Appetizers

American, Appetizers, Autoimmune Protocol(AIP), Fusion cuisine, Gluten Free Recipes, Main Course, Nightshade free, Paleo, Quick and Healthy, Salads, Whole30

Tuna Salad with Chaat Masala || Mediterranean Tuna Salad with Chaat Masala (Paleo, Whole30, AIP adaptable)

 Chaat masala? What the heck is that?Don’t worry this is not a complicated curry recipe! Chaat Masala is just a blend of different spices with a prominent tangy taste and a slight touch of heat from black peppers. Trust me when I tell you…It is ‘freaking finger-licking’ good! I think I won’t be wrong if […]

Anytime Snacks, Appetizers, Fusion cuisine, Gluten Free Recipes, Holiday Treats, Indian, Kerala, Paleo, Vegan, Whole30

Spiced Cashew Nuts || Masala Cashew Nuts || Homemade Holiday Gifts (Paleo, Whole30, Vegan)

  Happy Holidays to all! With Christmas just being around the corner, sweet treats begin to surface everywhere. You see them at holiday parties, on food network, on instagram and also in all newspapers and magazines!  There is no harm in making sweet treats once in a while – especially during the festive season and […]

Appetizers, Autoimmune Protocol(AIP), Breads, Dairy Free, Fusion cuisine, Main Course, Nightshade free, Paleo, Vegan

Olives and Cranberries Stuffed Flatbread with Avocado Spinach Basil Pesto(Paleo, Vegan, AIP)

 I sometimes wonder if I could indeed have completed one year on Paleo/AIP if I had not come across cassava flour! Although I have embraced many different types of foods and cuisines in the last twenty years since moving to the United States, one thing that I can still not have enough of is ‘curry’! […]

American, Appetizers, Autoimmune Protocol(AIP), Chutneys and Dips, Dairy Free, Fusion cuisine, Gluten Free Recipes, Nightshade free, Paleo, Thanksgiving dishes, Vegan, Whole30

Cranberry and Cherry Sauce || Cranberry and Cherry Chutney (Paleo, Vegan, AIP)

  Hey its Thanksgiving, people!. Cranberries need to be on the menu!  Honestly speaking, cranberry sauce has never been my thing.  I think all that sugar that goes in it is what puts me off.  Because I really love cranberries – I really do! And like to use them in a lot of my curries! I […]

Anytime Snacks, Appetizers, Chicken Dishes, Dairy Free, Gluten Free Recipes, Indian, Main Course, North Indian cuisine, Paleo, Whole30

Tandoori Chicken || Indian Style Baked Chicken (Paleo, Whole30, AIP)

If you like Indian food and like chicken then I can bet that you would have definitely tasted Tandoori Chicken:) If not, then you need to immediately rectify that!  Tandoori Chicken probably helped popularize Indian cuisine in the rest of the world. And Chicken tikka masala where this tandoor baked chicken is dunked in a […]

Appetizers, Asian, Autoimmune Protocol(AIP), Fusion cuisine, Nightshade free, Paleo, Seafood dishes, Soups, Whole30

Shrimp and vegetable soup (Paleo, AIP)

In Kerala cuisine, shrimp/prawns are very popular. Especially in the areas closer to the sea like Kochi. My mom having grown up in Kochi, would add shrimp to most vegetable side dishes along with shredded coconut. Tiny shrimp were mostly reserved for such vegetable dishes where a handful of them were enough to impart lots […]

American, Anytime Snacks, Appetizers, Autoimmune Protocol(AIP), Fusion cuisine, Gluten Free Recipes, Paleo

Tuna masala cakes with a coconut crust (Gluten Free, Whole30, Egg Free)

  I have made a lot of different type of patties. In India we also liked to call them cutlets. Vegetable cutlets, Chicken cutlets, Shrimp cutlets and Beef Cutlets.  They all have almost a similar base – mashed potatoes, onions, garlic, some spices and then dipped in egg wash and coated with bread crumbs. Shallow […]

Appetizers, Indian, Kerala, Main Course, Paleo, Seafood dishes, Whole30

Squid Stir fry with coconut || Koonthal thoran (Gluten Free, Paleo, Whole30)

As I have mentioned many times before, we are all seafood lovers in our family.  My son when he was younger, he loved to stick his nose inside the fresh seafood counter over at the Asian supermarket. He loves the smell of seafood so much 🙂 We usually get different varieties of fish and also shrimp. […]

Appetizers, Gluten Free Recipes, Hyderabadi, Indian, Main Course, Paleo, Seafood dishes, Whole30

Dhaba Style Green Masala Fish Fry || Herbed Spicy Fish Fritters || Paleo Fish Fritters

Being a Keralan at heart, I always loved eating fish and all seafood. So incredibly tasty! And also so light on the stomach. This is the best part now on my Paleo diet. I eat fish 80% of the time for my protein and hence I am constantly looking out for new recipes. Well I have quite […]

Appetizers, Asian, Autoimmune Protocol(AIP), Fusion cuisine, Gluten Free Recipes, Main Course, Non-vegetarian dishes, Paleo, Quick and Healthy, Seafood dishes, Whole30

Crispy Fish bites (Paleo, Gluten free)

 I recently started eating Flounder and I love its delicate flavor and its soft, flaky texture.  Since it doesn’t have a strong flavor of its own, it can easily take in the flavor of the marinade the you cook it in. So I have been experimenting cooking it with different spices. It tastes great just […]

Asian Style Chicken Nuggets (paleo, AIP, gluten free)
Appetizers, Autoimmune Protocol(AIP), Chicken Dishes, Fusion cuisine, Gluten Free Recipes, Kid friendly, Main Course, Paleo, Whole30

Asian Style Chicken Bites (Gluten Free, Paleo, AIP)

  Indo Chinese cuisine is pretty popular in India with the craze first starting sometime in the early 90s I believe. I was in college those days and we would sneak out from college to have lunch at one of these make shift stalls outside our campus to have delicious lip smacking ‘chicken manchurian’ soup and […]