Banana Bread

Banana Bread is a popular recipe world wide. This moist bread is good for breakfast or as a tea time light cake. Bananas are a popular fruit available easily world wide. It is a rich source of potassium and essential …

Kerala Dry Chicken Roast – Nadan Kozhi Roast

Nadan Kozhi literally means country chicken or desi chicken in Malayalam language. During my childhood, on our annual visits to Kerala to visit grandparents and relatives, I have never heard of anyone going to buy broiler chickens. Chicken was something …

Buttermilk Biscuits with Havarti Cheese

Growing up in India, I always thought biscuits were yummy tea time cookies. But in Canada & the United States, biscuits are these soft, flaky small breads which have a crusty exterior & are soft inside, made with flour, baking …

Strawberry IceCream

Strawberry ice cream is a summertime favourite. Here’s my version 🙂  

Spinach and Mung Bean Sprout Soup

This is a healthy and nutritious soup with spinach and moong sprouts.

Mango Phirni

Phirni is a North Indian sweet dih made with rice and milk. It is similar to rice pudding. The rice is soaked and then coarsely ground for the dish. Some phirni recipes also use rice flour. I made this recipe …

Cheera Thoran (Spinach Thoran)

‘Thoran’ is a dry curry dish from Kerala. It is an easy dish to make and the main ingredients for a thoran are coconut, cumin and green chillies. Cheera is a type of red spinach, also called amaranth.Growing up, cheera …

Rajma Masala (Curried Kidney Beans )

Rajma Masala (Curried Kidney Beans) is the ultimate comfort food for most North Indians and the people of Nepal. In India, rajma is known as rajma, rāzmā,  or lal (red) lobia. A surprising fact about rajma or red kidney beans …

Moong Dal Tadka

Tadka moong dal (split yellow moong beans) is an everyday comfort food in most Indian households. It is nutritious on it’s own like a soup or with rice as a side dish.

Aloo Bharwa Baingan (Baby Potatoes And Eggplants In A Garlic Peanut Sauce

“Bharwa Baingan” is a popular eggplant dish using small rounded eggplants. Here in this recipe, I have added  potatoes too.