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 […]
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Instant Pot Lamb(Goat)Curry (Paleo, Whole30, AIP, Nightshade free)
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 […]
Sweet Potato Paratha || Sweet Potato Tortilla (Paleo, AIP, Vegan)
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) […]
Mango Kulfi || Mango Ice Cream (Paleo, AIP, Vegan)
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 […]
Gluten Free ‘Marie Biscuits’|| Tea Time Cookies (Paleo, AIP, Vegan)
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 […]
Health Benefits of Broccoli Sprouts and How to Grow Them
So until a couple years ago, I had never heard of broccoli sprouts. I was familiar with legume sprouts like mung bean sprouts but had never heard of broccoli sprouts! Actually broccoli sprouts were identified as a superfood pretty recently only about two decades ago! The New York Times first wrote about the research showing the incredible […]
Chicken Kofta Curry (Paleo, AIP)
How long have you been on the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) diet? Have you been feeling like you need a good curry recipe that will make you feel pampered? Then all you need is this ‘Chicken Kofta Curry‘ which is nothing but delicious soft chicken meatballs cooked in a creamy, smooth curry sauce. Sounds so yum […]
Indian ‘Butter’ Chicken (Paleo, AIP, Whole30, Keto)
Chicken Tikka Masala and Butter Chicken are two quintessential Indian ‘curry’ dishes that you will always find in all Indian restaurants. Are these authentic Indian dishes? Not necessarily so. Are they really popular? Like heck they are! Among the non-Indian populace that is! I personally would never order either of these dishes even in […]
Banana Coconut Pancake (Paleo, AIP, Vegan)
There is something incredibly delicious about this combination of bananas and coconut! If you have not tried them together, then you need to rectify that! Of course both of these are tropical fruits and banana plants and coconut palms are found together in most homes in Kerala, which is in southern India. And therefore not […]
Sweet Potato Kheer (Paleo, AIP, Vegan)
Yes it is that time of the year again! The festival season! Being a transplant from India settled in the US, the holiday season for us starts from September itself! Our celebrations first begin with Onam which is a harvest festival celebrated by southern Indians (yes that would be us 🙂 ) followed by Diwali […]
Coconut Ladoos || Coconut Snow Balls (Paleo, AIP, Keto)
Festival season is the most challenging when you are on a restrictive diet! The Indian Festival season just started with ‘Ganesh Chathurthi’ which celebrates the birth of Lord Ganesha. The next couple months will bring more festivals including Onam (Kerala’s harvest festival) and Diwali, the Hindu New Year. What all of these festivals have in […]
Steamed Chicken Dumplings || Chicken Ada || Instant Pot Chicken Dumplings (Paleo, AIP)
Ada is a traditional keralan food where different kinds of stuffings are stuffed inside a rice flour dough and then steamed by wrapping them in banana leaves! As a kid, I loved the ‘Adas’ with the sweet coconut fillings. Yum! I have made a sweet potato version of these sweet coconut filling dumplings which you […]