Cooking & Baking with Love
Kopra Pak is one of the most popular and easy recipes to make during Diwali and makes great hostess gifts. They taste great and are easier to make than you think. It usually is prepared with coconut either fresh or dry, sugar or jaggery, cardamom powder and sometimes people also use Khoya/Mawa in it to …
Flavorful and delicious Red Kidney Stew made with a base of onions, tomatoes and spices also called Rajma Masala or Rajma.
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 up paste and you can add enough spice level.
Shrikhand is an Indian dessert made with yogurt in its creamiest form with simple ingredients that are easily available at home.
Papdi no lot (papdi – like papad, lot – flour) is a very original authentic traditional Gujarati dish which is made from rice flour, green chilies and some other few ingredients. It’s a very quick and easy recipe. It’s like steamed rice cakes. It is also called Khichu. I know, why so many different names …
Lilva Kachori is perfect party snack or a snack to have with tea. Back in India, every winter season, we would start seeing all winter vegetables and produce all over the markets. One of them is Lilva or Lili Tuver (Lili- ‘Green’ and Tuver – pigeon peas)
I have been going crazy seeing all apple cake recipes online and wanted to make my own. We went to apple orchard because there is not much to do these days. I really wanted to spend some time outdoors. Going out for apple picking was a great idea.
Gujarati Kadhi is a dish made from yogurt and chickpea flour with addition of spices. It has sweet taste from addition of sugar and tangy or sour flavor from yogurt. Traditionally, in India we would make it with sour yogurt to achieve that taste. If you do not have sour yogurt, add lemon juice. It …
Apples are overflowing at the markets and if you went apple picking like me and want to use up your pick in some savory ways. You are at the right place; I made this apple pickle (Indian style).
Simple classic pesto recipe using pistachios instead of pine nuts. Such vibrant color and taste.
