How long it takes: 5 minutes Equipment you’ll need: bowl or container, storage container Servings: makes 9 cups (which will make 54 pancakes) Homemade Pancake Mix Better for you than boxed mixes. Many “just add water” boxed mixes, like Aunt Jemima, Bisquick, or Krusteaz, have a long list of unpronounceable ingredients. I checked the ingredients on a box of a popular mix: bleached four, sugar, leavening, dextrose, nonfat dry milk, palm oil, salt, wheat gluten, calcium carbonate, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate, mono and diglycerides, lactic acid, dipotassium phosphate, tocipherols, sodium metalsulfite....

How long it takes: 30 minutes Equipment you’ll need: baking pan, small bowl Servings: 2 Easy to make but fancy enough for special occasions. This recipe is a cinch to make, too, with only five ingredients (not counting salt and pepper). Yet you could serve almond crusted salmon at a fancy dinner and I’m sure you would get rave reviews. Keep your secret, and don’t say how easy it is to prepare....

All the Pecan Pie Flavor–No Dough Rolling or Chilling Required! Somehow Thanksgiving is tomorrow…where has the year gone?! If you’re running around like a chicken (turkey?) with your head cut off, this pecan pie bar recipe is for you! These pecan pie bars take only 20 minutes to prep, thanks to an easy, shortbread crust made in the food processor. Plus, unlike traditional pecan pie, this recipe require NO rolling or chilling of pie dough, which means you’ll have more time to focus on your other family favorites....

I was so close to turning on Christmas music this weekend. So close. I try to strictly adhere to a policy of no Christmas music or Christmas decorations in the house before Thanksgiving–I think one month is a fair amount of time to deck the halls with festive anticipation without overdoing it (my Facebook feed, however, has been filled with photos of my friends’ already assembled and decorated Christmas trees since the day after Halloween, and my neighbors put away their Halloween decorations and hung their Christmas ones on the same day!...

Mini Pineapple Upside-Down Cakes While my classic pineapple upside-down cake has been around for a while, I’ve received enough requests on how to turn it into pineapple upside-down cupcakes that I felt a stand-alone post was in order. Truthfully, the actual recipe varies only slightly from the original, but the technique is different enough that I think this post (and video!) is worth sharing independently rather than trying to cram it into a note at the bottom of the original....

Pop Tart Sundae Recipe: Surprise loved ones with this fabulous yogurt sundae that’s bursting with orange flavor. Its a quick and light after-school snack or an instant treat anytime Alright, these Super Quick and Fun Pop Tart Sundae Recipe are on REPEAT since last week and I’d been so looking forward to sharing them with you’ll. I recently bought these Pop-Tarts in Orange Crush flavor from Safeway as we had a small get-together at our place with friends + kids....

A Seasonal Snickerdoodle Cookie Recipe If you love snickerdoodles, wait until you try these pumpkin snickerdoodles! These fall-flavored cookies are incredibly soft, chewy, and buttery. They have a distinct snickerdoodle flavor accented by pumpkin, cinnamon sugar, and other fall spices, and they’re truly the perfect fall cookie! This recipe has been a favorite on the blog for years, and for good reason. Not only is it easy, but there’s no mixer required (yay!...

I had one medium sized radish which will be too much for sambhar and too little for preparing mooli paratha. And I had two carrots, which are good for grated carrot salad but not enough for poriyal. So I thought why not combine the both and prepare a poriyal. These two root veggies complement each other. So here comes the recipe. You can adjust the quantity of the veggies, I just went with what I had....

This recipe needs two main ingredients - ragi flour and idli batter. Finely chopped veggies add both flavor and texture the dish. These are perfect to serve with your favorite chutney for breakfast or snack. About the Recipe Idli and dosa are a staple in South Indian cuisine. Many households have idli/ dosa batter in the fridge all the time. If you have leftover idli batter and want to make something other than idli or uthappam, then try these Ragi gunta ponganalu aka paniyaram or appe....

It is very similar to mango pulihora but more flavorful with the addition of freshly ground spice paste with shredded coconut. Add some cooked chickpeas or sprouts to make this a wholesome dish. Serve with plain yogurt and enjoy!! About the Recipe Summers also mean mango season in India. We get mangoes all through the year here in the US, thanks to the imported mangoes from Hawaii and other tropical countries....

