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Irish Grilled Cheese Sandwich

March 16, 2016

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!!

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Breakfast, Diabetic friendly, Dinner, easy, Egg Recipes, Gardening, Glutenfree, Greens, Lentils, Lunch, VegProtein

White Beans, Greens and Eggs in a Skillet

March 9, 2016

A delicious mix of white beans, Swiss chard from the kitchen garden (greens) and eggs in a skillet – Greens and beans are an unbeatable combination when you want to eat healthy. This dish is breakfast, lunch and dinner ready!

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Dinner, easy, gluten free, Healthy, Lentils, Lunch, Vegan, vegetarian

Whole Masoor Dal Recipe

November 6, 2015

Whole Masoor Dal (sabut masoor or Whole red lentils) is one of the easiest dals to cook, a healthy side for rice or rotis. Get the recipe! BEGINNER COOK FRIENDLY!

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Dinner, weekly menu

Weekly Menu Plan: 5 Super Easy Weeknight Dinners – Aug 10 – Aug 14

August 10, 2015

What to cook up for weeknights is always a dilemma. It needs to be fast, it needs to be nutritious and not much chopping and fuss required. I have lined up my weeknight dinner menu for this week. All of it is vegetarian and some of it vegan

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Coconut Recipes, Curry, Dinner, easy, Meals in Bowls, Millet Recipes

Healthy Veg Curry Bowl

July 31, 2015

Curry bowls are quite the rage these days. Open Pinterest or any food websites, and I’m quite sure you will find some of these gorgeous bowls loaded with healthy ingredients staring back at you. When I first read about curry bowls, I went hmphhh and said to myself, “this is how I eat my sambar, rice and veggies in one bowl on most weekdays for lunch”. But smirks and jokes apart, they are much more than just mixing a dal, rice and veggies in a bowl, even though that also well qualifies to be a ‘curry bowl’ 😀

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Dinner, easy, Global Vegetarian, KiddieLunchBox, Lunch, Rice, vegetarian, VegProtein

Lunchbox Recipe: Marinated Tofu & Pumpkin Rice

July 9, 2015

Tofu sent me to Australia. No kidding! A cooking contest organised by Nature’s Basket in 2013, had me cooking in the finals against a gentleman. My dish was a Trio of Tofu – Korean style tofu cakes, Tofu Satay with Satay sauce and marinated tofu in rice paper rolls with a dipping sauce. The grand pr

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Dinner, easy, Easy Cooking, Indian, Potato Recipes, Vegetables

Recipe Pahari / Aloo Palda from the mountains of Himachal

June 12, 2015

A potato curry from Himachal: A thick, smooth curry and punctuated by chunks of spiced boiled potatoes with the aroma of cardamom and hints of mustard oil.

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Curry, Diabetic friendly, Dinner, Easy Indian Cooking, gluten free, Glutenfree, Indian, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian

Recipe for Baingan Bharta – Punjabi roasted eggplant curry

April 18, 2015

A Punjabi style roasted eggplant curry to be had with parathas or rotis

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Dinner, Indian, Nutrition, vegetarian

Recipe for Dhabewali Dal – Punjabi mixed lentils

April 11, 2015

To be honest, I’ve never eaten in a ‘real’ dhaba. But yes, I can claim to have eaten in a few mock dhabas, starting with Pritam da Dhaba at Dadar (Mumbai) in my childhood with Amma and Appa. It was one of the few restaurants we would eat out at. I remember staring at the side counter of their open

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Curry, Dinner, Egg Recipes, Indian, medium, Potato Recipes

Recipe for Egg and Potato Curry

March 29, 2015

This curry stars two of my favourite ingredients – eggs and potatoes- striking a perfect balance of protein and carbs in this super flavorsome curry. A must try!

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Airfryer Recipes, Diabetic friendly, Dinner, easy, Glutenfree, Healthy, Indian, Nutrition, VegProtein

Recipe for Healthy Kadhi Pakodi

March 20, 2015

Punjabi style Pakora Kadhi made healthier by preparing the onion pakodas in an appam pan. Enjoy this reduced calorie and easier to prepare version of Kadhi Pakodi.

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Curry, Dinner, Easy Cooking, gluten free, Glutenfree, Indian, Potato Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian

Recipe for Tilwale Aloo | Potato curry in sesame sauce

March 14, 2015

Potato is a star vegetable. No matter what situation you put it in, it will come out shining. Also, it is one vegetable that finds an important place in every single cuisine of the world. the previous statement is of course part knowledge and part assumption 😛 Early on in my blogging days, I wrote

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