How long it takes: 30 minutes Equipment you’ll need: large straight-sided skillet or Dutch oven Servings: 6 Filling, tasty, and quick, it doesn’t get much better than that! Plus, this recipe is packed with good-for-you veggies, too. Shelf-stable gnocchi cooks up in just a couple of minutes, making it a very convenient choice for dinner. Looking for more dinner ideas? Take a look at my list of 30 Minute Meals....

Ingredients: 3 Cups Water – Chilled 2 Cups Ice 2 Teabags Green Tea ½ Cup Strawberry – Fresh OR Frozen 2 Sachet Sugar-Free – You can use sugar OR Sweetener of your choice Method: In a large jug, add water, green tea bags, sugar-free and mix well, till green tea is ready(takes 2-3 min). In a mixer cup/jar, add 1 cup ice, half green tea mixer, ½ of the strawberry and churn till a smoothie consistency is achieved....

How long it takes: 25 minutes Equipment you’ll need: sharp knife, pastry bag with tip, mixing bowl, griddle Servings: 8 If this is the kind of breakfast you think you can only order at a restaurant, think again. It is easy to make this restaurant-style recipe right at home and it’s perfect for family brunches, breakfast in bed, special birthdays, and absolutely any time you want. (P.S. Be sure to try my birthday cake pancakes for that special day, too!...

My sister definitely knew my interest in baking and she recently bought me ‘Betty Crocker’s - The Big book of Cupcakes’ cookbook. I like to bake cupcakes more than regular size cakes. They are easy to decorate and so much more easier to eat. Portion control is also easy 🙂 This past weekend was my sister’s birthday and she wanted a nutty cupcake like this Pistachio-Rosewater cupcake. I found these hazelnut cupcakes in the book she gifted me....

Kick the cans to the curb and make your green bean casserole from scratch this year. With a creamy sauce flavored with bacon, fresh mushrooms, and cheddar cheese, and topped with crunchy onions, these green beans will be the star of your dinner. How long it takes: 30 minutes to prep, 20 minutes in the oven Equipment you’ll need: large skillet, 9 x 13 inch baking dish Servings: 10 True of many of my recipes, this recipe still has a few shortcuts....

Raw cacao powder is unprocessed, so it retains important nutrients like manganese, iron, calcium, fiber and protein. But you can definitely use regular cocoa powder as well. About the Recipe I think most kids love chocolate and my kids are definitely chocolate lovers. They love this chocolate custard and this vegan chocolate cake. Once the chilly weather starts, all they want is something warm in the afternoons. I make them this hot cocoa as their after-school snack....

Room Temperature Eggs in 10-Minutes! Room temperature eggs: you’ve seen them in many of my recipes, from my 1-hour cinnamon rolls to my cheesecake. If you’ve made those recipes with straight-from-the-fridge eggs and they’ve turned out decently–great! But if you want truly spectacular results, you’ll use room temperature eggs. I know not everyone has the time to bring eggs to room temperature (sometimes it can take up to 2 hours!), so today I’m letting you in on my favorite little trick!...

Indian Cheese Corn Toast is a perfect Appetizer / Back to School Snack / Breakfast. Growing up, these Indian Cheese Corn Toast were my absolute favorite after-school snack or weekend breakfast menu. So when my friend from Family Around The Table was hosting this week’s #SundaySupper Ingredients for Indian Cheese Corn Toast: Corn – you can use frozen, fresh or canned sweet corn Bread Slices Bell Pepper (capsicum) Cheese This Indian Cheese Corn Toast recipe was a popular pizza substitute too, you know what I mean 😉 You can even call it a Desi Pizza Slice (Desi = Indian), as it had all the toppings we wanted on a pizza and the white sauce (also known as Roux) was a homemade substitute of cheese....

Raise your hands, if you are like me and always looking for ways to incorporate more salads into your diet? This Indian Mung Bean Salad or Moong Sprouts Salad is one of my favorite such goto recipes. As I have moong beans or sprouted moong beans most of the time in summer at home, this one is my favorite summer salad. It’s SUPER easy to make, packed with flavors, nutritious, and had a nice crunchy texture....

For the final day of this week’s BM under ‘Pizzas and Pastas’ theme, I have an unusual pizza recipe. It’s an Indian Style vegetable pizza made on a roti (whole-wheat flatbread) with homemade tomato sauce and loads of vegetables. The whole dish comes together is less than an hour and it is a healthier option to any take out pizza. Indian Style Vegetable Pizza: This recipe is from ‘vegan street food’ cookbook that I got from the library recently....

