Fruit Custard

Fruit Custard

Fruit Custard – sweet milk based Indian dessert that is flavored & thickened using custard powder with hint of cardamom & saffron along with fresh fruits & nuts!! Fruit Custard, also known as fruit salad in many Gujarati household including mine is a delicately flavored 

Surati Garam Masala Dal

Surati Garam Masala Dal

Surati Garam Masala Dal – spicy garlicky dal made with simple ingredients that makes a super comforting meal! There are so many different ways of making dal. It could either be mix of multiple dal cooked with spices to thick stew like consistency. Or just 

Sev Tomato Shaak

Sev Tomato Shaak

Sev Tomato Shaak – simple tomato based curry with basic spices and lots of crunchy chickpea flour noodles (sev). This tomato based curry is a popular Gujarati dish with fresh tomatoes and other basic ingredients. It is super quick and easy to make. The best 

Masala Khichdi

Masala Khichdi

Masala Khichdi – comforting rice and assorted lentil mix cooked with aromatic spices, peanuts, crunchy veggies with hint of coconut, it is like a warm hug in a bowl!! Khichdi is a pure comfort food of all time!! It is warm, cozy, filling, healthy, just 

Doodh Pak

Doodh Pak

Doodh Pak – Indian style rice pudding made with milk, rice, sugar and nuts with hint of cardamom. Doodh pak is an Indian dessert, originated from Gujarat. It is just like rice pudding but a little on runny side. You need very few ingredients to 

Dry Mung Dal

Dry Mung Dal

Dry Mung Dal – spicy yellow mung dal, so light and fluffy that it perfect for warmer days along with some puri, Gujarati kadhi & rice!! Yellow mung dal is one of the easiest dal to cook. It cooks super fast and is so light 

Tomato Bhajiya

Tomato Bhajiya

Tomato Bhajiya is a one of a kind Surati specialty, tomatoes topped with bright green chutney, coated with spicy chickpea flour and deep fried to perfection. Back home growing up, we looked forward to Sundays. That is because, Sundays were all about desi Gujarati Style 

Teriyaki Tofu Lettuce Wrap

Teriyaki Tofu Lettuce Wrap

Teriyaki Tofu Lettuce Wrap – made with marinated tofu in a tangy, sweet, and savory teriyaki sauce, cooked with shiitake mushroom and crunchy water chestnut, served on fresh lettuce with drizzle of spicy peanut sauce! Lettuce wrap during warmer months are my favorite. Especially the ones 

Chana Dal Pulao

Chana Dal Pulao

Chana Dal Pulao – great mix of rice and chana dal with lots of vegetables and delicate flavors, made in an Instant pot very quickly and easily. There is something so comforting and satisfying about rice that I cannot explain. I can eat rice all 

Pickled Jalapeños Pakora

Pickled Jalapeños Pakora

Pickled Jalapeños Pakora – take your pakora game to next level with these spicy tangy ones made with chickpea flour, pickled jalapeños and some spices! When it rains outside, the first thing that comes to my mind is pipping hot pakora/bhajiya and some kadak mithi