This Kesar Badam Kheer with pumpkin is my Mum’s super hit recipe. It is creamy and thick, with the flavour of saffron lingering on your tastebuds making you crave for more!
Onam Specials: Pumpkin Erissery | Kerala style Pumpkin & cowpeas stew
Onam Recipes | recipe for Pumpkin Erissery | Pumpkin and Cowpeas stew with coconut  -Onam Sadya recipe
Indian Pumpkin Curry with Dal
Recipe for Indian Pumpkin Curry with Lentils / Yellow Pumpkin with Chana Dal  – Mildly spicy curry full of health-boosting nutrients and delicious too!
Healthy Pumpkin Smoothie with Turmeric
Healthy Pumpkin Smoothie with Banana, Turmeric, Almonds and Honey – 5 minutes of prep at night, and enjoy this super healthy, filling breakfast in just 2 minutes!
Yellow Pumpkin Raita / Parangikai Thayir Pachidi
The first time I had a pumpkin raita, it was at a Maharashtrian friend’s place along with Masale Bhaath (Rice with spices). The mild sweetness of the pumpkin was a perfect pairing with the medley of spices in the rice dish. While the idea is borrowed from the friend, I have stuck to the traditional
Pumpkin Chaaru – A sweet sour spicy soup
This rasam variant from Telugu Cuisine, with pumpkin, is a perfect match with rice or even a soup to whet your appetite. Do give it a try!
Pumpkin and Carrot Halwa – An Indian dessert
This Pumpkin and Carrot Halwa is my take on the traditional gajar halwa. A pressure pan cooks the halwa in no time, khoya adds to the richness and your pumpkin-carrot dessert is ready!
Healthy Veg Curry Bowl
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’ 😀
Lunchbox Recipe: Marinated Tofu & Pumpkin Rice
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
Fenugreek seeds | Recipe for Vendhaya Kuzhambu Without Coconut
Read about fenugreek seeds and its benefits and get the authentic recipe for a mouthwateringly good Venthaya Kuzhambu, that goes very well with steamed rice.
Lentils, Pumpkin and Sweet Potato stew : One pot dinner
I cannot be a self respecting food blogger and not post a pumpkin recipe for that time of the year when pumpkins are omnipresent on the internet. Actually, I didn’t even realise this when I made this stew for dinner. Indians don’t need a time of the year to use pumpkin. It is cooked round the year i
Roasted Pumpkin Soup with flavours of Lemongrass and Ginger
We’re not yet fully into winter and yet early morning temperatures are hitting lows of 15C. Bangalore, how I love thee for this. With this soup I made for my son and me a couple of nights ago, I have hit upon another perfectly warming soup recipe for the winter evenings. The lemongrass keeps it fres
