Flavorful Paleo and AIP recipes
Are you ready with your Thanksgiving Menu plan yet? As for me, I think I am (and I will share my menu in my next post) but I keep adding more things to the menu! That is very typical of me and it annoys my husband no end! He always keeps telling me that there […]
The holiday season is here! Yes the holidays begin early in our Indian household since Diwali, the festival of lights is usually around end of October or beginning of November. The dates of Diwali change every year since it’s based on the Hindu calendar. There are two important things to remember about Diwali – […]
When I first started on AIP almost 5 years ago, the biggest challenge for me was not being able to eat rice. Rice and curry had been my comfort food for 40 plus years and not being able to eat that was hard. I was never a big fan of wheat rotis or chapatis. […]
One of the main reasons why I have been able to stay grain free(largely!) for the last 4 1/2 years is because I try to create grain free versions of my comfort foods. My comfort foods are the foods that I grew up with. I was born and raised in Mumbai, which is western India […]
Onam is just a few days away. If you have been a regular follower of my blog, you may have seen my Onam Sadya recipes. Onam is the harvest festival of Kerala (a coastal state in southern India)and part of the celebration is having a vegetarian feast called as Sadya. The key features of this […]
Whether you have just started AIP or you have been doing AIP for a few months, the thought of going on vacation can make you nervous! Will you be able to manage or will the vacation totally derail the progress that you have achieved thus far? These questions cause many folks to avoid traveling or […]
Yet another chicken curry you ask? Well…I can only say that this is one chicken curry that you definitely need to try! If you eat once, you will remember forever! Really, what’s so different about it? Kormas have their origins in the Mughal empire and they typically consist of meat cooked in a thick sauce […]
Happy Holi! The festival of colors is tomorrow but this year once again the Holi spirit is low because of COVID-19. It’s hard to imagine that a full year has passed since everyone has been under various stages of lockdown! Hence to feel the Holi spirit, the only way left was for me to cook […]
Goat meat also called as mutton is quite popular in India more than beef since many Indian communities consider cow to be sacred and do not eat beef. I used to love the mutton curry that my dad used to make on Sundays when we were growing up. It was an elaborate process and my […]
Flatbreads are very common in Indian cuisine and there are so many different varieties of them. Rotis, Naans, Parathas and stuffed Parathas. I have posted a few different recipes myself here like grain free Roti, grain free Naan , cassava methi paratha, Kheema paratha, sweet potato stuffed paratha Paratha has a bit more fat (oil) […]
Mangoes are my most favorite fruit. Yes there is nothing like mangoes! Anything goes when it’s mangoes 🙂 Yes I love to eat it as is! Love to make it into a lassi…or a smoothie…or just as mango pulp/puree to be had with pooris (deep fried bread)! My ‘Mango Pie‘ is pretty famous among our […]
It’s amazing how the sight of foods that you grow up with bring you so much joy, right? Just like old TV commercials, the foods that you grew up with also make you feel nostalgic. Well, ‘Marie Biscuits’ are one such cookie that most of us from India are very familiar with. The marketing department […]