Ghee is the heart and soul of any Indian recipe – Indian cuisine without ghee is like French food without butter. Seasoning with or simply adding a dollop of ghee to your meal enhances the flavor of foods manifold. Ghee, a form of clarified butter, also has many health benefits […]
Coco-Choco-Nut is a ridiculously simple and incredibly delicious treat for your next party! As the name suggests, it has coconuts, chocolate, and nuts. If you are looking for a quick nutty, sweet dessert with almost no cooking involved, then this is one is for you. You can make 30 treats […]
Tortilla soup is a traditional Mexican soup made with fried corn tortilla chips / strips dunked in a creamy tomato broth served with fresh avocados and sour cream. Although it is popularly known as Tortilla soup, the highlight of this soup is the sour cream. It enhances the flavor of […]
Avial is a mixed vegetable side dish made with a variety of seasonal vegetables, coconut and yogurt. It is a simple recipe that is typically part of a Sadhya (feast) during the harvest festival “Onam” in Kerala, India. Like sambar represents Tamil Nadu cuisine, Avial is the star of every […]
Vella Seedai is a crunchy yet soft (yes, some things in life can be both crunchy and soft at the same time) sweet treat made with rice flour and butter. It is one of the various snacks prepared for Krishna Jayanthi festivities, a celebration of Lord Krishna’s birthday across India. […]
Uppu seedai is a crunchy, savory treat made with rice flour and butter. It is one of our all-time favorite snacks and vanishes in no time when a packet of these is opened. The previous generation was fortunate to grow up eating these tasty bites (and their sweet cousin – […]
Kozhakattai (Tamil) is a very unique sweet dumpling prepared with cooked rice flour dough and coconut and jaggery filling. Kozhakattai is also known as Modak (Hindi/Marathi), Modhaka or Kadubu (Kannada) and Kudumu (Telugu). This is a special offering made for Lord Ganesha (the Elephant God) on His birthday, celebrated as […]
Vella aval means jaggery sweetened flattened rice flakes and that’s it…there’s not many more ingredients other than those mentioned – that’s how simple this recipe is. Aval (rice flakes in Tamil) was a humble breakfast cereal before we got flooded with today’s sugar-loaded monstrosities. It is also referred to as […]
Tomato Rasam (Thakkaali Rasam in Tamil, Chaaru in Telugu, Saaru in Kannada) is the tomato soup of south India – and is so popular that many people consider it the ‘unofficial national soup of India’. It has even spawned recipes such as Mulligatawny that are known in the Western world. […]
Listen to your gut… isn’t that what we do for every important decision that we have to make? And when it comes to food for a healthy gut, probiotics are the best answer. Yogurt is one of the most common probiotic foods that we can to add to our diet. […]