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Desserts, Indian, Kerala

Red Beans and Coconut Pudding || Vishu Kanji || (Dairy free, Refined sugar free)

A Happy Vishu to all Malayalees who celebrate this festival.! This auspicious day is considered as a symbol of hope, luck and prosperity. Vishu is celebrated in Kerala as the New Year. People celebrate the occasion by makinga  ‘Vishu kani’, which is a special colorful setting made for Lord Krishna using vegetables,rice and jewelry.  Special dishes like payasam (lentil […]

Appetizers, Soups

Black eyed peas and sweet potato soup

Actually I thought about the title for a full 10 minutes.! Since this soup also has greens – in fact three different kinds of greens – beet greens, kale and spinach, I wanted to put that in too but hey it was turning out ridiculously long! I didn’t want people to be deterred by the […]

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Dragon's Loyalty and more Sunshine Awards

So pleased to share that Jess from Therapy Breads has nominated me for the ‘Dragon’s Loyalty Award’ and also wanted to share that I received more Sunshine awards from these kind bloggers : Chef Julianna from Foodie on Board, Kloe from Kloe’s Kitchen, Nancy from Feasting with Friends and Lauzan from The veggie side of me. I truly appreciate it. thanks so much all of you. […]

Chicken Dishes, Indian, Main Course, Non-vegetarian dishes, North Indian cuisine

Easy Indian Chicken Curry || Instant Pot Saag Aloo Chicken || Chicken Curry with spinach and potatoes

  Many folks whom I know will tell me “Oh I just love Indian food but it is so complicated to cook it! “.  My answer of course has always been – ‘that’s not true at all. Once you know the basic spices that make a curry, you can then really try and make it your […]

Cakes and Cookies, Desserts

Fruity Tres Leches Cake

I am not sure which one I like more – making desserts or eating them! No, I am really serious …it gives me such pleasure and joy to make desserts!.  It is like the perfect stress reliever! I watch FOOD Network incessantly and pin down dessert recipes from my blogger friends and from the internet […]

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Sunshine Award: Feels good to be appreciated

Yesterday was pleasant for a couple different reasons – the first was that I finally got some appreciation/good news at work after having had a pretty stressful and rough week.  And then in the evening was pleasantly surprised to be nominated by Apsara from ‘Eating Well Diary’ for the Sunshine award! Thank you Apsara so […]