Sago kheer aka sabudana kheer is one of the easiest Indian dessert to make. Soaked tapioca pearls are cooked in milk until they are translucent and cooked through. They thicken the mixture as they cool giving a nice thick pudding like consistency. About the Recipe I love milk based desserts. Be it Indian style rice pudding with jaggery or this Syrian rice pudding or even this vegan kheer using almond milk....

Quick & Easy Smash Burger Recipe Crispy edges and juicy insides, these smash burgers are easy to make and come together in a FLASH! The burgers are cooked through (well done, no pink inside), but because they are so thin, they stay flavorful, tender, and juicy. What makes these burgers so good: Juicy & flavorful: searing the chilled meat in a hot pan locks in the flavor and the juices. Melty, creamy American cheese: a classic choice for any smash burger!...

Snickerdoodles are sugar cookies coated in cinnamon sugar, with the perfect balance of chewy and crisp. How long it takes: 15 minutes to stir up the dough, and 10 minutes to bake each batch Equipment you’ll need: large mixing bowl, mixer, baking sheets Servings: 3 dozen cookies Along with my whole wheat chocolate chip cookies, these snickerdoodle cookies are a go-to of mine and I’m pretty sure they’ll become a requested cookie in your family, too....

Bake of the day: Sourdough Chocolate Cake The sun has been playing a little hooky for the past few days and taking pictures has become almost impossible. I made the cake yesterday but with the cloudy weather couldn’t take the photos, I took the cake to my cousin’s for dinner and brought back leftovers to take pictures today. With all the moving, the frosting melted and looks messy, but it tasted delicious though....

Sticky Cauliflower Wings: vegan and baked cauliflower wings dipped in sticky (sweet-spicy) sauce and topped with sesame seeds and green onion. They are super easy to make and fingerlicking yummmm! Step by Step Tutorial on How to Make Cauliflower Wings As the Festive season arrives, so does the demand for quick party food and these Sticky Cauliflower Wings are definitely on repeat every now and then. BBQ Cauliflower Wings / Sticky Cauliflower Wings / Baked Cauliflower Wings they are Awesome by any name!...

Suji ka Halwa / Sooji ka Halwa is one of the MOST Popular and frequently made Indian desserts of all times. Its popularity is such that no matter which part of India you visit, you can find this recipe…even in restaurants all across the globe. What is Suji ka Halwa? It’s an Indian dessert pudding made using semolina (suji), water, ghee and sugar. Very basic ingredients but if done right, it can result in a fingerlicking dish....

Braided Bread Perfection There is nothing better than freshly baked homemade bread. Unless, of course, if you ever-so-slightly sweeten that bread, enrich it with eggs (and extra yolks) and butter, beautifully braid it, and top it off with a crystallized sugar coating. My braided sweet bread is both extremely simple but also so far from basic. It’s tender with just the right amount of gluten-y chew, fluffy with an appropriately subtle sweetness, complex in appearance but surprisingly simple to actually make....

Instead of meat, this vegetarian version has sweet potato, black beans and cheese. I use store bought dough and they are a breeze to make. Also this is a oven baked empanadas recipe and not fried. About the recipe I love recreating street food from around the world right in my kitchen. Empanadas are quite a popular street food in Argentina, Bolivia, Columbia and many other Latin & South American countries....

Sweet Spicy Mint Raw Mango Chutney Growing up, every summer we eagerly used to wait with excitement for raw mangoes to arrive in the market so that we could get them home and make arrays of recipes. And, this Sweet Spicy Mint Raw Mango chutney or Pudina Kairi chutney or Kacha Aam Pudina chutney (as it is popularly known in India) was always the recipe to begin with because of its simple ingredients and powerhouse taste....

My Thai Fried Rice is one of my MOST requested Thai recipes among our friends, family, and even kiddos as everyone LOVES it !!! It not only looks gorgeous but is also very easy to customize as per your or your family’s taste and made using basic kitchen ingredients (no special Thai spices/herbs/paste needed) Thai Fried Rice Ingredients: 1 Jasmine Rice – you can use any cooked white rice 1/2 Cup vegetable mix (carrot, corn, beans, and peas) – frozen or fresh 1/4 Cup White Onions – thinly chopped 1 Cup Firm Tofu – chopped into bite-size 1/4 Cup Pineapple – chopped into bite-size 5-6 Roasted Cashew – optional 3 Tbsp Sesame Oil -for stir fry...