I know the blogging marathon runs only for three days. But the fervent cook in me prepared more than three carrot recipes and I couldn’t resist posting this particular recipe right after the BM. Err I have one more too. :-) Earlier I posted a starter recipe and the main course recipe and then of course a dessert recipe with carrots. Here comes the accompaniment/sides recipe with the carrot. – Instant Carrot pickle....

Learn How to Make Instant Coconut Ladoo with 3 Different Flavors There cannot be an easier Indian dessert/sweet that these Instant Coconut Ladoo. They are ready in 10 minutes, require only 3 ingredients and perfect to gift or use for Indian Festivals. It’s also the first Indian Sweet recipe that I learned from my Mom while growing up as we always made it together for Holi/Diwali apart from tons of other things she made....

We are starting our Monday with these Instant Multigrain Pesto Dosa (Savory Indian Crepes) recipe as they are a perfect combination of healthy+deliciousness. Dosa or Indian Crepe as many of you might know it is a famous recipe from the Southern part of India. Growing up, they were our favorite weekend brunch menu, whether made at home (if mom fermented the batter before) or at our favorite Indian restaurant. It was “THE Thing” as our usual breakfast was mostly cornflakes, eggs and toast…so definitely something to look forward to over the weekends....

So it begins – the month protein-rich dishes. The first recipe that I am going to post under the theme is Mashed Green Gram Dal or Patchai Payaru Masiyal as we say in Tamil. It’s a simple mashed dal tadka/kadaiyal prepared with green gram with a hint of tamarind. Masiyal in Tamil means mashed and patchai payaru in Tamil means green gram or the green mung beans. As we are mashing the green gram lentils, it is called patchai payaru masiyal....

Call me a pudding fan. There’s something about homemade vanilla pudding or chocolate pudding that really is so enticing. It’s like a cuddly blanket or a gentle hug. It’s sweet, but not too sweet, and so creamy. Pudding is a comforting dessert that makes me feel happy. How long it takes: just over a half hour, allow some time to cool Equipment you’ll need: Instant Pot pressure cooker Servings: 8 Rice pudding brings back memories of my grandpa and his version of rice pudding....

Diwali without a ricotta cheese sweet is incomplete in our household. I love to make sweets with ricotta cheese. It was ricotta cheese rasamalai in 2016 and Sandesh in 2017 and now Kalakand in 2018. I have one more coming up on Friday so stay tuned. Traditionally Kalakand is prepared with paneer, especially homemade well-kneaded paneer. But if you want to speed up the process and make a quick kalakhand, then ricotta cheese is the best bet....

Okay, so I know Thanksgiving is coming up. And I love Thanksgiving. One of my favorite holidays, actually. Stuffing, turkey, sweet potatoes, green beans….I love it all. However, I also love carbs. And cheese. And homemade bread. So bear with me during this little detour away from all things pumpkin and sage. Italian herb and cheese pull-apart bread is super fun to eat. You pull the flaky layers back to find the hidden gooey cheese and flavorful herbs....

A Quick & Easy Pie Crust I can understand being intimidated by a traditional pie crust recipe, with all the rolling, chilling, and blind baking. But a graham cracker crust? That’s easy! There’s rarely an excuse to ever buy one from the store; they don’t taste nearly as good as homemade, and they are so supremely simple to make from-scratch! Today I’m walking you through the four simple steps of my go-to pie crust recipe....

Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie I am presenting you today – The combined goodness of lentils, vegetables, potatoes, and cheese. It is the vegetarian version of the Shepherd’s Pie aka the lentils and veggie shepherd’s pie. This kid-approved classic casserole dish is a perfect vegetarian main course meal. The process might sound lengthy, but you can do a lot of things in parallel or make ahead too. Check out my detailed post below for those options and also for the step by step pictorial recipe....

Are you looking for ways to incorporate millets into your everyday meals? Then start with this mild and delicious little millet palak corn pulao. When I made my foxtail millet biryani in the open-pot method, I got a few requests for Instant Pot millet recipes. Every time I ask for a recipe request, half my requests are for Instant Pot recipes. I try to balance, but sometimes it takes time to test millet recipes in Instant Pot....