Alas, strawberries are not only meant to be dipped in chocolate for Valentine’s Day. If you ever feel like you need to pick your cake and eat it too, why not bake it! Here’s a lovely recipe for Swedish strawberry cake, do let us know if you try this recipe. Ingredients for Swedish Strawberry Cake:…
Hariyali Chicken
Have you tried Hariyali Chicken? A combination of cilantro and mint gives a flavorful twist to this chicken curry and look at that vibrant green color! Ingredients for Chicken Masala Curry: Oil – 3 Tbsp Onion – 1 finely chopped Salt – 1 Tsp Ginger Garlic paste – 1 Tbsp Coriander Cumin Powder – 1…
Tiramisu
Imagine your whole body relaxing, to the point where your eyes automatically close, to enjoy all the texture and flavor magic of Tiramisu in your mouth. There are a lot of recipes out there for this Italian dessert, but you only need one to fall in love with as you did for the very first…
Chicken Masala Curry
The easiest way to prepare a delicious recipe for chicken pulao. One-pot meal idea when you are in a hurry. Give this recipe a try & I bet you’ll be making it every week! Ingredients for Chicken Masala Curry: Oil – 3 Tbsp Onion – 1 finely chopped Salt – 1 Tsp Ginger Garlic paste…
Chicken Pulao
The easiest way to prepare a delicious recipe for chicken pulao. One-pot meal idea when you are in a hurry. Give this recipe a try & I bet you’ll be making it every week! Ingredients for Chicken Pulao: Ghee – 4 Tbsp Onion – 1 big sliced Ginger Garlic paste – 2 Tbsp Black Cardamom…
Kanafeh |Künefe |Kunāfah |Kanafa|Knafeh
Words cannot describe how addictive this dessert is! My husband loved it so much that he has learned how to make this as well. This has become a family favorite recipe, do give it a try and let us know what you think. Ingredients for Kanafeh: Frozen Kataifi (shredded phyllo dough) – 250 grams (defrosted…
Halloumi Burger
You need a few simple ingredients to whip up this delicious Halloumi Burger. The best vegetarian burger I have ever tasted. Ingredients for Halloumi Burger: Halloumi – 200 grams Mayonnaise – 2 Tbsp Sweet Chilli Sauce – 1 Tbsp Tomato slices – 3 Lettuce – 2 Cheddar cheese slice – 1 Burger bun – 1…
Gujarati style Cabbage Potato Sabzi
Gujarati style Cabbage Potato Sabzi, very simple and easy to make. Ingredients for Cabbage Potato Sabzi: Oil – 3 Tbsp Mustard Seeds – ½ Tsp Cumin seeds – ½ Tsp Asafoetida – 1.4 Tsp Turmeric – ½ Tsp Red Chilli Powder – ½ Tbsp Coriander Cumin Powder – ½ Tbsp Salt – ½ tbsp Water…
Chicken Kheema Kebabs
The world’s best recipe to make chicken kheema kebabs. Totally keto friendly as well. You can either shallow fry or grill them this summer with the barbecue fired up! Ingredients for Chicken Kheema Kebabs: Chicken Mince – 800 grams Ginger garlic Paste – 1 ½ Tbsp Coriander seeds – 2 Tbsp Cumin seeds – 2…
Tuna & Potato Patties
Quick to put together toddler friendly recipe for an appetizer or snack. This one is a hit with my little one! You can serve it for breakfast, lunch or dinner with your favorite dipping sauce. Ingredients for Tuna & Potato Patties: 2 Potatoes – Boiled & mashed Tuna Can – 1 Salt – ¼ Tsp…
Beans & Cheese Nachos
Beans & Cheese Nachos is a perfect appetizer/finger food for a game night or a menu meal planning for a Mexican meal. Ingredients for Beans & Cheese Nachos: Canned Red Beans – 1 Can (250 grams) Frozen Corn – ½ Cup Cheddar Cheese – 1 Cup shredded Cumin Powder – 1 Tsp Garlic Powder –…
Keto Garlic Prawns
It can’t get any simple than this delicious recipe. Quick garlic stir fry Prawns with Cilantro! Ingredients for Keto Garlic Prawns Stir Fry: Prawns – 500 grams cleaned & deveined Olive Oil – 2 Tbsp Butter – 1 Tbsp Salt – 1/4 Tsp Black Pepper Powder – 1/4 Tsp Cilantro – a few sprigs chopped…
Egg Bhurji
Hungry? Egg Bhurji or Indian style scrambled eggs? Here you go….. Classic way to prepare Indian style scrambled eggs or Egg Bhurji, quick and tasty! Ingredients for Egg Bhurji: Eggs – 2 Onions – 1/2 finely chopped Tomato – 1/2 chopped Garlic – 1 clove finely chopped (Optional) Salt – 1/2 Tsp Black Pepper Powder…
Chicken Lasagna
Chicken Lasagna: One of my family’s favorite meal with rich tomato meat sauce, creamy béchamel sauce and lots of cheese! Ingredients for Meat Sauce: Chicken Mince – 250 gms Olive Oil – 2 Tbsp Garlic – 2 cloves minced Onion – 1 small finely chopped Tomato sauce – 1 jar, about 6 cups Salt –…
Fried Eggplant / Baigan Bhaja
If you love eggplants, you’ll love this simple yet delicious pan fried eggplant recipe which can be served with rice and dal (lentils), with chapatis/rotis or as a side dish. Ingredients for Fried Eggplant: Eggplant – 1 sliced Salt – 1 Tsp Turmeric Powder – ½ Tsp Oil – 2 Tbsp Method: 1. Slice eggplant….
