Appetizers

Anytime Snacks, Appetizers, Gluten Free Recipes, Quick and Healthy, Sandwiches and Wraps, Vegan

Baked Falafel Pita Sandwiches (Pita wraps)

The week before last week, our kitchen truly had the ‘international’ theme going on the entire week! Started with the Japanese meal on Monday which I posted last week and then mid week we had falafels and then ending with thai noodles on Friday. The days in between we had Indian and Mexican.!  How wonderful isn’t it? For the […]

Anytime Snacks, Appetizers, Breakfast, Dairy Free, Gluten Free Recipes, Indian, Kerala, Quick and Healthy, Vegan

Valentine’s Day Special: Beet Idlis

The family has a new name for me – ‘sneaky mom’ 🙂 Can’t blame them …I have been really on a roll lately adding spinach and carrot to idlis, then adding beets to the vegan chocolate cake I baked last weekend. So anyways I am happy with the title and the family is not really complaining. […]

Appetizers, Dairy Free, Gluten Free Recipes, Indian, Kerala, Seafood dishes

Calamari – 2 ways! : Spicy Sauteed and Chick Pea batter fried

Until a few years ago I thought that calamari was ‘fried squid’ – i.e I thought the name of the dish where squid was fried was calamari! So I am sure that some of you might still be under that confusion. So let’s clear your doubts.  Calamari, is just the Italian name for squid. And the dish that most […]

Anytime Snacks, Appetizers, Main Course, Quick and Healthy

Around the World #2: Vegetable Quesadillas with a fiery red chili tomatillo salsa

Yes its all about the sauce! This red chill tomatillo salsa called as Salsa Roja is the bomb! Hot and fiery with a slightly sour tinge from the tomatillos. This was a perfect complement to the vegetable quesadillas I made. Nothing too complicated about the quesadillas – they are my ‘go to’ recipe when I need to […]