How long it takes: 45 minutes Equipment you’ll need: small rimmed baking sheet, small saucepan Servings: 4 This chicken dinner is a great weeknight meal. It’s so easy to throw together. While the chicken is baking, put rice or potatoes on to cook and get the sauce simmering. Throw together a bagged salad or a simple veggie and dinner is ready. I think you’ll find yourself turning to this chicken recipe frequently....

Hot Chocolate Bombs (a Tutorial!) By popular demand! I have received so many requests for these hot cocoa bombs recently, and for good reason. They’re adorable, fun, delicious, and absolutely blowing up the internet right now. I’m squeezing this one in just before the holidays so you can still make them and give them as a last minute gift. While hot chocolate bombs are overall quite simple to make, there are a few important things you need to know so that your chocolate comes out flawlessly....

This post contains helpful notes and tips to help you make the perfect dish. However, if you are in a rush, please use the “Jump to Recipe” link above or the “Jump to” links below to get to the section you want. People also call them masoor dal, and they are a common ingredient and a great source of plant-based protein in Indian cuisine. You can make dal, the most popular dish with them, and also known as red lentil dal in some parts of the world, by simmering the lentils with herbs, spices and aromatics....

From a parenting blog, IMC started to spread its wings and we launched the marketplace couple of months back and now this wonderful Treasure Box. An idea that started as a WhatsApp conversation is live now and to be true, the idea became product within 2 months in both India and US. Preethi, the jet fast developer completed the development in less than 3 weeks. (Preethi I promise I will get my hands dirty in Ruby on Rails) Aarti and RM pitched in and helped with naming the product, marketing ideas and with other guidelines....

it’s made using extremely basic ingredients and yet gives you that rich curry flavor that leaves you wanting for more. This North Indian Egg Curry, is one of our goto weeknight dinner menus at home and a lot of our friends who don’t cook regularly love to make this recipe as it’s so easy. What is Indian Egg Curry? A Few days back I got a ‘direct message’ on my Instagram asking if this is Indian Shakshuka version…....

Chicken and dumplings has to be one of my favorite meals. Whenever I came home from college for the weekend, my mom was sure to make this homey comfort food. A far cry from dorm food, or normal college student fare, I felt the love she conveyed by serving this classic Southern style soup. I think serving food like chicken and dumplings is a good way to show how much you care about someone, don’t you?...

Past few days have been so cold that all we have been craving was tons of soup and this Instant Pot Crab Bisque fits right in! It’s super easy to make, absolutely flavorful and fills you up for good 3-4 hours. Now, I’m using fresh crab meat to make this Crab Bisque Recipe but you can use frozen or even imitation crab. It’s also our favorite Sunday night as I always make an extra batch for lunch the next day....

Instant Pot Dal or Instant Pot Dal Tadka is my favorite everyday dal that we make at home and I especially like it with a bowl of steaming rice!! ‘Dal’ is an inseparable part of Indian cuisine and literally, All Indians have grown up eating it. Whether it’s the simple combination of ‘Dal-Roti’ or ‘Dal-Chawal’ or even our most humble offering ‘Khichdi’ (mixture of lentil+rice). And if you like eating at an Indian restaurant, then you can literally see a whole ‘sub-heading’ in the menu dedicated to Various Indian Dal, like Dal Makhani, Dal Fry, Dal Tadka, Yellow Dal, etc....

This September, during the Labor Day long weekend, we got a chance to visit Portland, Oregon. Even though the trip was short, we had a fun time. During our stay, we had lunch in one of the restaurants in the downtown called – Darsalaam, and it’s a Middle Eastern cuisine restaurant. The food was terrific, and their Arabian coffee was oh so delicious. I usually don’t post much on google local guides, but for this restaurant, I wrote a review and pretty much posted all the food pics too....

As I mentioned in my Curry leaves Chutney post, I tent to throw the curry leaves from sambhar and rasam. So Amma used to do this podi and chutney and make sure I eat them. Why? Curry leaves helps in digestion but more than that it has high folic acid and iron content which helps to beat anemia. It has other minerals and vitamins too. It aids in hair growth and helps to maintain the hair color....

