Kairchi Daal
A healthy seasonal dish thats easy to make, combines tangy green mango, kiwi and earthy lentils.
Mumbai Pav
Ladi Pav is a necessary component of many street foods like Pav Bhaji, Vada Pav, Misal Pav etc. If you can not get Ladu Pav in the market, you can easily make it at home.
Sweet Potato Hasselback Dabeli
Nutritious Sweet potatoes seasoned beautifully with dabeli spices and cooked to a crispy perfection. This dish will be a star of the show.
Narali Bhaat
If you notice coconut is used extensively in Maharashtrian cooking, especially in the costal cooking. Same three ingredients, fresh coconut, Jaggery and rice are used to create a variety of desserts. Modak You take the rice flour, fresh coconut and jaggery, with a little bit…
Pulled Jackfruit Taco with Sugarcane tortilla
As you know I love cooking with what’s in season, go visit the local markets, pick up some produce, get some inspiration, bring it back to the kitchen and make something fun. This time when I visited India in Summer, although it was ultra blistering…
Dahi Sabudana- tapioca pearls with spiced yogurt
Spring/summer is here. The rain gods have been kind and hence all the mountains around where I live are still green. Near my home there is a barn and they bring out their sheep for grazing at this time, with the rolling hills, and the…
Til-Gul Babka Jewish Indian bread
Sesame and Jaggery create magic in this Jewish bread, a bread that can be a perfect thing for the Lohri or Sankranti celebration
Pakatali Poori- Saffron- Lemon flavored bread
I not only love to cook and learn new foods, but also love to learn about the ‘Old foods’. I feel in this era of instant and quick foods, we are missing out on some incredible dishes. We dont know how to use certain ingredients…
Savory butternut squash
I have been making an effort to eat local and eat what is in season. To help with this initiative, I only shop at the farmer’s market as much as I can. The only exceptions are curry leaves and mango. My kids sometimes complain that…
Cilantro pesto-Dhaniya chutney
Do you know anyone who has the ability to just brighten up the room the minute they enter in. It is their smile, genuine nice attitude or even the way they crack jokes, they just makes the situation nicer. I cherish such friends, very thankful…
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