After ghavan, the next recipe in my dosa series is the horse gram adai, or as we say in Tamil kollu adai. Adai is a thick savory pancake prepared with lentils and rice. I have shared the regular adai recipe, and here is another one with horsegram or kollu. I have added some spinach and shallots to make it more healthy and spiced it up with green chilies. It’s a delicious adai, and you can relish it with honey or jaggery or with ghee....

Isn’t squash season the greatest? My site already includes many many ways to prepare butternut squash, from soups (umm, the amount of butternut squash soup recipes on Rachel Cooks is a little excessive, actually), to salads, to mashes, and even healthy queso dip! You have also loved my tutorials on how to cook acorn squash, how to cook delicata squash, how to cook spaghetti squash, and most recently, how to cook kabocha squash, so I figured it was due time for butternut squash to get its moment in the spotlight....

Inspiration for Chilli Garlic Noodles: India’s favourite cuisine (Indo-Chinese) Indian-Chinese food dates back to the 1700s when the Hakka traders from China settled in Calcutta – the then capital of British India. Kolkata, or Calcutta was one of the first cities in India to start an Indo-Chinese restaurant. Chinese immigrants who moved to India for work opportunities started cooking their food. They used locally sourced ingredients and customizing it to the Indian palate....

“Where did you get those muffin liners?” I get this question all. the. time. from people who have made my chocolate chip muffins or my banana nut muffins. Honestly. you can buy muffin liners made out of parchment paper. I think they’re often called tulip liners or something like that and they’re a bit more expensive than your standard white, ridged muffin liners. I’ve never bought them, though, I just make mine out of parchment paper....

Life is Full of Happiness when you have these ‘Instant Bread Gulab Jamun‘ or Instant Gulab Jamun in your hands and you made them from scratch in 45 minutes (18 gulab jamuns, soaked for 30 minutes) !!! That’s exactly how I started my Friday morning in India and before noon we had already finished more than half the batch of these. What is Instant Bread Gulab Jamun? They are the Softest, Decadent and Extremly Extremly Extremly POPULAR Indian Gulab Jamun made using bread, cream, milk, and flour....

If there is a beverage I relish in Mexican taqueria, it is this horchata. It’s hard to resist this sweet cinnamon rice milk drink. What is horchata? It’s a popular Mexican sweetened rice milk drink with the flavors of cinnamon. The traditional horchata is prepared by soaking the rice and cinnamon and blending them to get the rice milk. While you can find many horchata recipes made from scratch, the instant horchata drink with rice milk from the Two Sleevers websites caught my eye....

Relish it as a soup or enjoy it with rice for a comforting meal. Food Research- I love to read about the history of food, and I love to research the roots. This mulligatawny soup was on my list for a very long time. It’s quite popular in Indian restaurants in the US, and they serve with papad/appalam. It tastes more like cumin-pepper rasam, and I always wondered why they were named mulligatawny soup instead of calling it as rasam....

It seems like everyone has a favorite method to cook rice. There are about as many ways to cook rice as there are varieties of rice. Basically, rice is steamed or boiled, whether it’s in a rice cooker, sauce pan, or in a covered casserole in the oven. How long it takes: 19 minutes Equipment you’ll need: pressure cooker/Instant Pot Servings: 3 (but it’s easy to double or triple) And, of course, there’s always good ol’ Minute Rice, which is parboiled to make the cooking time really short or maybe you like the “heat and serve” packets of already cooked rice....

So here’s a simple, creamy and delicious Kesar Shrikhand to serve as a dessert or as a side dish to pooris.

Fresh, Homemade Kettle Chips You can make thin, crispy, and perfectly cooked kettle chips right in your own kitchen! Homemade chips are surprisingly simple to make, and honestly, there’s nothing like a freshly fried potato. I love these because they’re so easy and customizable; I use salt as the only seasoning for today’s recipe, but you can always get creative and add something like freshly cracked black pepper or Old Bay!...

