To (eat) Beef or not (eat) Beef? A lot of us folks I am sure ponder about this question. Growing up beef was not cooked in our home. But we did eat some very delicious beef curry on a routine basis at our close family friends’ home. They were Kerala Christians and hence Beef was […]
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Malvani Chicken Curry(Chicken curry with roasted coconut masala)
Born and raised in Mumbai by parents who were natives of Kerala, we grew up greatly influenced by both Keralan and Maharashtrian cultures. Our next door neighbor hailed from the Malvan region of Maharashtra which is also a coastal region just like Kerala. As a result there are lots of similarities in Kerala and Malvani cuisines […]
Chocolate Bark with Strawberries and Pistachios
Happy New Year folks! Let’s start the New Year with something sweet and delicious! Which also looks very pretty! Yeah I made this chocolate bark for our New Year’s Eve party and everyone both adults and kids loved it.! And the best part is – its a breeze to make! All you have to do […]
Christmas Cake (Dried Fruit and Nut Cake) || Kerala Christmas Cake || Indian Plum Cake
Now this is a cake that I have been meaning to make for ever. I have looked at several recipes over the past few years and saved a few too. But somehow not got around baking it. Growing up in Mumbai, Plum Cake was a common pantry item. Yes I am serious – you would […]
How to make Healthy Homemade Granola (Sugar free)
Granola had been on my list to make for ever. I don’t know why it took so long for me to try it. Especially since I have made Homemade cereal bars before which has been a big hit in my house. Granola is actually much easier to make since you don’t need to chop the […]
How to toast pumpkin seeds
What do you do with all those pumpkins you had around your house for decoration? I am sure most of you do use (I do hope you do because seriously otherwise there would be so much wastage of food !) up the pumpkin flesh. Very simple to cut the pumpkin into 2-4 big pieces and […]
Herbed Garlicky Baby Potatoes (Slow Cooker Potatoes)
OK not going to babble much here. Thanksgiving is tomorrow! One by one the dishes are coming together. We are celebrating as usual with our close friends – we are all a big family 🙂 So I have signed up for only a couple. But you know me, I do have to make an extra […]
Spicy Vegetable Tawa Pulao (Vegan)
Vegetable Pulao is a dish that you will find in every decent Indian cook’s repertoire. It is so easy to put together and its a one pot dish! Plus what I like about making pulao is that you can vary the amount or types of spices, use different combination of vegetables to come up with variations […]
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup (with Cranberries)
Winter is here after all. Sigh. The last few weeks I have been visiting all our local farms to try and stock up on all the fresh apples of this season. Along with apples, there have been a good bounty of pumpkins and squash as well. This past weekend when I scouted the farms again to […]
Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies (Peanut Butter Jelly cookies)
Last time I asked my husband to get peanut butter for the kids snacks, he got a giant jar of it. Which of course the kids were only too happy about. But that instantly got me thinking about utilizing this peanut butter into other recipes! I had also been wanting to bake healthy recipes and had purchased […]
Happy Diwali!: Chocolate Nut Burfi (Vegan, Sugar free)
With Diwali just being around the corner….it falls on Oct 30th this year, it is going to coincide with Halloween and we know what that means, right? Yes, just sugar overload! The traditional Diwali sweets mostly all require dairy and tons of sugar. Oh boy! This past year has been one where I have spent […]
Shrimp and Zucchini rice (Pulao-Paella fusion)
Fusion or confusion? ha ha Not sure. But it was a weeknight. Kids were hungry and I wanted to make them something quick. I got the shrimp out to defrost and soaked basmati rice having planned to make my favorite go-to ‘easy shrimp pulao‘. But as I started chopping the onions, I realized I had […]