Vegetarian does not mean boring!
Eggplants palita stuffed with potatoes, cilantro, bunch of spices and shallow fried to make the best and unique plant based baingan dish! I moved to the States after I got married. Me, my husband, FIL and MIL lived together for years! Me and my MIL …
Mexican Street Style Frichos loaded with beans, onions, peppers, cheese, spicy queso, scallions to make a perfect at home happy hour with some ice cold beer! This is is an outcome of few random stuff sitting in my pantry and fridge that needed to be …
Kapuriya (Gora no lot), partially cooked with spicy liquid loaded with ginger, garlic, chili, dry spices, pigeon peas, peanuts, sesame seeds, oil then steamed to perfect rice lentils cakes! Kapuriya is one of many Gujarati hot snack that is widely made in many Gujarati households. …
Super quick and easy semolina pudding/Sooji Halwa/Sheero made out of basic ingredients like semolina, ghee, sugar, saffron, cardamom and nuts within minutes with least amount of efforts. This sheero is usually made as main Prasad/offering for Satyanarayan Puja. The Satyanarayan Puja is a religious worship of the …
Holy guacamole loaded with fresh onions, tomatoes, serrano chili, garlic, cilantro, lime juice, pink salt and black pepper! Growing up in India I had never heard of avocados. When I came to the States I came to know about this bland fruit that did not …
Perfectly fluffy Basmati rice cooked with whole spices and mixed veggies in an Instant Pot, super easy and quick Veg Pulao! Rice is my weakness. That being said, If you give me simple steamed rice or any form of rice, I am the happiest person …
Sweet wheat flour rotis stuffed with sweet lentil filling made from spilt pigeon pea (toor dal), jaggery, semolina and cardamom to make perfect Puran Poli-vedmi! Different regions in India uses different combinations to make puran poli. For example chana dal or toor dal with either …
Air fried/baked Flamin Hot Buffalo Cauliflower Bites coated with spicy sauce and hint of tandoori masala, crisped up using spicy cheetos crumbs! I love me some spicy cauliflower bites! These bites are coated with tandoori chickpea flour batter and air fried to give them gluten …
Layered idlas made with quinoa, brown rice, white rice and lentils with spinachy peanut chutney layer. Idlas are made out of white rice and lentils. They are very famous Gujarati snack. The process includes fermenting the rice and lentil batter overnight to at least for …
Tricolor Quinoa Tabbouleh made with quinoa, fresh parsley, scallions and mint. Flavored with fresh garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, Extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper! I have never been a big fan of parsley and that is the reason for me to avoid making …