Today I am posting one more savory recipe, actually two recipes. Baked chips are yet another guilt free snacks that you can have along with tea or some with rice too. When greens and veggies can be baked into chips there is nothing better than that. Recipe 1: Kale Chips When I heard about the health benefits of kale, I started using them in my breakfast blends and smoothies. I wasn’t ready to try as gravy or in curries....

Easy Chocolate Donuts Moist, chocolatey, and sweet without being too sweet, these baked chocolate donuts are a chocoholic’s dream breakfast. Not only are they quick and easy to make (less than half an hour!), but they are super chocolatey (like my chocolate pop tarts) with chocolate chips in the batter and a silky chocolate ganache-esque glaze. While you could skip the glaze, these donuts are intentionally not too sweet on their own, so I recommend adding it....

Ok, you don’t need stale bread to make this bread pudding. This pudding is such a delectable dish and super easy to make, and you can use not-so-stale and old bread as well. This bread pudding is my husband’s favorite dessert, and we make it regularly. I used my homemade white bread or challah or store-bought bread as well. For this version, I used store-bought bread. It’s an effortless recipe....

Begun is the Bengali word for brinjal, and bhaja means fried. Baingan or begun bhaja is nothing but marinated and fried brinjal slices. Instead of deep-frying, I went with shallow frying. The April month BM journey through cuisine’s taught me a lot of recipes from Bengal. I haven’t explored the cuisine of East India. So I did bookmark a few recipes, and also, I was asking my fellow bloggers for recipes from other states and bookmarked quite a lot....

What is Raita? Raita is a yoghurt based side dish or dip commonly served in India with hot and spicy dishes. This is usually added as the sauce that brings down the heat or certain foods. It has different variations throughout the country. In Kerala a version of this is called pachadi that includes fresh coconut and a tempering. Some would say it’s the Indian cousin of Greek Tzaziki but I still like to call it a dip of its own because it is so integral to a lot of Indian meals....

Origin and Meaning Palak paneer (more popularly known in english countries as Saag Paneer), originates from North Indian Punjabi cuisine, but is popular all over India. It evolved from Saag Paneer where the word saag in Hindi means “leafy greens”, which refers to mustard greens, fenugreek, spinach, and other leaves used in Indian traditional recipes. Palak is Hindi for spinach. Traditionally, palak paneer is a vegetarian dish based on paneer (a soft Indian cheese), spinach (which is made into a thick paste), and a mixture of spices such as garam masala, garlic, ginger, chili pepper, turmeric and cumin....

This is a very flavorful and healthy one-pot dish. Soak brown rice for at least 5-6 hours or even overnight for better taste and texture. Right now my mint plants are growing wild and I’m looking for variety of dishes to use as much of it as possible. This is the first in the series of mint/ pudina recipes that I’ve been trying in the quest for using up my excess herb....

Soft and Chewy Butterfinger Cookies You’ve probably had M&M cookies, but have you ever had Butterfinger cookies? Just like the irresistible candy, these soft and chewy cookies have a strong peanut butter flavor and crunchy, chocolatey bits of Butterfinger candies throughout. They are such a fun treat (and are yet another way for me to pair beloved chocolate and peanut butter together 💜). These cookies aren’t exactly new to the blog; this is is actually an updated recipe from many years ago....

Cabbage is one of my favorite vegetables. I have South Indian style cabbage curry or poriyal with coconut and also Instant Pot cabbage kootu/gravy on my blog. Now it’s time for this North Indian style cabbage curry or stirfry. In Hindi, we call cabbage as band gobi or patta gobi, and sabzi means vegetable curry. Hence the name patta gobi sabzi. This Indian cabbage curry is a dry curry without any curry sauce or coconut milk and we don’t need any ginger, garlic, onion or tomatoes too....

These Pakoda/Fritters are my absolute favorite snack, especially during the rainy season. They are lighter than our ‘besan pakora/chickpea fritters’ as chickpeas are slightly heavy to digest. Also, adding cabbage to these Moong Dal Bhajiya (another name for it) makes them endlessly crave-able. Ingredients for Cabbage Moong Dal Pakoda: The ingredients are as follows: Cabbage – thinly chopped Yellow Moong Dal – soaked in water for a minimum of 2 hrs or more and then batter made out of it....

