Theme: One Dish, Different Countries Dish: Malaysia – Apam Balik Day 2 of BM# 38 and today I’ve Malaysian sweet pancakes for you. Apam Balik is a crispy thin pancake that is usually filled with sweetened peanuts. These are usually sold at specialist roadside stalls throughout Malaysia. Watch this video to see how expertly the guy makes apam balik. I especially like the technique he uses to take them off the pan....

This post was long due and I’m so excited to finally share the Mango Matcha Chia Layered Smoothie with you’ll today. I’m a BIG smoothie fan …Who Isn’t right? I mean give me a bog bowl of fruits and I might sit with it the whole day but give me a smoothie and I’m all done in 5 minutes – This is the reason why I love smoothies so much !...

The BEST Maple Bacon Brussel Sprouts Take your roasted brussels sprouts to the next level and make maple glazed brussels sprouts! Truly, if anything on my website could be called a flavor bomb, this recipe would be it. These sprouts are lightly sweet with a sticky maple glaze, smokey paprika, and crisp bacon. They are so amazing, I could barely take any photos because everyone just wanted to eat them right off the baking sheet!...

Can’t believe it is December already – I probably said this a million times – but time sure is flying. This year went by in a hurry – selling a house, buying a house, packing and moving took up most of our year. Hopefully next year is going to be more relaxed and restful. Coming to this week’s blogging marathon, my theme for the week is ‘Moroccan dishes’. So for the first day I have a simple Moroccan Carrot Salad....

The season of soups and stews is here, and today I am sharing an easy Moroccan stew with white beans that you can make in under 30 minutes of active cooking time in Instant Pot. It’s a saute and dump-and-go recipe. It’s super easy and a perfect beginner-friendly recipe! Being a food lover, I love to travel and explore different cuisines. And I love to recreate the vegetarian version of some of the famous international dishes....

How long it takes: less than a half hour Equipment you’ll need: large pot with cover or Dutch oven Servings: 6 Spaghetti with meat sauce is always a go-to easy weeknight meal but it makes so many dishes dirty. One pan for sauce, one big pot for pasta, a colander to drain the pasta, and that’s without any side dishes. The sink is starting to fill up with dirty dishes and all of a sudden your easy weeknight meal became kind of a pain in the you-know-what....

Summer is in full swing and so are the summer parties, BBQs and al-fresco-style meals that can be prepared in a few minutes and can be enjoyed with the whole family. Pan-Seared Fish Ingredients: Tilapia Fillets – cleaned Land O Lakes® Butter with Canola Oil Rice – coarsely powdered Flour Rice – cooked as per package instruction or use any grain of choice Lime – thinly sliced – for decoration Few Sprigs of Mint Leaves – for decoration...

Indian paneer curries When it comes to Indian vegetarian dishes, you can’t skip any paneer-based ones. Paneer dishes are popular in restaurants, and along with paneer butter masala, paneer tikka, and matar paneer, this paneer lababdar is one of them. And that’s what I am going to share today. What I understood is that this paneer lababdar is more common on restaurant menus than in homes. And I relished it first in one of the restaurants here in the US....

The Best Pecan Pie Recipe You’ve officially found the BEST pecan pie recipe! My carefully tested recipe is guaranteed to produce a perfect pie with a firm, yet slightly gooey center, crisp top, and flaky homemade pie crust base. It’s been carefully tweaked and adjusted for the best possible flavor and texture. Bonus: it’s also really, really easy to make! If you’ve never had this pie before, you’re in for a treat!...

Rasam is my ultimate comfort and favorite food. I have many rasam recipes on my blog, and today I am going to share one of the rasam varieties – pineapple rasam. This rasam is definitely a crowd-pleaser one. As I mentioned in my Instant Pot tomato rasam post, I would define rasam as thin south Indian soup with or without lentils. :-) And for this pineapple rasam, we do use lentils, but we don’t use any tamarind....