Katharikai Puli Kuzhambu | the Brinjal gravy/sambar is a tasty and lip-smacking rice accompaniment prepared with tender brinjals. Here comes an authentic and traditional Tirunelveli style kuzhambu recipe prepared with tender brinjals with fresh ground coconut and shallots. Check out the detailed recipe with step-wise pictures below. I know there are zillion variations to this kuzhambu and also this kuzhambu is one of the staples and common recipe in most of the households in Tamil Nadu....

Country: K for Korea Dish: Korean Miso Soup & Joomuk Bap We are staying in Asia and visiting Korea today. I knew from day 1 that I would be doing Korea for K, since I live in a town that has a very high Korean population. We have a Korean grocery store in town and most of the stores have signs in Korean. I hardly cook Korean food at home even though I have full access to all the Korean veggies, spices and other ingredients....

Remember how I said that Irish Coffee Ice Cream Pie (with whiskey ganache!) was one of the desserts we made to help us celebrate my dad’s birthday this past weekend? Well, meet the other one, Lemon Meringue Cookies. On that list was a recipe from a beautiful new cookbook called Dessert for Two by Christina Lane of the fabulous blog called, you guessed it: Dessert for Two. Homemade lemon curd layered on top of an airy meringue — a dollop of whipped cream and some graham cracker crumbs land these cookies in perfection territory....

The Best & Brightest Lemon Muffins Today I’m refreshing an old recipe on the blog. My original (previously streusel-laden) laden muffins get a makeover that allows the tart lemon flavor to really shine. Feel free to skip the glaze and use my easy streusel topping instead, if that is what you prefer, but I love the lemon glaze instead here! These are super soft, tender, and fluffy lemon muffins. They’ve got tall muffin tops and a bright, fresh lemon flavor from real lemons....

How long it takes: 10 minutes Equipment you’ll need: microwave oven, small bowl Servings: 6 This homemade magic shell takes that experience up a notch because when you use your own chocolate to DIY it, you get a richer, more decadent shell. Once you try it, you won’t go back to the store-bought stuff! Reasons To Love Homemade Magic Shell Two simple ingredients. Chocolate chips and coconut oil. That’s it!...

I am going to share one of our favorite recipes today. It’s the Mandelbrot (in Yiddish) or Mandel Bread (in English). The name might sound different, but it’s the nothing but simple almond bread. It is one of the famous Jewish cookies. In Yiddish, Mandel means almond and brot means bread. It’s twice baked bread, and the crunchier exterior makes it more similar to biscotti. Today I am going to share the Eggless version of the almond biscotti....

Methi Matar Paneer Recipe – Peas & Cheese in Indian Spices Here’s an easy peasy 🙂 recipe for all my lovelies who are either fasting for the special 9days or eating no onion-garlic diet…..It’s a creamy thick gravy like consistency and the combination of methi (fenugreek) with peas that makes this dish delectable. It’s also my first recipe for the special “vrat ka khaana” section (Special Category where some of us don’t eat onion, garlic, grains & meat for certain days due to religious purpose) Desi Methi Matar Paneer (Glutenfree)

Menthikura and pesarapappu is a healthy and delicious combination. This is an amazing side dish to any Indian meal. About the Recipe Once the chilly weather season begins, I start making nutritious and hearty dishes to make sure we feel healthy. Soup and chili are the first thing that comes to mind. Like this instant pot noodle soup or this delicious vegetarian pizza soup. This simple dal/ brothy soup with lentils is sure to liven up your taste buds....

After brown betty, I am back with another apple recipe, and this time it is the single-serving apple crisp. It has similar fall flavors like brown betty, but it is not the brown betty. :-) Single serving desserts! Aren’t they perfect for those late-night sweet cravings? I love single-serving desserts, especially the microwave ones. This apple crisp is our favorite, and sometimes I make it an evening after-school snack for the kiddo....

Ginger for Sore Throat: I love rasam, and nothing can comfort like a warm bowl of rasam in this winter aka flu season. Sore throat issues and cough are quite common during the winter season. Ginger tea and ginger water with honey are the traditional home remedies that we follow when we are down with a sore throat or a cough. Wondering how ginger helps and soothes your throat? The anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties of ginger can help soothe a sore throat by relieving inflammation and killing the virus/bacteria....