Vaandu loves cake pops. Whenever we go to Starbucks, he gets these yummylicious cake pops. During Holi, the first one that came into my mind were these cake pops. I thought of trying colorful cake pops to go with Holi. I wanted to keep the process simple and also I wanted the recipe to be easy enough so that parents and kids can have fun time preparing these little cuties....

Your New Favorite Party Snack Sweet, salty, crunchy, chocolatey…. Check, check, check and check. These Candied Pretzels tick all the boxes to qualify as one of the best snacks of your life. Addictive, sweet & salty (I may have mentioned this, yes, but is there any better flavor combo? It’s worth repeating), and so, so easy. Candied Pretzels take all of 5 minutes to toss together. Then just 15 minutes of baking, which means that in well under 30 minutes you can be munching on your new favorite snack....

This avakaya recipe with bell pepper/ capsicum is spicy with the addition of chili powder and ground fenugreek. It has a delightful crunchy texture. Great to serve with rice, upma or even roti. About the recipe Coming from Andhra, we love spicy food, especially pickles and chutneys. This tomato pickle is my absolute favorite to make during summers. The best part of Indian style pickle is that you can use any vegetable to make it....

I’ve mentioned before that I consider myself a lazy cook. I tend to make dishes that don’t take too much time and don’t involve too much preparation or cooking time. I like carrot/ gajar halwa, but grating carrots is not something that I really enjoy, so I use the food processor to grate them. Growing up, my sister was the designated carrot grater for making carrot halwa. For today’s carrot kheer, my mom grated the carrot for me (I guess my laziness is here to stay with me)....

For those who are venturing Indian cuisine, parathas are famous Indian flatbread stuffed with different vegetables or paneer. It’s quite popular in North India. Here is my fusion paratha recipe with cheese filling. As you all know from my meal planners , we love our parathas for breakfast and lunch, and I usually make it for our weekend brunch. And this cheese paratha is perfect for a relaxed weekend brunch....

We are starting a new week of blogging marathon today and my theme for this week is ‘Stuffed dishes’. For the first day I made a yummy pizza flavored cheese stuffed sandwich. My son was soooo excited about this dish - it checks off all of his favorite food groups 🙂 Chili Cheese Sandwich: Inspiration for this recipe cake from a popular Indian street food - chili cheese sandwich. It is usually made with bread slices either close or open faced....

When it comes to cookies, what side are you on? Are you team chewy or team crispy? Or maybe crispy edges and a chewy center? Cakey? So many delicious options! I’m solidly on team chewy, while my mom is 100% team crispy. Take, for example, oatmeal cookies. My preference is always “old fashioned” soft iced oatmeal cookies but my mom reaches for her crispy coconut oatmeal cookies recipe every time she makes oatmeal cookies....

How long it takes: 55 minutes Equipment you’ll need: baking pan, oven, large skillet Servings: 2 large servings Have you tried spaghetti squash yet? These oval yellow wonders are really kind of amazing. Cut one in half, bake it cut side down, flip it over, and use a fork to loosen the magical strands of “spaghetti” that appear. If you haven’t tried cooking spaghetti squash yet, I have a handy how-to prepare spaghetti squash tutorial that makes it easy....

The Ultimate Cozy Comfort Food One of my top 5 comfort foods, chicken pot pie with biscuits is a hearty, warming and oh-so-cozy dish that’s an entire meal in and of itself, no side dishes needed. What’s to Love Great for making in advance. I love to make the components in advance, then just toss everything together and drop it in the oven for an easy weeknight dinner. If you want to make everything in one go, you’ll still be able to finish it within an hour....

Rich, Chocolatey Zucchini Bread Where traditional zucchini bread is sweet, spiced perfection, chocolate zucchini bread is dark, fudgy indulgence. Most definitely a dessert, this veggie-packed bread will forever change the way you think about this unassuming green veggie! I perfected this recipe last year near the end of summer and made it a dozen times. I am excited to finally share it this year, hopefully just in time for everyone’s summer gardens to be yielding zucchini!...