Cornflakes Crusted Chicken Tenders with Avocado Dip
A wonderful and quick recipe for a last minute meal idea, chicken tenders crusted with cornflakes and served with delicious avocado dip. Totally toddler friendly and healthy! I’m sure your family will love this and will ask you to make it frequently! Ingredients for Cornflakes Crusted Chicken Tenders: Cornflakes – 2 Cups Onion Powder –…
Beans & Cheese Taquitos
Beans & Cheese Taquitos is a toddler friendly, healthy and nutritious recipe which can be made as a quick meal or snack. Its a vegetarian version, healthy as its baked. You can even shallow fry in a frying pan with a little oil if you wish to. Ingredients for Beans & Cheese Taquitos: Canned Red…
Whole Wheat Tandoori Chicken Pizza
Easy to make and healthy Whole Wheat Tandoori Chicken Pizza at home! Try this healthy whole wheat tandoori chicken pizza and I can guarantee you that you will never pizza take-out again! Ingredients for Whole Wheat Tandoori Chicken Pizza: Tandoori Chicken: Chicken leg pieces – 900 grams boneless thighs Yoghurt – 1 Cup Ginger Garlic…
Prawns Masala
My mom’s recipe to make the most delicious prawn masala. It’s a simple and easy recipe to make and can be put together in minutes. Ingredients for Prawns Masala: Prawns – 1 kg deveined & cleaned Oil – 4 Tbsp Onion – 2 big finely chopped Tomatoes – 2 big finely chopped Ginger Garlic Paste…
Sheer Khurma
When it’s time to Celebrate or satisfy a sweet tooth, Sheer Khurma is a perfect, rich, delicious and extremely easy to make recipe which will leave your loved ones asking for more! Ingredients for Sheer Khurma: Thin Vermicelli – ½ Cup Slivered Almonds – 5-6 Pistachios – 5-6 sliced Dates – 5-6 sliced Full fat…
Gobhi Manchurian / Cauliflower Manchurian
Indo-Chinese Gobi Manchurian/ Cauliflower Manchurian from Ladles and Leaves kitchen today! Ingredients for Gobhi Manchurian/ Cauliflower Manchurian: Cauliflower florets – 250 grams White pepper powder – ¼ Tsp Corn flour – 2 Tbsp + ½ Tbsp for corn flour slurry Maida/all purpose flour – 2 Tbsp Salt – ½ Tsp Red Pepper flakes – ¼…
Aloo Gobhi/Cauliflower with potatoes & green peas stir fry
Simple recipe fo Aloo Gobhi with basic spices, no onions, no tomatoes and you can totally skip on ginger-garlic paste too. Please try and let me know how you like the recipe. Ingredients for Aloo Gobhi/Cauliflower with potatoes & green peas stir fry: Cauliflower florets – 250 grams Potato – 1 medium cut in wedges…
Aloo Kheema Matar/Goat mince with potatoes & green peas
Goat/Lamb Kheema laced with amazing flavors and a great start to the week. Serve with with pavs, phulka/chapati or naan, a perfect Iranin chai compliments really well too. Try this easy recipe and you won’t regret it! Ingredients for Aloo Kheema Matar: Lamb/Goat Kheema/Mince – 250 grams Potato – 1 medium cut in wedges Green…
Gujarati Carrot Sambharo
A yummy recipe for Gujarati Gajar (Carrot) Sambharo, quick and easy to make and adds a nice touch to any lunch menu. You can even call it a warm carrot salad. There are so many different varieties of sambharos, this one is made only with carrots. Ingredients for Gujarati Carrot Sambharo: Carrot – 3 thinly…
Chicken curry in a hurry
A flavorful chicken gravy dish that comes together in less than 30 minutes and can be made with minimal ingredients. No tricky masalas or marination involved. Just throw all the ingredients together in a pot, simmer and serve! Ingredients for Chicken curry in a hurry: Boneless Chicken – small pieces 250 grams Cumin seeds –…
