Yet another quick and easy dessert for Diwali. Sandesh – this can be made either with home made fresh paneer or from store bought paneer. I made it with fresh paneer (recipe of paneer summarized at bottom). But feel free to use the store bought paneer to make this dessert in quick 20 minutes. The…
Coconut Laddu
Once again, one of the easiest dessert recipes ever! Coconut laddus are loved by all. Recipe: Condensed milk – 12 Oz. (1 small can is 14 Oz.) Grated Coconut – 5 cups, desiccated or fresh. (I used the dried one) Heat a tablespoon of milk, add saffron strands. Keep it aside. Heat a pan…
Tikha Gathia
Eating is a necessity, but cooking is an art. I finally took out the mystery out of making tikha gathia this Diwali season. Have always enjoyed snacking on these all my life, but had never learned how to make it, until this past weekend. Mom taught me this recipe. If you haven’t made this before,…
Dates, Nuts, & Coffee Laddu
The Diwali Festivities are ON! And we absolutely love to celebrate our festivals with lots of love, cooking, and food 🙂 Here is one of the simplest, quickest dessert recipe, ever!! A little twist on Date & Nuts laddu. Half way through making the laddus, it occurred to me that why not I add…
An Experiment: Some call it Miracle, others, the way of Life!
Since childhood, I have been taught by my Parents to respect food – whether eating, cooking, or serving. I have grown up to always believe that when you cook food, your mood and intention reflects in the taste and quality of the food – hence I always try to be in happy and pleasant mood…
Grilled Fig Salad
This is a season of figs, and year after year, we are blessed with a great fig crop in our backyard. Harvesting figs is a high maintenance activity, and who else but Mom patiently does that! Mixing fruits and veggies always makes veggie eating a delight. So here goes.. Recipe: Figs – 3-4, cut into…
Organic Raised Bed Vegetable Garden
Today I am super excited about my raised bed, organic vegetable – flower garden that got constructed and ready!! Feel like a kid in the candy store :). I look forward to experimenting with organic gardening.
Watermelon Salad
This one is like a salad on it’s summer stroll. Made this mid-summer, the same day when I made this – https://eatmoreart.org/2013/08/05/watermelon-waltz/. Half the watermelon was used to make the juice and the other half to make the salad. Some healthy stuff, that! Recipe: Watermelon – ½ (or 1 or any number you want :))…
Apple & Carrot Soup
This is a simple, easy, and quick soup recipe. Recipe: Carrots – 6, medium size Granny Smith Apples – 2 Onion – ½, medium size Vegetable bullion – 1 cube Olive oil – ½ tablespoon Water – 6-8 cups Salt – to taste Black pepper powder – to taste Lemon juice (optional) – to taste…
Raj Kachori
Raj Kachori can pretty much be called the Queen-bee of the Chaat family and has quite an apt, royal name to signify that as well 🙂 Raj Kachori is crispy, crunchy, sweet, spicy, tangy, extremely flavorful and is the ultimate form of chaat.