Simple and easy to cook vegetarian recipes
Pomegranate popsicles (summer special recipe) – A super tasty ice pops recipe of pomegranate & lemon juice. Not only for kids but a treat for whole family. Here’s a simple 3 ingredient recipe of mind blowing popsicles to cool down yourself this summer. I totally forget to make these yummy popsicles until I saw Masterchef India...
South Indian Curd Rice Recipe (Thayir Sadam) with step by step pictures – A perfect one pot yogurt flavored south indian rice dish tempered with spices. This recipe of “curd rice” is the most basic of south indian flavors. No South Indian thali is complete without this comfort food. It’s easy to prepare and can fill in...
Dry Aloo Bhindi Recipe or aloo bhindi fry – A tasty Indian sabji of potato and okra cooked in dry indian spices. A quick indian dry sabji made from bhindi and potato. All time favorite and the most comforting sabji recipe that goes so well with phulkas/chappati. Bhindi is really all time favorite in my home....
Kachi keri kachumber (raw mango salad) – A quick & easy salad of raw mango & onion served during summer season. April is midway and May is coming. I wish I could say “winter is coming.” 😉 but no winter is not coming.. Summer is here and it’s going to stay at least for few more...
Authentic Gujarati thepla recipe with step by step pictures – What’s for breakfast? theplaas 🙂 In an average Gujarati home this dish is made on every alternate morning. Thepla is made by mixing indian dry spices like turmeric, red chili powder etc in wheat flour and fried on tawa. This is known as sada thepla or...
Pineapple Raita Recipe – A delicious dahi raita recipe of fresh pineapple chunks in yogurt with some Indian spices. Here is an easy & simplest recipe of pineapple raita. Dahi raita is a popular Indian side dish that is often served along with parathas, theplas or even with pulav & biriyani. This yogurt based dish is...
Chocolate Coconut Balls recipe with Condensed Milk – A sweet chocolate coated coconut ladoos made with condensed milk. Who doesn’t love chocolate? Raise your hand. No seriously anyone? Well I thought right.. no one.. 🙂 And who doesn’t love coconut balls dipped in dark chocolate? Today I am sharing a simple desiccated coconut ladoo recipe...
Bharwa parwal recipe (stuffed parwal) – A delicious homely recipe of stuffed parwal (pointed gourd) cooked in punjabi gravy. A disclaimer first 🙂 Today’s recipe is not my recipe. This recipe of bharwa parwal is my sister in laws recipe which she generously shared with me. I have tried this and it came out really well....
Ajwain paratha or carom seeds paratha recipe step by step – A simple & easy recipe of ajwain (carom seeds) flavored Indian paratha. Let me share a simple variation of plain paratha (sada paratha) with a little twist today. Instead of making the plain paratha, I have added a magic ingredient known as Ajwain in...
Palak corn soup or shorba with steps – A healthy & tasty soup of spinach and sweet corn kernels tempered in clarified butter & garlic. What!! tempering and that too in soup? well, yes you are reading that right. We are going to temper a soup. Normally in Indian cooking tempering or tadka (chowk lagana) is a...
Masala dahi recipe step by step (Indian spicy yogurt dip) – A tangy spicy yogurt dip made with yogurt, garlic & tempered with indian spices, served as a side dish. Let me share a quick and easy recipe of masala dahi with you all that is made quite often in my home. The reason why it is made so often...
Corn capsicum masala recipe (restaurant style) with step by step pics – A delicious punjabi curry of corn kernels & capsicum cooked in creamy onion & tomato gravy. Wow isn’t that yummylicious!! This curry is a must for sweet corn lovers like me. Corn capsicum masala is mildly spicy and tasty Indian curry that you will find...
Milk Peda Recipe without Condensed Milk: Peda or pedhe are like soft milk fudge which has a slight grainy texture. The word “peda” or “pedha” usually means round balls made from khoa or any dough. We say make peda out of anything. However the word peda is synonymous with traditional Indian milk fudge sweet. I guess...
Stuffed Paratha with Papad Filling – A flaky stuffed Indian wheat bread filled with onion, tomato and roasted papadum filling. Today I am sharing a recipe that you might not have read or seen anywhere yet. I myself never did 🙂 My mother in law tried this and shared her recipe. Everyone loved these parathas so...
Watermelon Mint Drink or Indian watermelon juice – A healthy refreshing and thirst quenching drink made from fresh watermelon, mint and Indian spices. This watermelon mint drink is best for hot summer days. Not only the watermelon helps in hydrating body in hot afternoons but also the mint refreshes whole body and makes it cool....
Malai kulfi recipe step by step – A sweet Indian ice-cream made from milk, sugar, cardamom and dry fruits (no condensed milk recipe). This is a best Indian dessert that kids love in hot summer days. Instead of buying ready made stuff which has artificial flavoring agent, follow this simple recipe and make kulfi at...
Farali Sukhi Bhaji (Dry Potato Sabji for Fasting) – A tasty dry potato curry made during fasting or vrat for festivals such as navaratri, maha shivratri, ekadashi, janmashtami, or shravan maas upwas. I am sharing this recipe of farali sukhi bhaji as it is commonly referred to in Gujarat. This dish is a must in our home when any...
Jowar vada recipe with step by step photos– A crispy sorghum (milo) fritters. Jowar also known as jolad / sorghum / milo belongs to the millet family. It is also known as white millet. The other known member of millet family is Black millet or bajri which is highly used in Indian cuisine especially in western states of Gujarat...
Punjabi Dal tadka recipe (restaurant style) – Dal tadka is a punjabi yellow dal cooked with onion, tomato and flavored with generous amount of tempered ghee and spices. Any Indian restaurant menu is incomplete without this mouth watering preparation of daal. Whenever we are ordering punjabi food in restaurant dal tadka (aka tadke wali dal) or dal fry...
Aloo cabbage sabzi recipe (dry potato cabbage curry) – A delicious homely dry curry of cabbage and potato best served for lunch with phulkas. I can make this sabzi even in my dreams 🙂 Cos I make it every week. Seriously the cabbage is favorite vegetable in our home and its on menu quite often. My...