Healthy Living

Mori Dal – Varan is a boiled Pigeon pea/ toor dal infused with turmeric, salt, and tempered with oil and seeds that makes very delicate dal to pair with steamed rice and kadhi! Gujaratis have a debate on whether they eat Gujarati Kadhi and steamed…

Tortellini salad loaded with bunch of veggies, tangy capers, feta cheese and Mediterranean flavored homemade dressing! Summer is all about colorful light salads. Pasta salad is one the very commonly made summer dishes. This salad uses not just regular pasta, it has cheesy tortellini. It…

Spicy shallow fry potato tikki, loaded with spices, cilantro, curry leaves, crunchy lentils, bunch of chutneys, onions, and pepper jack cheese. Grilled to perfect Aloo Tikki Sliders A modified version of an Indian street food called Aloo Tikki. Aloo Tikki is a vegetarian North Indian…

Surati Khaman – Steamed soft fluffy Gujarati snack made with chana dal (Split Bengal Gram), rice, urad dal (Split Black Lentils) and basic spices. There are many ways of making khaman. Two major ways are either instant khaman using chickpea flour or soaking rice and…

Spicy, savory Handvo cupcake / cake, made with mixed lentils & rice flour, bottle gourd, lots of spices, nuts & seeds, and jaggery. Handvo is a very popular Gujarati snack. It is naturally gluten-free as the flour is made out of set of lentils and…

Instant Raw Mango Pickle, Gujarati dipping sauce/chutney/pickle called kachi keri kanda no chhundo, made with raw mangoes, red onions, jaggery and some spices! No summer is done right without this sweet, spicy, savory staple side dish in Gujarat! Having load and load of mangos during…

Air fried/baked/pan fried crispy bread rolls stuffed with spiced up potato-peas filling and optional cheese. Very popular Indian snack made out of very basic ingredients to make your tea time delicious! First time I had them at my school. There was an aunty, we called…

Kachhi Dabeli – flavored potato mixture pressed between buns, loaded with sweet, spicy, garlic chutney and garnished with spicy peanuts, pomegranate, onions, cilantro, thin sev. This popular street food is known as Dabeli, kutchi dabeli or double roti. The origin of this goodie is Kachchh…

Dahi Boondi Chaat – tiny little crispy savory chickpea flour balls coated with sweet and salty yogurt, topped with boiled potatoes, chickpeas, onions and drizzled with sweet and spicy chutney to make a perfect summer time chaat!! Summer is all about eating cold, tangy, sweet,…

Hawaiian Pineapple Tofu Fried Rice – gluten free, dairy free and plant based wholesome rice loaded with bunch of veggies, flavored tofu, perfect bland of spices and curried cashews! I have not met anyone yet who does not like fried rice!! I mean, I can…