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The Perfect Pasta Salad Today I’m sharing my take on my grandmother’s shrimp pasta salad recipe. It’s a close cousin to my popular macaroni salad with a surprisingly tasty seafood twist. The perfect companion to your next BBQ, serve it alongside pulled BBQ chicken and ice cold lemonade (though really it can be a meal in and of itself!). My family has been enjoying this recipe for years and I was a little surprised that it hadn’t made its way onto the blog yet (plenty of her other recipes have, like her hot milk cake and apple dumplings)....

How long it takes: 20 minutes Equipment you’ll need: large skillet, colander, mixing bowl Servings: 4 (2 tacos each) After I made these shrimp tacos, I became completely obsessed with the mango avocado salsa, so much that I had to write an entire post about the salsa recipe alone. If you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, be sure to hop over there and try it ASAP!...

Savory or Sweet Lassi? As much as I love sweet lassi, I love salty and spicy lassi and buttermilk. We love lassi with our paratha brunch, and I always prefer salt lassi. Spicy tamarind lassi is one such tangy and spicy lassi flavored with chaat masalas. You can call this lassi namkeen lassi, masaledar lassi, or even chatpata lassi. Like every other lassi recipe, this is also quite easy to prepare....

Sweet, Candied Cranberries A simple, sweet, and tart treat, these sugared cranberries are perfect for the holidays. While they can absolutely be enjoyed as a standalone snack (Luke loves eating them by themselves), I typically use these as edible decoration for other holiday treats, like my gingerbread, gingerbread cake or cupcakes or Swiss roll. They’d also be gorgeous on gingerbread houses! While they look fancy, the actual active work required to make these is super minimal....

Madurai Chithirai Thiruvizha (Festival) is one of the major festivals celebrated throughout the district of Madurai and nearby towns. The two major events are Meenakshi Tirukalyanam and Kallazhagar (Lord Vishnu) crossing River Vaigai. According to the legend, Lord Shiva (Sundareshwarar) comes to Madurai to marry goddess Meenakshi (Goddess Parvathi). Kallazhagar who resides in Alazhar Kovil (20 kms from Madurai), is the brother of goddess Meenakshi and He is also invited for the wedding....

We have been making these grilled fish tacos for so many years and they were the star of our end-of-summer BBQ party. As promised to everyone attending and asking me for more taco recipes, here we go 🙂 What is Tandoori Fish Tacos? They are Indian grilled fish tacos, where the fish is coated in a mixture of tandoori spices, yogurt, and chickpeas. Then grilled and filled in a tortilla and topped with cabbage, onions, etc to form a taco....

Here is my recipe for the sweet kozhukattai with store-bought rice flour that I usually make for Vinayaka Chaturthi and Varamahalakshmi vratham. Kozhukattai is a popular recipe that we make for Vinayaka Chaturthi or Ganesh Chaturthi, the festival celebrating the birth of Lord Ganesha/Vinayaka. Actually, in our family, we make kozhukattai for festivals like Garuda Panchami, Varalakshmi Vratham, and Vinayaka Chaturthi. Every state calls these sweet dumplings by different names like kozhukattai, ukadiche modak, modakam, poornam kudumulu, poornam kadubu, or bella kadubu, kozhukatta....

This paratha recipe is protein rich and flavorful with the addition of spices. Serve with some plain yogurt or raita for a delicious meal any time of the day. About the Recipe Flatbread is a big part of Indian cuisine. Many households serve them for at least one meal of the day. While roti is the simplest version, there are many varieties of flatbread. Some are stuffed like this navratan paratha or flavored like this dhapate....

Meal Planner 1 – Feedback: Thank you for your feedback about the last week’s planner. One main feedback was to add English names for the recipe, and I totally get it. My bad, I missed it last week, but this week you can find all the recipe names in English as well. The other feedback was why no meal plans for the weekend. Weekends we follow a different routine. Some days we skip breakfast and prefer brunch instead....

If it’s not already in your pantry, you’ve definitely seen it in the spice aisle of your grocery store: a mysterious, nondescript white powder that sounds like a dairy product, but is actually far from it. Of course, I’m talking about cream of tartar, the subject of today’s post and the ingredient that many bakers struggle to wrap their heads around. Cream of tartar is surprisingly not very creamy at all–it’s actually an acid!...

