy sweets recipes for me. Just because you are busy or working or traveling...
View Article15-Min Coconut Ladoo Recipe - Coconut Laddu Sweet for Diwali
I love coconut so making coconut ladoo has been high on my things-to-cook list. This coconut laddu recipe has only 2 key ingredients and takes not more than 15 mins to come together, so it's perfect...
View Article10-Min Palkova Recipe - Easy Condensed Milk Palkova Sweet for Diwali
Palkova in 10 minutes. Really. What has the world of cooking come to? Traditionally, palkova and thiratipal would require you to painstakingly stir a pan of milk constantly to avoid burning until it...
View ArticleApple Kheer - Easy 15-Min Apple Kheer (Indian Apple Pudding) Recipe
When I shared the list of 12 easy diwali sweets under 20 mins, it wasn't complete and I had left the last one as a surprise. This apple kheer is the 12th surprise diwali sweet but I must confess the...
View ArticleApple Streusel Cake Recipe - Apple Cake Recipe with Streusel Topping
This Apple Streusel Cake is a popular recipe from the Hummingbird baking book that my friend Darsh baked a few times for us. I love the streusel topping and had really enjoyed the blueberry streusel...
View ArticleRed Capsicum Chutney Recipe - Red Chutney with Capsicum (No Coconut)
My entire family loves tomato chutney. We make it in bulk and pass around bottles during vacations when everyone comes together or when visits happen. I have eaten and loved many variations of the...
View ArticleHow to Make Chapati Dough (Roti Dough) in a Food Processor
I have been using my Kitchenaid stand mixer for making roti dough for a couple years now and would argue that buying one just for this is probably worth it. One of my least favourite activities in the...
View ArticlePlain Dosa Recipe - How to Make Dosa Batter at Home (Step by Step, Tips and...
Note: This is a long and detailed post on how to make plain dosa at home with lots of tips and FAQs at the end. Dosa is soul food for me. I often tell TH how I can make and eat dosa every day for a...
View ArticleSago Dosa - Sabudana Dosa Recipe - Dosa Batter Recipes
When I shared details of how to make dosa batter at home to make plain dosa, there were a few requests for different variety of dosas and dosa batters to be shared. I dug very deep into my archives...
View ArticleKerala Chicken Curry Recipe - Nadan Kozhi Curry Recipe (No Coconut Milk)
This Kerala-style chicken curry is special. I love any gravy with a roasted coconut and spices and this chicken curry uses just that (but no coconut milk). There are tons of different variations to how...
View ArticleJowar Dosa - Sorghum (Jonnalu) Dosa - South Indian Dosa Recipes
Sorghum, known as jowar, cholam, jonnalu, jola, etc in India is a grain we've been using for generations to make sorghum dosa. Sorghum has enough health benefits like cancer-fighting abilities,...
View ArticleWhite Coconut Chutney Recipe - How to Make Hotel Style Coconut Chutney
Coconut chutneys are one of my favourite recipes to experiment with. Since we make dosa batter at home regularly, it's important to have a good collection of chutney recipes to keep things interesting....
View ArticleMasala Dosa Recipe - How to Make Masala Dosa at Home
Since it's been the season for various dosa recipes on the site including plain dosa, sago dosa, and wheat dosa, I figured I might as well share the recipe of this easy and basic masala dosa that I...
View ArticleFresh Chunky Tomato Salsa Recipe - How to Make Tomato Salsa at Home
Salsa simply means sauce in Spanish and there are a zillion ways to make salsa at home with easily available and fresh ingredients. A freshly made tomato salsa is often one of my go-to starter dishes...
View ArticleGobi Manchurian Recipe - Gobi Manchurian Gravy Recipe Step by Step
Learn how to make Gobi Manchurian with Gravy, a popular and much-loved Indian-Chinese vegetarian recipe. The dry version of Gobi Manchurian is crispy and delicious, often served as a starter while Gobi...
View ArticleTutti Frutti Buttermilk Cake - One-Bowl Buttermilk Christmas Cake Recipe
Learn how to make this easy one-bowl buttermilk cake with dry fruits or tutti frutti for Christmas. The cake is easy to customize and you can add your own additions like fruits, nuts, etc to make it...
View ArticleChicken 65 Recipe - How to Make Chicken 65 at Home
I always associate Chicken 65 with Madurai although I have only been to Madurai once and I didn't eat Chicken 65 during that trip. Weird, I know, but not too much because Chicken 65 is a very popular...
View ArticleMicrowave Chocolate Cake Recipe in 7 Minutes (Eggless Options Included)
Learn how to make a chocolate cake in 7 minutes or less in your microwave. This cake is self-saucing so once you are done, there's a layer of gooey chocolate sauce on top to keep it moist and it needs...
View ArticleFood Processor for Indian Cooking - Magimix Review for Indian Kitchens
A detailed review of the use of food processor in an Indian kitchen for Indian-style cooking. Food processors can be used for chopping, slicing, mincing, grating, and pureeing vegetables as well as...
View ArticleVegetarian Green Curry Paste Recipe - Thai Veg Green Chilli Paste
Learn how to make vegetarian green curry paste for Thai green curry with vegetables. This authentic Thai recipe uses no fish sauce and instead we compensate by adding two kinds of soy sauce. This...
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