I left the cheese very thick because that’s the way I like it. If you want a thinner soup, just add more milk and/ or water. Recipe adapted from here.

How long it takes: 5 minutes Equipment you’ll need: a blender or food processor, that’s it! Servings: ½ cup Tahini sauce is rich, velvety, and filled with the subtle flavors of garlic and lemon, wrapped up inside the smokiness of toasted sesame. This recipe walks you through how to make ultra-creamy tahini sauce with just three ingredients. Ready to get started? Good, ’cause I can’t wait for you to try it....

A New Fall Favorite While we technically have a few more weeks of summer left, apple season is here, and that basically means it’s fall. I’m ready for all the fall baked goods, including my new apple bread recipe! This is a moist and tender bread recipe, sweetened largely with apples (though of course there’s sugar in there too!) and topped with a buttery, cinnamon sugar crust. It’s very similar to my apple cake, but designed for a bread pan and handheld eating....

Quick & Easy Sloppy Joes Skip the stuff in the can and make this homemade sloppy joe recipe instead! Sloppy joes are a favorite easy weeknight meal in my house, and I figured it was about time to share my recipe with you. My version comes together in under 30 minutes AND is made completely from scratch (and without ketchup!). Serve it with a side of coleslaw or broccoli salad and you’ve got yourself a filling dinner!...

Delicious sides for idli and dosa I know nothing can beat the combo of chutney and sambar for idli and dosa. But I love to try different combos for idli and dosa, and one such combo is the tomato kuruma. If you are looking for simple sides for idli and dosa other than chutney and sambar, check out my Kumbakonam kadappa, manjal sambar(Bombay chutney), and gothsu. I love this tomato kurma recipe very much, and you can serve this kurma with multiple dishes....

This is an easy to make dessert which takes just a few minutes to put together. I love using my air fryer to bake them, but they can be made in an oven too. Serve either warm or at room temperature and enjoy!! About the Recipe Umm Ali is the national dish of Egypt. It is very similar to bread pudding but made with puff pastry or phyllo dough or stale bread instead of bread....

Theme: Course Wise Meal from any State - Maharashtra/ Lunch Dishes Dish: Vaal Dal Khichdi Day 2 of BM# 29 and I’m doing ‘Maharashtrian cuisine-Lunch dishes’ theme. Today’s dish is also another one-pot meal, but this time its a legume and rice combination, Vaal Dal Khichdi. Nupur @ One hot Stove is one of my favorite bloggers and she happens to be a Maharashtrian. So I have perused her blog a lot for this week’s theme 🙂...

Bourbon’s unique caramel and vanilla qualities, enhanced by charred oak barrel aging, is perfectly represented in this bourbon champagne cocktail. It’s perfect for celebrations (think New Year’s Eve!) or a quiet evening at home, with the fireplace blazing, a comfy blanket, and a good book. How long it takes: 2 minutes Equipment you’ll need: cocktail shaker Servings: 1 (make as many as you like) The prosecco adds just the right touch of lightness and fizz without diluting the deep warm flavor of bourbon....

Earlier I shared a simple millet biryani platter, and today it’s going to be a pulao/pulav platter. Of all the platters, this is kiddo’s favorite one because of the paneer dish. :-) I always plan my weekday menus, but I don’t plan anything for weekends and take it as it comes. The weekend before lockdown and after lockdown is different. Before the lockdown, playdates, birthday parties, meeting friends, small get-togethers, potlucks were part and parcel of our weekend schedule....

For the last day of this week’s combo desserts, I have a rich and decadent baked treat served with a sweet, creamy sauce. This bread pudding is baked with dried fruit, walnuts and homemade butterscotch sauce. The best part of this dessert is that it is 100% vegan and there’s no way you can guess that from tasting it.After I signed up for this combo dessert theme, I started looking for recipes and there were quite a few interesting ones like custard with warm pie or ice cream with chocolate cobbler or pannacotta with Gulab Jamun....