Quick & Delicious Chinese Recipes Here’s a roundup of some of my popular Chinese recipes. They range from sauce, soup, dumplings, chicken, fish and veggies recipes. BONUS RECIPE Tried Our Recipe – AWESOME!!! Now Quickly SNAP A PICTURE & TAG : #easycookingwithmolly + @easycookingwithmolly on Instagram –> Connect with Me Here: Facebook / Pinterest / Instagram 

First thing first, these lil golden potatoes are absolutely addicting, and just remember to keep some extra for yourself if serving them at a party as they’ll be gone ASAP! This is the 4-5 time I made them for a house party and there were literally none to just a small piece left at the end. These Lemon Garlic Greek Potatoes are a perfect pair to so many grilling menus whether it’s an all-meat menu or a mix of both....

Learn how to make the traditional arachuvitta sambar recipe with detailed step-wise pictures. Call it parangikai or arasanikai sambar or yellow pumpkin sambar, this flavorful no-onion no-garlic sambar with freshly ground spices and coconut will tingle your taste buds. Arachuvitta sambar Arachuvitta(Tamil word meaning ground/grind) sambar or sambar with toor dal and freshly ground spices is my (our) all-time favorite recipe. I grew up eating it regularly when I say regular, atleast twice or thrice a week....

April is always a happening month on my blog. With A-Z series, this month I hosted the 118th edition of MLLA – My Legume Love Affair. You can read about this here in my introduction post. I would like to thank Lisa for giving me this fantastic opportunity and Susan for initiating such a tremendous food event. April was so crazy that, I made few legume-based recipes, but forgot to link them via the linky tool....

Kundru ki Sabzi | Besan Kundru | Tindora | Ivy Gourd Kundru (Ivy Gourd) is a tropical vegetable from the family of “pumpkins”. A lot of people in India believe that it also regulates the blood sugar level in our body. Since Kundru, has a high water content, it’s very mild in flavor hence it’s easier to make it into curries, dry vegetables OR fritters. Initially, I was not a big fan of this vegetable as it didn’t taste very well, however, having it few times in different preparation, made it one of my fav veggie....

Have you been looking for a good basic granola recipe? One that you can tweak or jazz up to your heart’s content? Look no further! This recipe has become my go-to and I think it will be yours too. How long it takes: 10 minutes to prep, 35 minutes in the oven Equipment you’ll need: mixing bowl, sheet pan, oven Servings: makes 5 cups (10 servings) Lightly sweetened with brown sugar and honey, rolled oats are joined by nuts, coconut, and other goodies....

White Chocolate Christmas Martini Is my very favorite ‘Christmas’ drink (I mean just look at it – doesn’t it look gorgeous) and has just the right amount of boozy kick. It’s perfect to get any of your holiday parties started or just treat yourself to this in a tall martini glass for a night in at home. Although it’s perfect for Christmas, hey, we don’t mind if you drink it all year round....

Brussels Sprouts- As I mentioned in the Brussels sprouts kootu post, these leafy green vegetables belong to the cabbage family. We call them mini cabbages. Brussels sprouts are rich in Vitamin C and K. As much as I love to roast them, I also love to include them in Indian cooking as in kootu and this paratha. Paratha- Paratha – especially the stuffed parathas are quite popular in North India, and it’s a popular breakfast....

A Caramel Frosting Recipe That Holds Its Shape! Today I’m sharing one of my favorite frosting recipes! This caramel frosting is made with a homemade caramel sauce whipped into butter and sugar to create the best caramel buttercream you’ve ever had. Unlike many recipes, mine produces a frosting that is thick, pipeable, and holds its shape! This recipe is a bit different than the frosting on my caramel cake (in both ingredients and preparation), so it’s totally new to the blog....

The BEST Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries I’d like to think of these cheesecake stuffed strawberries as the more relaxed and refreshing cousin to chocolate covered strawberries. We’ll take the same sweet, tart, and plump berries, but instead of dipping them in chocolate, we’ll fill them with lightly tangy and creamy cheesecake and top them with crushed graham crackers. Yum 😋 Many recipes use just cream cheese, vanilla, and sugar in the filling, but I take a few notes from my no-bake cheesecake and whip some heavy cream in there as well....