Are you new to meal planning and prepping or looking for new ideas? Check out all my previous meal planners. I have been sharing some meal planners for the past two years. I have shared over 33+ Indian vegetarian meal planners, and you can check them out all under the “meal planner” category. This week’s festive-special south Indian vegetarian meal planner and prep work! As I mentioned in last week’s planner, we don’t fast during Navratri....
Call it thinai thakkali sadam or biryani or tomato biryani with millet; this recipe will make you get acquainted with the millets and make you crave more! I am back with another millet recipe after the instant ragi idli. But this time, it’s with the whole grain and not with the flour. Here is my foxtail millet tomato biryani or thinai thakkali biryani. Thinai means foxtail millet in Tamil, and thakkali means tomatoes....
This is an easy to make dish that is perfect to serve with both rice and roti. Do try this delicious gongura dal and I am sure you will love it as much as we do. About the Recipe Gongura or roselle is a leafy green vegetable widely used in Andhra cooking. Gongura pachadi and pulihora are couple of the most famous and widely made dishes. The gongura leaves have a pleasantly sour taste that adds a unique and delicious flavor to any recipe....
Imagine yourself lounging on a chaise, surrounded by white sand and palm trees, with the sound of ocean waves gently lapping the shore. How long it takes: 5 minutes Equipment you’ll need: high-powered blender Servings: makes 6 cups Or imagine yourself post workout, sweating, with tired muscles. Now imagine yourself holding a frosty glass filled to the brim with a soothing green smoothie, filled with refreshing flavors of apple and tropical fruits....
What is Gulab Jamun? Traditionally this Indian sweet consists of deep-fried dough balls made out of milk solids or khoya (reduced milk) and boiled in spiced and rose water scented sugar syrup. But ever since I turned vegan, trying out vegan alternatives made me realise that dairy products are completely unnecessary in so many such dishes. This healthy vegan Gulab Jamun made out of bread and cashew paste are just as yummy as the milk-based ones and no one can actually tell the difference....
Today’s recipe includes a video at the bottom of the post showing you just how I make these in my own kitchen! I’m just about tired of seeing these granola bars, to be honest. Zach has been eating homemade granola bars every. day. for breakfast ever since I first made them a few weeks ago. I’ve been waiting for him to get tired of them, but he hasn’t (it probably helps that each time I make them differently with different add-ins to keep things from getting boring)....
An Easy, Hearty Sauce Recipe I’ve been making this marinara sauce recipe so frequently the past few weeks I finally decided it was about time I share it with you. It’s shockingly simple to make with a full-bodied flavor that puts every jarred sauce in the supermarket to shame. This recipe is simple, but it’s a definite keeper. Use it anywhere you would use store-bought marinara, just prepare yourself because the flavor is simply not comparable....
There is a saying that goes: ‘Elachavanukku ellu, koluthavanukku kollu’, meaning ‘To one who is skinny, give sesame seeds, and one who is fat give horse gram’. I haven’t explored much into how and why horse gram dal aids in weight loss. I use both sesame seeds and horse gram in our meals regularly. But need to see how they aid in weight loss. ;-) This is my 11th rasam post....
How long it takes: 5 minutes Equipment you’ll need: freezer containers or bags, baking sheet, freezer Servings: Freeze as many as you like! You can freeze bananas. It’s super easy to do and there are all sorts of things you can make with them. Bake them into cakes, muffins, or banana bread, make smoothies, or non-dairy banana ice cream. Keep reading for lots of ways to use ripe bananas or take a look at this list of banana recipes....
As much as I love idli with chutney or sambar, I love preparing different dishes with idli. We love our idli biryani, idli Manchurian and fried idli too. Now it’s time for the idli upma. Idli upma is nothing but crumbled idli stir-fry with Indian-style tempering. All you need to do is crumble some idlis. Then, temper some mustard seeds, urad dal, and chana dal in coconut oil. Then saute some green chilies and onions and add in the crumbled idli and cook for a couple of minutes and that’s it....
