A plate of rice is incredibly calming and comfortable. It enhances any dish when paired with any curry, salad, chutney, or vegetable. Doesn’t it? This is why practically every meal looks incomplete without a bowl of rice. No matter how hard we try, there may still be some chance of having leftover rice, but at least we know how to use it in various dishes. There are several dishes we may try creating with leftover rice, from traditional fried rice, rice idli to rice cutlets and more....

India’s love for chaat needs no introduction. Every nook and cranny of the country is filled with many food stalls serving lip-smacking chaats. From aloo tikki, and aloo chaat to dahi bhalle, papdi chaat, and more, these treats are endless, leaving us spoilt for choices. However, visiting India just to have a chat seems impossible for many of us. Isn’t it? So, worry not! We bring you a recipe that tastes as fine as India’s street-style chat stalls....

The method of making baked sweet potatoes is straightforward, and all you need is a sweet potato. This is the perfect meal for busy weekdays: serve it on its own with butter and fresh herbs, or mix your favorite topping for dinner that’s low-effort but high impact. You can also enjoy them as a side dish to oven-baked salmon, beef and broccoli, or your favorite main. Prepare and poke: Scrub the sweet potato well to remove any dirt....

What Are Pickled Eggs? Here in the UK, pickled eggs are a fish & chip shop staple and are at home in many British refrigerators, but what exactly are they? Combining hard-boiled eggs in a sweet, tangy, aromatic pickling liquid, the eggs soak up the brine and become a delectable appetizer, snack, or side! I’m actually sharing three of my favorite pickled eggs recipes, including an aromatic brine (with mixed pickling spices, garlic, and onion), spicy pickled eggs (with jalapeño or red pepper flakes), and even naturally dyed pink pickled eggs (with, you guessed it, beets) – along with a bonus list of ingredients to naturally dye eggs various colors....

If there are certain basics that anyone interested in baking should get to grips with, then vanilla buttercream frosting is one of those. In fact, this easy buttercream frosting is perfect for adapting to all kinds of flavors, but vanilla is the classic choice, of course. There’s also no need for a stand mixer with this easy vanilla frosting. If you have one, then great, but if not, then feel free to use an electric or manual whisk – it is great for all the amateur home bakers since a stand mixer can definitely be on the pricey side....

May 09, 2015, Updated May 07, 2023 Even after making breads at home for more than 3 years now, I still feel the same excitement as I did when I baked my 1st bread. The fact that it was a complete failure is a different story altogether. It was hard like a rock and I swear I could throw it on the wall and nothing would happen to it. YES, that rock solid!...

We’re in the thick of “sniffles and sore throat” season (aka cold/flu season). So, I’m loving focusing on consuming additional immune-boosting foods, turning to recipes like ginger-turmeric health shots, ginger butternut squash soup, and this warm and soothing fresh mint tea (honey citrus mint tea). With a combination of fresh mint leaves, fresh lemon juice, and a drizzle of honey (or vegan dandelion honey/another sweetener) all infused in hot water, this homemade mint tea not only makes for a delicious and healthful winter drink but is packed with health benefits, too (not surprising for a drink loosely related to the similar Starbucks beverage dubbed “medicine ball tea”)....

Feb 18, 2021 Serve it with simple roti and dal for a satisfying meal. We would eat a lot of gajar matar sabzi during winters. Another favorite was aloo gajar matar where potatoes were also added in addition to the carrot and peas. There was a lot of fresh winter red carrots and sweet green peas during winters in Delhi and that’s the reason and it was made often during those cold months....

When it comes to homeopathic remedies and healing/protecting our bodies through what we eat, ginger is an ingredient I often turn to. Below, I show you how to make simple homemade ginger shots. I also share 3 health shot recipes which include ginger. And if you like ginger as much as I do, you might also enjoy it in one-pot turmeric ginger pumpkin soup, pineapple ginger juice, or any of these 40+ ginger recipes!...