You don’t need exotic ingredients to make a delicious recipe. This Rawther biryani is all about that. Call it Coimbatore biryani or Palakkadan biryani or Palakkad biryani or Rawther biryani – all you need is some simple and local ingredients to make this exotic dish. Just look at the ingredient list, and you will agree. Jeerakasala Rice | Kaima Rice: Rawther Biryani: This biryani is famous in the Rawther Muslim community in the Palakkad district, and Coimbatore Districts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu states....

As much as I love enjoying fresh mangoes, I love incorporating mango into recipes. Every summer, I try to share some mango recipes, and as of now, I have over 25 plus mango recipes on my blog. Last year, I shared Thai mango curry and South Indian mambazha pachadi, and now this year, I have planned to share some beverages with mangoes, and I am starting with this mango tea....

I hope you all are enjoying the Navratri/Dussera festival. I am having a blast with friends visiting, Golu hopping and lots of sundals. That said, I couldn’t strictly follow last week’s meal planner. I had to change my menu here and there. But I am so glad that I ended up using all the vegetables and also followed the no onion no garlic menu. PS: I did make the green masala sundal, and I shared it on my IG, and oh boy, it was a massive hit in my house as well as among my followers....

Happy Valentine’s Day! Whether you celebrate the holiday or not, what a great excuse to make something sweet for someone you love or just for yourself (even better, because then you don’t have to share). I’m a little bummed that today falls on Ash Wednesday because I’ll be fasting (-ish?) today and not indulging in sweets, but there’s always tomorrow 😉 Many of you know that I already have a favorite cut-out sugar cookie recipe, but these soft frosted sugar cookies are a bit different....

A New and Improved Spice Cake Recipe My super moist and incredibly flavorful spice cake recipe is a favorite around here. It’s rich with all the cozy flavors of the season, and it’s also super easy to make! I love the simplicity of tossing everything in a 9×13 pan and frosting it right in the pan once it’s baked and cooled. Easy and delicious! I think what differentiates this cake from other spiced cakes like my pumpkin cake is (besides the lack of pumpkin) cloves; this spice provides a more cozy flavor than your traditional pumpkin spice....

When it comes to sweets, it’s pretty well-known in my household that I have a complete and utter lack of restraint. Cookies, cakes, and pies (particularly strawberry cream cheese pies) need to be removed from the premises posthaste, or else it’s just a matter of time before I no longer fit through our doorways. Zach must take care to monitor the ice cream in our freezer closely, otherwise I’ll whittle it down to nothing, one sneaking spoonful at a time (he’s actually really bad at this, there’s a carton of ice cream in our freezer with a single spoonful of chocolate ice cream left because I’ve eaten nearly all of it)....

Puliodarai prepared with homemade gojju/paste and that’s what I am going to share today. But there is a small twist. :-) Puliodarai is a great recipe to sneak in some additional legumes. Check what bean or legume I used and how I make and pack this tamarind rice for the kiddo. I know there are zillion lunch box ideas, but if you ask me what’s my favorite lunch box recipe, without any second thought, I would say Tamarind Rice / Puliodarai and Curd Rice / Thayir Saadam....

Can I explain about Indian Cuisine in one single post? No. Generalizing becomes very difficult here. Each and every state in India has its own cuisine. Each and every district/region within the state has its own cuisine. The diverse regions, geographical locations and religion, culture, occupation all plays a major role in defining the regional cuisine. Then comes the fusion food like Indo-Chinese, Indo-Italian, Indo-American and this list keeps growing as the Indian diaspora keeps growing....

A Completely From-Scratch Tiramisu Recipe I’ve been working on perfecting this tiramisu recipe for months now, but it’s truly worth the wait. I wanted it to not only be the literal best you’ve ever had, but I also wanted the recipe to be foolproof, so I put it to the Zach test. Zach knows his way around the kitchen, but tiramisu was unlike anything he’d ever made before, so I left him with this recipe and left the kitchen (not an easy thing for me to do) to see what he ended up with....

Unlike most Indian curries, this recipe doesn’t require any many spices. Green chilies and ginger give it the necessary flavor punch. This is a great dish to serve with rice and dal. About the Recipe I come from the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and I grew up eating Andhra food. Most of the Andhra dishes that my mom made at home are simple and comforting. Like this lentil based beans patoli or this yogurt based vankaya perugu pachadi....