A bowl of hot soup is such a comforting meal on chilly winter days. I love making hearty and filling soups like this Burmese samosa thouk and this asparagus lentil soup. Today’s Thai pea soup fits that bill perfectly. This delicious lentil soup is made with coconut milk and a freshly ground spice paste. It is creamy, spicy, tangy and sweet - all at the same time. Most of the ingredients needed for this recipe are easily available in well stocked grocery stores....

An Easy, MOIST Banana Cake Recipe This banana cake recipe is a result of many, many emails and comments from so many of you writing to tell me how much you enjoyed my banana muffins (see, I didn’t call them the “best” for nothing). A few of you wrote to ask me if it would be possible to bake the muffin recipe into a banana cake, but I had a few reservations....

How long it takes: 35 minutes in the oven, plus an hour for soaking Equipment you’ll need: sheet pan, bowl, clean towel Servings: 5 Crispy roasted potatoes vs. soggy roasted potatoes: one is a clear winner and one just isn’t worth the calories. You could liken it to a fight between good and evil but that’s probably a bit overdramatic. I might even venture to say oven roasted potatoes are better than fries (!...

Tender, flavorful, and easy to make … what more can you ask from a meatball recipe? No more tough, chewy meatballs, or meatballs that won’t stick together, this is a wonderful no-fail recipe you’re going to love. How long it takes: 35 minutes Equipment you’ll need: large bowl, baking dish or pan Servings: makes 40 meatballs, depending on size Classic meatballs can be used in so many ways. Simmer them in your favorite sauce for spaghetti and meatballs....

If you’re uncomfortable working with yeast or making your own pizza dough at home, I’ll walk you through every step of the process in my video just below the recipe. You’ve got this! It’s a little silly how excited I am to share this recipe with you today. It’s pizza dough, not exactly glamorous or sexy and it was honestly pretty boring to photograph (how do you make a ball of dough look fun and appealing in pictures, please tell me!...

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. My mum would toss them in simple spices (similar to these sauteed garbanzo beans). It is still one of my favourite snacks. Sukha kala chana - dry kala chana - is a dish where the cooked chana are seasoned with spices such as cumin powder and garam masala....

We’ve covered chocolate cake, vanilla cake (one of my most popular recipes, thanks to you guys!), and even pineapple upside-down cake, but up until today we’ve been missing a critical flavor: a classic, delicious, white cake! This is a classic cake flavor and a personal favorite of mine, so when I say up in the intro that I’m excited to share this recipe with you, I really, really mean it....

To pair up with my Amti dal, I prepared this Vangyachi Bhaji or Brinjal Curry. This is a Maharashtrian style brinjal or eggplant curry with bursting flavors. Yes, this is a sweet and tangy and spicy dry curry that goes well with both rice and roti and also with any variety rice. Like amti dal, this recipe calls for Goda masala too. The combination of goda masala with tamarind, coconut, jaggery, peanuts and chili powder makes this curry distinct and delectable....

My theme for this week’s Blogging Marathon is probably one of the most simplest and the most toughest at the same time. Valli asked us to make either a rice or gravy main dish to delight the family. It sounds pretty simple but finding recipes that I haven’t blogged became the tough part. I made a list of dishes I wanted to try and that list grew pretty long. Then I found this Bibimbap fried rice recipe in this month’s Food Network Magazine....

It is a quick and satisfying noodle dish. Homemade Pad Thai sauce adds tons of flavor to this dish and the crispy tofu brings amazing vegan protein power. This is a fool proof recipe that makes perfectly cooked noodles without any mushiness. Do try the recipe and enjoy!! About the recipe When thinking of Thai cuisine, the first dish that comes to mind is Pad Thai noodles. It is a quintessential Thai dish that has many versions differing in ingredients, techniques and leading flavors....