Cauliflower’s relatively blank canvas flavor may make it seem “boring” when boiled or steamed. However, throw it in the oven, an air fryer, or on a grill. And suddenly, this inexpensive, humble ingredient transforms into something altogether new that everyone will love! The truth is that the neutral flavor of cauliflower is what makes it so versatile in the first place. It’s also helped it become so popular for low-carb and meat-free eaters....

I don’t know about all of you, but during the winter months I feel like my hands are always dry and my skin needs a little extra attention. It might be from the cold wind, the dry air inside, or because of frequent hand washing, but my skin feels more damaged and dry than usual. Therefore, what better time to start using a skin balm or body balm like this homemade soothing balm for dry skin!...

Jun 09, 2015, Updated Jan 02, 2018 Yes more paneer recipes. Now that I told you how to make paneer at home, this was bound to happen. Paneer and potato puffs are very popular in India. These crispy, flaky savory pastries are usually relished with a cup of hot chai in the evening. Sometimes I have this sudden craving to eat a vegetable or paneer puff in the evening. Now back home it was easy, just get go to your local bakery and get the puffs however it’s not all that convenient here....

Sep 01, 2020 This recipe requires a handful of ingredients and make restaurant style pasta in no time! Pesto is one of my favorite sauces, it’s so versatile and I use it on so many things. It’s a great sauce to use all the summer basil that might be over-growing in your garden. I tried growing basil at home last year but as with most things, I ended up killing that too....

Apr 27, 2017, Updated May 07, 2023 I haven’t baked for so long. It’s been more than 10 days and that’s a long break in my opinion. Baking really calms me down and when I am in India, that’s what I miss the most. I have a tiny oven here which I am not very comfortable with. On top it, I don’t have all my ingredients and baking equipment here and that makes it all the more difficult to bake....

It is spicy, flavorful, colorful, and everything else you need, with a perfect cup of tea on a chilly evening in Bangalore. Makes for a colorful lunch box treat for kids. You can also make it as a grilled sandwich way. Every evening when I used to reach home from work, I used to relish this open toast or sometimes vegetable puff along with piping hot chai from an Iyengar bakery beside my apartment complex....

I grew up eating drumstick leaves dal, drumstick pod sambar, and moringa rice at home in India. I never knew its enormous health benefits, and being called a ‘Superfood’ until recently in the USA. Drumstick leaves or moringa greens (‘Nugeekayi soppu’ in Kannada) are a significant source of beta-carotene, vitamin C, protein, iron, and potassium. You can find these moringa leaves in Indian grocery stores most of the time of the year in the Bay Area, California....

Oct 29, 2015, Updated May 07, 2023 In India, we do not associate our sweets and cookies with eggs. The crispy biscuits (that’s what we call cookies usually!) which are dipped in chai every morning are always eggless. Now a lot of new products have come up and cookies do have eggs in them but I remember growing up no biscuit ever had egg in it. Same goes with our sweets, always without eggs....

Kheer is perhaps one of the most popular Indian dessert dishes. You can’t go wrong with the classic rice, milk, sugar, and dried fruit pairing. What if we told you there was a simple Kheer recipe that did not require you to spend hours standing next to the gas stove? Oats Kheer is a dessert made by substituting oats for rice in the conventional recipe. This quick and easy Kheer dish is ideal for satisfying sugar cravings, especially on hot summer days when you don’t feel like cooking something fancy....

Apr 29, 2015, Updated May 07, 2023 When life throws you some puff pastry, you obviously make palmiers! Yay! Well at least that is what I did after I made this puff pastry dough. The fact is that I wanted to use my homemade puff pastry as soon as possible and didn’t want to slog in the kitchen for hours. You know as much as I love my time in the kitchen, there are days when I want to create something quick....

If you think Italian tomato bruschetta is simple, then you’ll adore this Spanish pan con tomate. With just 5 ingredients (including salt and olive oil!), this simple Catalan tomato bread appetizer/snack is perfect for the tomato season, both as a quick snack and to serve as an appetizer or at parties, picnics, and more! What is Pan Con Tomate? Also called pa amb tomàquet, pan con tomate (Spanish for “bread with tomato”) is a traditional Catalan/Spanish dish, considered a staple of Catalan cuisine....