Vegetable Pulao or Pilaf

Vegetable Pulao or Pilaf

Indian Vegetable pulao is perfect one pot meal with vegetables, spices and basmati rice. Its perfect for the dinner or lunch and can be prepared under half an hour.

Sweet Coconut Rice – Narali Bhaat

Sweet Coconut Rice – Narali Bhaat

Sweetened Coconut Rice made with ghee, some whole spices like cardamom, cinnamon, saffron and ofcourse fresh coconut.

Arancini

Arancini

Arancini are delicious deep fried, crispy balls of rice. They can have meat sauce and mozzarella, or they can be vegetarian too. They are coated in breadcrumbs.

Thai Green Curry Paste

Thai Green Curry Paste

Homemade curry paste is so much better than store-bought, and super easy to make! I don’t mind using store-bought when I am rushing to put dinner on the table. But there is a different feeling to homemade. It also has more fresher taste than bottled 

Best Rice Pudding

Best Rice Pudding

Cold, crisp autumn weather calls for a bowl of warm rice pudding specially topped with some spices like cinnamon and cardamom. It’s so appropriate for fall weather.

Corn and Scallion Pulao

Corn and Scallion Pulao

Pulao, Pilaf or pilau is a rice based dish cooked in some kind of broth or stock or water with spices and vegetables for vegetarians and meat eaters would add meat. It is often cooked in a way that the rice stays separated after cooking. If by chance 

Corn and Saffron Risotto

Corn and Saffron Risotto

Risotto is one of the best dishes I love to order at a fancy Italian restaurant. Risotto can be intimidating for some people to make at home. But I feel as though its not that difficult to get it right. With couple of tries, you 

Lilva Pulao

Lilva Pulao

If you like flavors of rice+cilantro, then you will love this dish. Because its packed up with cilantro flavor. I learnt this dish from someone I know personally, and then added my twist to it. It super simple, quick and very filling because it has 

Arancine

Arancine

January’s Daring Cooks’ challenge was a ball! The lovely Manu from Manu’s Menu brought our taste buds to the streets of Sicily and taught us her family tradition of making arancine – filled and fried balls of risotto. Delizioso!

Vegetable Biryani

Vegetable Biryani

I took this Biryani to a food 52 potluck and everyone loved it. I accompanied this with some pomegranate raita. Try it, anytime anyone makes Biryani remember they really love you. Because its laborious to make it. How to prepare rice: 2 cups Basmati Rice,