Flavorful Paleo and AIP recipes
Aloo Paratha is a very popular Indian flatbread that is made with a mildly spiced potato stuffing. This is the recipe for a gluten free and grain free version of this recipe. You can make an AIP version of this recipe using white sweet potato instead of potato. That AIP version will be a sweet […]
Pani Puri is a snack and is often served as an appetizer at festivals or dinner parties. This post shows you how to make Gluten free Pani Puri. Pani Puri is an Indian street food and is eaten as a snack anytime of the day! It is one of the foods that form ‘Chaat’, which […]
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 […]
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 […]
I love watching ‘Chopped’, the food network show where competitors have to create fancy dishes using a set of basket ingredients. It’s so fun! Well, let’s say there’s a lot of fun nowadays in my kitchen since I have to work with whatever is available in my refrigerator and pantry:) Because of the shutdown, I […]
Traditional recipes like these are what make me feel good about blogging my recipes. Until last year, I did not know that we could cook colocasia stems! Having been raised in Bombay instead of Kerala where my parents are from, I somehow missed this seasonal curry in our annual vacations to Kerala! What a tragedy […]
Ever since I discovered sweet potato noodles, menu options for me have expanded considerably! I now buy them from our local Asian supermarket where they are considerably cheaper than elsewhere. Of course the online option is so, so convenient that its ok if we pay a little extra! But since we regularly go to this […]
Ever since I started doing Paleo and AIP, a lot of the Indian street foods went out of my kitchen window! But slowly each one is making its way back … of course, with some make-overs 🙂 Ha Ha. That’s me, you see I love to eat and I am not too lazy or shy […]
Fall always brings a sense of contentment in me. The vibrant colors makes you want to go for leisurely walks trying to soak in all that beauty. The change in weather makes me want to snuggle in blankets all day long and plan for the imminent holiday season. This year has been a particularly relaxing […]
Happy Onam to Malayalis all over the world who celebrate this auspicious harvest festival. This year I thought I will share the legend behind Onam as told to me by my dad when we were kids. Maybe you can share this with your kids 🙂 There are lots of legends that describe the origin of […]
Mappas is a coconut milk based curry that is unique to Kerala and particularly among the Kerala Syrian Christian community. Fish mappas, Chicken Mappas and also vegetable mappas. Last week I wanted to make some kind of vegetable korma since I was so excited that I was finally able to make grain free parathas using cassava flour. […]
Paratha is typical North indian food right? So why am I trying to ‘southernize’ it? He he…just happened like that one day by accident and a new ‘paratha’ was created in our household 🙂 So here is what happened. Once in a week I make Methi theplas for my kiddos’ lunch box. And usually I make more […]