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Fusion cuisine, Soups

Hot and Spicy Chicken noodle soup

Hot and Spicy Chicken noodle soup Not many people I am sure associate ‘hot and spicy’ with chicken noodle soup.  Chicken noodle soup is really one comfort food that is perfect on a cold, frigid night. Last week when I decided to make this for dinner, I thought ‘Why not kick this up a notch’? […]

Anytime Snacks, Diwali Sweets, Holiday Treats, Indian, Maharashtrian, Paleo, Vegan

Sesame Ladoo/ Brittle || Til Chikki with honey || Til Ladoo with honey

Today, January 14th  is Sankrant or Makara Sankranti , which is one of the most auspicious festivals for Hindus, and is celebrated in almost all parts of India and also in Nepal and SriLanka with great fervour and festivities.  Sankrant is a harvest festival and it also is regarded as the beginning of an auspicious phase. In Maharashtra, which is a state in […]

Breads, Breakfast, Indian

Fluffy Rice Pancakes (Vella Appam)

Vella appams (which means White bread in malayalam) are a very typical Kerala bread that is eaten in breakfast with any of the following four curries – Egg Curry, Chicken curry, vegetable/potato stew or  Kadala curry (black chick peas curry).   These appams are round, white, fluffy and soft in the middle with thin and […]

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Pesticides in Foods: 6 Sensible things you can do

Pesticides are so prevalent these days that we may be exposed to them in a variety of ways . The Environmental Protection Agency considers food, drinking water, and residential pesticide use as important sources of exposure. However, the most common way is through the foods we consume.  According to the National Academy of Sciences, the major source of […]

Appetizers, Chutneys and Dips

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

All these years I used to always get store bought hummus and for some reason never thought of making it myself until recently when I realized that its not really that hard to make. And the ingredients that you need are pretty easy to find too – almost all of the ingredients are always in […]