Sides

Meat balls

The Best Meatballs Recipe (Make-ahead and healthy, with vegetables)

The best meatballs you can ever make. Juicy and succulent. Not a bit chewy, and very easy to make. And the best part? It has veggies in it and NO one will ever know! Sounds good? It is also going to surprise you with a bunch of extra benefits. This […]

 

Gut Health with Pickled Vegetables

Gut health is extremely important. You feed the body with gut healthy promoting foods, your body fights more germs successfully! And for the skeptics, perhaps this article by Harvard Medical School will help! Yup…We really need to nourish our gut with gut-friendly foods. Traditionally, we do include gut-health-promoting foods in […]

 
MArmalade is ready

Marmalade with Narangi/ Ornamental Oranges

Marmalade! Do you recall where you first heard this term? Well I read this term first in Enid Blyton books when I was a kid. It made me want it so much! With fresh bread! On rolls! With scones! Well would you like to have a jar of delicious marmalade […]

 
Spread this tasty homemade jam

Jamun Jam

Did you know it is so easy to make jamun jam? I’m going to show how, so you can start to feel like a star in your kitchen! Who doesn’t like to see rows of bright colours in the kitchen in glass jars, waiting to be eaten with some fresh […]

 

Basil Pesto

Basil Pesto is simple to make, stores extremely well, and makes your pasta absolutely scrumptious, in no time! This really easy pesto recipe comes together in minutes. How about adding it to pizza as a topping along with your pasta sauce? Yes… It works! And if you want to dab […]

 

Aloo Chaat

Any Indian who has eaten Aloo chaat (potato chaat) in Delhi would swear by it’s taste. Unfortunately we now are in a phase where roadside food is a big “no no”, thanks to Covid 19. But wait…Hungry? Just find a couple of boiled potatoes and you can soon create the […]

 
Fruit Chaat

Fruit Chaat

Can you resist Fruit Chaat? This comforting bowlful is something I love and enjoy on many occasions when we have fruit in abundance. Try making it a salad and chaat centric meal one day… you will enjoy it! Well I cannot resist any type of chaat! It is gathering interest […]

 

Quick and Easy Protein-rich Chickpea Salad (Kabuli Channa Salad)

A bowlful of chickpea salad or Kabuli Channa salad is just what you need on many occasions… when a sudden hunger pang strikes. Or when you need a quick and easy high protein and high fibre side on your dining table. Pair it with a soup such as this gazpacho […]

 

Fish Molee

Fish Molee is a delightful Indian fish curry. Very light and pleasant, it is a great way to include fish protein in you meal without the overwhelming flavour of the more traditional curry, the meen kozhambu. And you will also love it because the best part of this version is […]

 
pretty bowl with the mustard greens in it

How to cook mustard greens in Indian style

Mustard greens are available in North India during the Indian winters. Lush fields with these seasonal vegetable dot the landscape and everyone starts dreaming of the traditional ‘sarson da saag‘. Indeed, it is the must-have dish in north india during winters. If you are ever in this region after November, […]