Hakka noodles and chow mein are famous noodles recipes that everyone raves about, and you can find these in most restaurant menus as well. I always wonder what the difference between these two noodles is. If you ask my son, he will say Hakka Noodles is either white or mild red, whereas chow mein is bright red. Yes, we still color-code all our food. I know that’s not the exact explanation and instead of me explaining it, let me share the link that explains well about the difference between the Hakka noodles and chow mein....

Kootu is a Tamil word for a stew made with, vegetables and lentils. This dish is made with one variety of vegetable, although you can make it with a medley of vegetables as well. See notes below. In this kootu, yellow (moong) lentils are simmered gently with chunks of zucchini and a masala made with fresh coconut, cumin, and black pepper. Learn to make this quintessential South Indian dish with me in under 30 minutes....

Imagine a magical chef who makes tailor-made dishes to suit unique and diverse customer preferences in just a blink of an eye. And what if I said that you could be that magic chef? Yes, you! The magic spell is ‘Pasta Sauce.’ One pasta – various sauces! Italian dish by birth and adopted as group favorite worldwide, pasta is the uncrowned king. It is easy to cook, kids love it, and you can sneak in a whole lot of goodness in any flavor....

These month-long marathons are fun, and as always you learn a lot. Even though I prepared all the recipes before September, the post drafting process and image editing process happened only in September. A Portland trip, a minor leg injury (I always injure myself every time I run), Navratri, Food Blogger Conference and as usual, work and life balance. I saw all these in September, and I SURVIVED. A big yayyyyyyy!...

Easy Air Fryer Apple Fritters Air fryer apple fritters are an addictive finger-licking fall treat. My family totally loves these apple fritters and I’m sure yours will, too. These apple fritters are about to become a seasonal favorite, right up there with my apple-packed cider muffins. How long it takes: 25 minutes Equipment you’ll need: air fryer, cooling rack, mixing bowl Servings: makes 12 small fritters My apple fritter recipe has all the richness, flavor, and spice of your favorite old-fashioned bakery fritters, minus the deep-frying....

Bye-bye, mushy white bland tofu! Hello, brown crispy cubes of creamy tofu! Baked tofu will make you rethink this healthy plant protein. Baking tofu is easy and delicious, with very little added oil. How long it takes: about an hour, including time to press the tofu Equipment you’ll need: knife, rimmed baking sheet, clean towels or paper towels, mixing bowl, oven Servings: 4 And how do you eat baked tofu?...

As I mentioned on Jan 1st, along with Blogathon, I am starting this year with Blogging Marathon and the first week theme is American Street Food. :-) I count say no to that them. I have been to other states of US, but never ventured about the food much. So the three dishes that I am planning to do will be California’s street food which I am more familiar with....

All the Best Flavors of Fall in a Jar Apple butter is the richer, prettier, and perhaps more sophisticated sister to plain-Jane applesauce. It’s truly the embodiment of fall, with colorful crisp apples cooked down and caramelized in spices, brown sugar and vanilla. It tastes great on just about anything, but we love it spread over an English muffin or warm scone (heavenly!). My favorite thing about this apple butter recipe is that there is NO peeling required!...

I’m sitting at a coffee shop writing this blog post right now and yawning. I can’t stop yawning. All the coffee in the world will not help me today. How long it takes: 10 minutes to prep, 30 minutes in the oven. Equipment you’ll need: mixing bowl, baking dish, oven Servings: 4 I read a really great article (from Sarah Von Bargen) about how the things that make you busy/stressed/tired are often the same exact things that make you happy....

Can my blog be complete without a burger recipe? No way… I have tried many burger recipes and here in US you get a wide variety of vegetarian burgers with patty and without patty, with this sauce and with that sauce. When I say burgers the next thing that comes into our mind is the fries. (Let’s forget about the soda) Burger and Fries is one among the popular food combo in the US....