These Kung Pao Chicken Meatballs with Zoodles are one of our go-to healthy meals on these hectic cold winter days. It’s been extremely cold, rainy and foggy in the Bay Area and going outside for even the slightest thing feels like such a big chore. So I’m always looking for healthy, wholesome, and easy meal options and that’s when I came across ‘Coastal Range Organics Chicken‘ in our local Safeway....

A Simple, Homemade Lemon Tart Making up for the dreary weather we’ve been having recently with this bright and sunny lemon tart. It’s pure sunshine with a crisp, buttery crust cradling a silky-smooth lemon curd filling that’s equally tangy and sweet. Top it off with a fluffy cloud of homemade whipped cream and just try to keep yourself from going back for a second slice. Resistance/willpower… a skill I’m yet to master 🥴 I used to find tarts to be intimidating, but they are honestly simple to make and not much different than a pie....

Loaded Immunity Boosting Smoothie I have been so looking forward to sharing my Loaded Immunity Boosting Smoothie or also known as Immunity Booster Smoothie with you. It’s not only loaded with good for you ingredients but great for Detox or recoup a bad cold/flu season. We just celebrated 1st Day of May, the official start of Summer, but this year the weather in California is still trying to decide whether we are in summer or cloudy spring (lol)....

I originally shared the recipe for these Frosted Pumpkin Cookies over on Spend with Pennies! Thank the Great Pumpkin, we have finally made it to Friday. I have an incredibly packed weekend coming up. complete with a special project that I’m working on as a Halloween treat, and it’s probably going to take most of Saturday and Sunday to complete. Not to mention the fact that it might completely fail — we will see!...

How long it takes: a few minutes Equipment you’ll need: cocktail shaker, ice, cocktail glass Servings: 1 (or as many as you like) But my son is really into Harry Potter. And of course, if you’re studying magic like Harry Potter, you’re going to study magic potions. Yeah, like Love Potions! A blood red cocktail … perfect for Halloween with lots of spiders and other creepy crawlers. Love Potion Cocktail Please remember, this alcoholic beverage is for adults only....

Be sure to check out the easy video that shows step-by-step how to make this recipe! We have had a non-stop week of rain here. Zach’s first two softball games of the season have been rained out and I’m beginning to forget what the sun looks like (I’m only slightly dramatic I promise 😉). I am completely over it. I’m ready for summertime sunshine and cookout weather, and with Memorial Day weekend just around the corner I’m taking the opportunity to prepare and share my all-time favorite macaroni salad recipe, even if it is grey and gloomy outside....

This is a no-cook recipe that takes just a few minutes to make. It tastes tangy, spicy, sweet, salty - all at the same time. Perfect to serve as an appetizer to an Indian meal or as a light snack. About the Recipe I love street food and I also love recreating those recipes right at home. Some of my favorite Indian street foods are ragda pattice or this Andhra pidatha kinda pappu....

With the monsoon season in full swing in India and talking to family/friends back home, the thing I MISS the most after them is Indian Street Food. They are so easily available in any Indian city/town and the variety you have is endless. These ‘Masala Cheese Corn Chaat’ are an extremely popular Indian street food, especially during this season. It’s a mix of tangy, spicy, and sweet flavors and goes perfectly with hot chai whether you are alone or enjoying with loved ones....

How long it takes: about 40 minutes Equipment you’ll need: large pan to boil potatoes, potato masher Servings: 8 Like gravy? Lately we’ve been loving these tender slow cooker pork chops (the gravy is amazing!) and Instant Pot chicken thighs with gravy. And with Thanksgiving right around the corner, you’ll need mashed potatoes for all that luscious turkey gravy. Stuffing, sweet potatoes, and green bean casserole are great but you can’t forget the mashed potatoes....

Hey Everyone hope you had a great weekend and today I’m talking all things ‘Methi Paratha’ as they are one of my MOST Favorite Paratha or Indian Flatbread and I simply Cannot resist them ever!! We are going to discuss in details about: How to Make them What to Serve with them How to Store Them. What is Methi Paratha? They are soft and delicious Indian Paratha/Flatbreads made using flour, water, oil, seasoning and methi leaves (Fenugreek Leaves)....