So next time when I went to India, I came back with 2 pressure cookers. One 3 litre and one 7 litres with its separators. These separators are really really helpful, especially for south Indian cooking where rice is the staple. What are these separators? Vessels, like tiffin carrier(either 2 piece or 3 piece) which can be kept inside the pressure cooker and used to cook multiple food together. Both Hawkins and prestige brand has these separators....

Cream Cheese-Stuffed Pumpkin Muffins If you thought you loved my regular pumpkin muffins, just wait until you try this cream cheese-stuffed version! These pumpkin cream cheese muffins are perfected to be moist, not too sweet, and just the right amount of indulgent (although I’m 100% unopposed to eating sweets for breakfast; have you seen my pumpkin coffee cake?!). The very best part is what’s inside: a sweet, cheesecake-inspired surprise that you wouldn’t suspect from the outside....

Hence I’ve decided to combine few of my favorite ingredients (raspberry, chocolate, Carnation Breakfast Essentials® and toppings), to make this Quick Raspberry Chocolate Breakfast Smoothie Bowl and share it with you’ll. It’s an easy peasy breakfast option that takes less than 3 minutes to make and looks absolutely gorgeous too 🙂 If you haven’t made a smoothie bowl till now, then you’re in for a treat as this is an absolutely easy recipe to follow and you can add or remove any of the toppings listed....

How long it takes: 30 minutes Equipment you’ll need: large sheet pan, oven Servings: 4 (but you can easily make more or less) Of all the roasted vegetables, carrots are up there as one of my favorites. Mushrooms (try these marsala roasted mushrooms or roasted mushrooms with balsamic) are hands-down at the top of the list. Some other favorites? Broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, parsnips. I’m getting hungry just writing about it....

Sarson ka saag is a simple recipe similar to Saag paneer without any dry spices powders. For saag paneer, I used cabbage and spinach along with mustard greens, and for this, I went with broccoli and spinach along with mustard greens. I got this recipe from our Punjabi friend. In fact, I got to see the entire preparation process when aunty prepared. Addition of spinach, broccoli/cabbage helps in balancing the pungent taste of mustard greens, and also adds that creamy texture....

How long it takes: 11 minutes Equipment you’ll need: skillet Servings: 4 Okay, admittedly, air fryer asparagus is easy but if you don’t have an air fryer (or even if you do!), the skillet is the way to go. While roasted asparagus and grilled asparagus are delicious thanks to notes of caramelization and browned tips, sautéed asparagus really lets the fresh flavor and crisp texture shine. Reasons To Love Sautéed Asparagus Ridiculously easy....

I must have made this recipe a hundred times (maybe more!) and yet, every time I make it I cannot but stand back for a minute and admire this dish! Not only does it look amazing, but beet raita is also healthy. Beetroots, as we know, are not only naturally sweet and therefore delicious, but also a super healthy vegetable. They are low in calories but high in fiber, vitamin C, and potassium....

My Skinny Broccoli Kale Pasta Bake recipe is perfect for a quick weeknight menu or just when you want a comforting yet slightly healthier meal. Also, when you have literally and I mean Literally binged the whole weekend with your favorite drinks, desserts, meats, etc. That’s exactly when this Skinny Broccoli Kale Pasta Bake comes to your rescue and we must have made this recipe endless times !! Now, if you’re thinking what’s so new about this pasta bake: First it’s a lighter version than our regular cheesy pasta bakes....

You all know I’m a fan of easy to prepare meals. I’m also a fan of leftovers. I have a food blog, so it seems that there is nothing I would rather do than cook, right? Well sometimes, I’d rather sit on the couch and watch TV, er, I mean run around outside playing with my kids. So slow cooker meals and leftovers make me smile. How long it takes: 8 hours on low, 4 hours on high Equipment you’ll need: sharp knife, slow cooker Servings: 6 I like the challenge of creating a quick meal for those busy weeknights that we all have....

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