Indian Spice Trail

2 cups of vegetables(broccoli, zucchini, carrots,mushrooms,babycorn) 1 cup extra firm tofu 1 tbsp tomato paste 1 cup coconut milk 1 t...

I got one tomato from my garden today, and decided to make Tomato Rasam, add a few more grape tomatoes, that I had in the fridge. The ut...

3 cups Poha (thick)(Beaten Rice Flakes or Aval) 1 large onion 4 green chilles 4 curry leaves 1 small potato cubed into 1/2 inch pieces ...

3 cups spinach chopped or any kind of greens 1/2 cup cooked split lentils( yellow or red) salt to taste 1/4 tsp turmeric powder Spi...

Kadala curry, a quintessential dish from Kerala, served usually with rice, appams or puttu. There are two versions to this dish, one with c...

Sesame seeds are wonderful to eat in the winter, it warms up the body and no wonder they are eaten so much in India in the cold season. ...

Kothu means minced and paratha as you all know is Indian flaky bread, Kothu Paratha is a street food available in the southern parts of Indi...

This is a great dish to serve at dinner and goes well with a variety of breads. I used ground coconut in this dish but the traditionally coc...

I was craving something salty and sweet, and ventured to make chivda, this is a very popular snack in India, usually eaten with chai in the ...

I have been MIA for quite sometime, too much going on in my life. For dinner I made the Kung Pao vegetables today, it comes together so quic...

Sorry to all the ladies from the Ashram for saying that I had this recipe on the blog, for some reason I thought I had posted it. Anyways he...

1 big red apple cut into chunks or 2 medium 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup oil 1/4 cup milk 1 and 1/2 cups flour 2 tsp baking soda (soda bicarb) 1/2 ...

To make the paneer- Boil about 4 cups of milk add 3 to 4 tbsps of lemon juice. The curds will separate from the whey. Then pour into a colan...

Pushpa Chechi this recipe is for you, I'm sorry it took me this long to put it up. This is a nutritious rice dish, you can add other gre...

Aloo Rasedar is a different kind of side dish to eat with puris, especially if you get tired of eating it with the usual Aloo Sabji. This is...

I'm in Mumbai right now and enjoying the monsoons and the food. We wanted a quick breakfast this morning and came across rava idlis with...

This is for you Rana, Sumitha and Seema, for enjoying all the Kerala dishes that I make. This is a dish that you would find at any Sadya or ...

These dumplings are eaten in Kerala for a snack, in other parts it's also served as a prasadam, during Navratri, Ganesh Puja, VijayDashm...

2 tbsp oil 1/2 tsp mustard seeds 1/2 tsp cumin seeds 1/2 red onion chopped fine 1 medium potato cut into small cubes 1 tbsp ginger grated 2 ...

A club sandwich is usually toasted bread with mayo and bacon, lettuce, and tomato. A traditional club used to be two slices, now it's us...

Grilling or roasting corn this way transports me back to Mumbai, this is the time you'll see vendors everywhere roasting corn. The vendo...

I had seen this on Everyday Food, and adapted it to whatever I had in my pantry. This was my dinner tonight, can be used as a appetizer too,...

Ingredients: 1 2 lb package of the Stuffed Ravioli 2 mini peppers minced 2 scallions minced 4 olives sliced Basil leaves Dressing: 3 tbsp EV...

This adai tastes like a rava dosa and a onion uthappa, and is so easy to make as there is no fermentation. 2 cups raw rice 3 tbsp besan (chi...

1 cup rice flour 1/2 cup wheat flour 1 cup jaggery 1/2 cup water 1 banana mashed to a smooth paste 4 green cardamons powdered 1/2 tsp ginger...

1/2 cup cabbage sliced thin 1 carrot sliced into thin shreds a few green beans sliced thin 1/2 onion sliced 1 garlic clove crushed 1 green c...

rice flour 2 cups urad flour 1/2 cup jeera seeds 1/2 tsp sesame seeds 1/2 tsp ajwain 1/4 tsp pepper pwd 1/2 tsp soft butter 1/2 stick salt 2...

This is a nice and spicy dish especially in the winter months to warm one up. Soak whole mung beans for about 8 hours in cold water, once th...

My family loves this dish,I store the leftovers in single servings to take for lunch the next day. This recipe was on Everyday Food, I chang...