Flavorful Paleo and AIP recipes
I am sure you all have heard it over and over, again and again – about how breakfast is the most important meal of your day.! So I am not going to belabor over that. You can read webMD if you really want to know why it’s important. 🙂 Do you really however make sure that you and your […]
Who does not like a good taco, right? As for me, any mention of Mexican food and I just immediately begin to feel hungry even if I just had a meal.! Mexican food … yes me always ready 🙂 Same is true with the rest of my family. The kids absolutely love both Bean […]
The festival of colors is separated all over India but the sweet treats vary from region to region. In Maharashtra, the ‘Holi special’ food is ‘Puran poli’ which means flatbread or parantha stuffed with a sweet lentil mixture. Yum! Holi celebrations start the night before with a bonfire lit to signify the victory of good […]
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 […]
Green(Raw) Mangoes are a delight! As kids I remember me and my sisters begging my mom to save us a few pieces while she was slicing the green mangoes to use in fish/shrimp curry or to make a green mango chutney. We would relish the tart mango slices dusted with salt on top!. Thinking about […]
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 […]
Small bites of sweetness is how I will describe these! Since I began watching calories(about 6 months ago ), I am always looking to make small size desserts – you know, just a little something to satisfy the sweet cravings (which I invariably get after dinner 🙂 ). OK so ever since I saw the […]
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you ‘left over’ rice,…..make Fried Rice! Vegetable fried rice is a great way to use up not only ‘left over’ rice but also ‘left over’ veggies that you have in the fridge. Whenever I do the groceries, my refrigerator gets filed with all kinds of […]
I hope the title and the picture makes it very very clear …yes, you guessed it right – this one is all about the lemongrass!! Most men get fresh flowers for their wives. Mine gets me fresh lemongrass. And of course he also gets a hug and a kiss in return! My love affair with […]
Indu’s international Kitchen was featured on foodbod’s ‘Why we blog’ series. Elaine was so kind to introduce her readers to me and my blog. She is doing an awesome job by doing this series! thanks so much Elaine! http://foodbod.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/why-we-blog-indus-international-kitchen/
Today I wanted to post a simple recipe for Plantain fritters (called Pazham Pori in Malayalam, the local language of Kerala) made in the Keralan way! A perfect accompaniment to your late afternoon tea ! Oh yes, late afternoon tea as you can imagine is very common in Kerala with these local tea stalls (called chaaya […]
Packing school lunches for my 7 year old daughter is one of my most challenging tasks for the day. Not only does she take too long to eat (mommy, there was no time to finish it!) or invariably things fall off from her lunch box on to the floor(mommy, I don’t know how but the […]