I’ll be honest, I’m not typically a soup person. I’ve heard a lot of people say “I love soup!” but I just don’t feel that strongly towards soup. With that being said, I do occasionally crave a warm bowl of soup. If it’s particularly chilly outside, or if I’m feeling under the weather, soup starts to look just a little more appealing. How long it takes: 50 minutes Equipment you’ll need: pressure cooker, knife Servings: 6 What I do love about soup is that typically it’s easy to make and really versatile....
As promised when I shared the sweet chili chicken stir fry recipe, here’s the recipe for Instant Pot jasmine rice! Jasmine rice is one of my absolute favorite things. It has the best flavor and it’s perfect with any type of stir fry recipe. Did you know that leftover rice is perfect (essential!) for making yummy Fried Rice? And dont Jasmine rice is the perfect accompaniment to this honey balsamic chicken with crispy vegetables, an oven roasted sheet pan dinner....
Parippu Curry: With Onam right around the corner, I wanted to post a few sadya recipes and here comes the first one – Kerala Parippu Curry. In simple words, it is the Kerala style moong dal tadka. Parippu means dal in Malayalam. We cannot imagine Kerala food without coconut, and this dal recipe has fresh ground coconut as well. The coconut-cumin paste and the shallots tempering make this dal flavorsome and delicious....
This kale salad is perfect for those of you who do weekend meal prep. It keeps so well in the fridge, and I’d argue it gets even better as time goes by (to a reasonable extent, of course). The kale softens and becomes more tender, thanks to the tangy, sweet honey Dijon dressing. That same dressing soaks into the farro making it super flavorful. This kale salad will keep you full for hours, perfect to take to work for lunches or as an easy healthy lunch for you, when all your kids want is mac and cheese....
Hi, I know Thanksgiving is this Thursday. But we have to eat something other than stuffing and turkey this week, am I right? Our Thanksgiving is going to be fairly low-key, just my parents and Ben’s parents over at our house. They’ll come over early in the afternoon and the ladies will cook together while we munch on a cheese plate and sip wine, and the guys will watch football....
I am happy to participate back on the monthly blogging marathon. So we post three days a week on a specific theme, and I picked “Millet Special” as my theme for this week. So I am starting with a sweet recipe which is perfect for the upcoming Diwali celebration as well. It is the bajra laddu. Yesterday I posted the kambu thattai and if you have missed it please check the recipe here....
Now coming to karthigai deepam, according to wiki this festival has its reference in Ahananooru, and this belongs to Sangam literature which dates back to 200 B.C. to 300 A.D. It’s one of the ancient festival celebrated. There is a legendary story associated with that, or instead, I should say I know only these two stories. The first story: When Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu fought among themselves to know who is greater, Lord Shiva appeared and said whoever finds my head and feet are the greatest....
A Slice of Paradise This highly-requested key lime cheesecake recipe eluded me for years. Three years, to be exact. While you might think that it would be as simple as adding a splash of lime juice and zest to my classic cheesecake recipe, it turns out that is absolutely not the case. Simply adding lime juice actually negatively affected the texture; made it too mealy, too airy for what should be a smooth and creamy custard, and resulted in a lackluster lime flavor that was lost beside the tang of the cream cheese....
Barnyard Millet Flakes Upma Millets, with high nutritional value and fiber content, are gaining their popularity back again. Be it Little millet or foxtail millet or barnyard millet or kodo millet or the finger millet, each has its health benefits, and each of them provides the essential nutrients to our regular diet. Native Food Store Looking for where to buy these millets regularly in a hassle free way? The answer is Native Food Store....
When I started planning my cookie list for this baking season I really wasn’t planning on baking my way around the world, but somehow that seems to be what’s happened. We’ve journeyed to Greece with baklava, Argentina with alfajores, and most recently to Poland with rugelach. Today we explore Austrian Linzer Cookies and on Wednesday I’ll end this cultural cookie whirlwind with a Russian (or is it Mexican… hint) cookie recipe for you....
