A summer special, vegetable aval (poha) upma, has your favourite vegetables sautéed along with poha and a healthy dose of raw veggies to top it. A filling breakfast that doesn’t weigh you down!
Archives for March 2016
A 2 Ingredient Face Mask With Instant Results
DIY 2 Ingredient Face Mask / Scrub for any skin type  – Two ingredients that you will find right now in your kitchen can make your face baby soft! Try it to believe it.
10 Best and Easy Egg Recipes
If you know your way with eggs, you are never far away from a healthy-delicious meal! Browse through my collection of favourite egg recipes and try them out!
Summer Melon Salad | Watermelon Cantaloupe Salad
Summer Melon Salad: Sliced Watermelon, cantaloupe, fresh mint and crushed chilli-salt come together in this vibrant and fresh salad. Try it once and I assure you that you’ll be eating it all summer.
Bansi Rava Upma | Lapsi Upma
Bansi Rava upma is an anytime meal, something you can make in <15 minutes. Load it up with veggies and a good spoonful of coconut oil or ghee in the end and it turns into such a fulfilling meal! An Indian version of all-day breakfast.
Masala for Homemade Chai | Masala Tea- Freeze & Store
A kitchen hack for the chai-lover – a fresh masala mix to make homemade masala chai, store this fresh spice mix in the ice tray and use 1 cube per cup of chai. ENJOY 🙂
Quick Mumbai Pav Bhaji in under 30 minutes
Mumbai Pav Bhaji recipe – super quick recipe with short-cuts Sometimes, you just want a quick pav bhaji for a mid week dinner. The spices, the medley of vegetables, the buttered and toasted pav, all work together to hit the spot! The aroma of this dish takes me back to my home-city, Bombay, where a good pav bhaji was never too far away. I’ve been lucky to live in areas where the nearest pav bhaji was stuff of legends! But where I live in Bangalore, the closest I can get to a kickass pav bhaji is to make it myself….
Weekly Menu Plan for 21-27 March
This Indian weekly menu plan includes a breakfast, lunchbox option and quick dinner with prep ideas and a shopping list
Parsi Brown Rice Recipe
Recipe for Parsi Brown rice to serve with Dhansak –Â Lightly golden in colour, mildly sweet and fragrant from the whole spices that are coaxed to release their aromas into hot ghee, this rice dish pairs well with most spicy Indian curries
Irish Grilled Cheese Sandwich
This Irish Grilled Cheese Sandwich may easily be the best sandwich I have sunk my teeth into. And when you try it (which I’m sure you will), I know you will have this same feeling 😀 Herbs, Butter, Cheese- what’s not to love!!
Matki Usal – Indian style Sprouts Curry
Commonly known as Matki मटकी in India, Mutt मठ (in Gujarati), Moth beans in English, these tiny beans are packed with flavour & texture, a delight to cook with. Get the recipe for Matki chi Usal – a simple curry made using these sprouts.
Mint Rasam
Recipe for Mint Rasam / Pudina Rasam / Pudina Shorba – a uniquely flavoured rasam, with a refreshing flavour. A summer special!