Whole-wheat Nankhatai
Melt in mouth whole-wheat healthy nankhatai or shortbread biscuits which can be made in a jiffy. I’ve demonstrated the process of baking in the oven as well as on a stove-top in the video. Nankhatai are shortbread biscuits, originating from the Indian subcontinent, popular in Northern India and Pakistan. Ingredients for Whole-wheat Nankhatai: Ghee/Clarified butter…
Keto/Quick Chicken Stir Fry
Quick & easy Keto chicken stir fry, 5 minutes recipe. Low carb recipe which can be made in a jiffy! Ingredients for Quick Chicken Stir Fry: Chicken – 700 grams thinly sliced Oil – 2 Tbsp Garlic – 5 cloves finely chopped Ginger – 1 inch piece finely chopped Dark Soy sauce – 1 Tbsp…
Ginger & Cardamom Tea/ Adrak & Elachi Chai
The good ol’ chai! Every family has a different version to prepare tea, this is how tea is prepared in my family. Many others also add cinnamon or black pepper to it. Ingredients for Ginger & Cardamom Tea/ Adrak & Elachi Chai: Milk – 1 Cup Water – ¼ Cup Tealeaves – 2 Tsp Sugar…
Onion Pakora/ Onion Fritters
Onion Pakora is an easy to make recipe which tastes amazing accompanied with a cup of hot tea in the monsoon season or winters! Onion pakoda/Onion fritters are made with sliced onions coated with gram flour and rice flour with spices, deep fried in hot oil. Ingredients for Onion Pakora: Onion – 1 sliced Salt…
Dum Aloo / Kashmiri Dum Aloo
Baby Potatoes cooked in a yoghurt based gravy! A simple yet delicious preparation! Ingredients for Dum Aloo: Baby Potatoes – 400 grams (10-12) Water – 3 Cups Kashmiri Red Chillies – 6-7 nos Hot Water – to soak chillies Yoghurt – ¾ Cup Mustard Oil – 2 Tbsp Oil – for frying Hing/Asafoetida – ½…
Dal Palak/ Spinach Dal / Lentil & Spinach
A wholesome meal in itself with the goodness of greens and proteins. Easy to make preparation, I’m sure you will love this dal palak/spinach lentil recipe. Ingredients for Dal Palak: Toor Dal/Tuvar Dal – 1 Cup Water – 3 Cups Tomato – 1 chopped Salt – 2 Tsp Turmeric – ½ Tsp Ghee – 1…
Tandoori Chicken
When you have a craving, for some spicy juicy chicken, why not make this Tempting Tandoori Chicken???This is the best recipe for Tandoori chicken I came up with after trying different variations. Tandoori chicken is a chicken dish prepared by roasting chicken marinated in yoghurt and spices in a tandoor (a traditional clay oven). The…
Kesar Rasgulla
This recipe hails from the Eastern part of India, oddly enough called West Bengal. Unlike the Bengal tiger, this simple three ingredient recipe made its way across the world. Now you too can follow along and treat yourself to a little bit of happiness. Ingredients for Kesar Rasgulla: Milk – 1 litre Vinegar/lemon juice –…
Kheema Naan
Do you love kheema? Do you love naan? What about Kheema Naan? Kheema naan is minced lamb/goat meat with spices stuffed in naan bread and traditionally cooked in Tandoor, I’ve made mine in the oven! Ingredients for Kheema Naan: All-purpose flour – 3 Cups Warm water – 1 Cup Sugar – 2 Tbsp Yeast –…
Green Chutney
Easy to make green chutney, can be used with chaats or sandwiches. Ingredients for Green Chutney: Cilantro – 1 Cup Mint leaves – ½ Cup Lemon – ½ Ginger – ½ inch piece Green chillis – 2 nos Salt – ¼ Tsp Method: 1. Blend all the ingredients in a blender to a smooth paste….
Eggplant & Potato Curry
A super easy, comforting, delicious and flavorful dish, Aloo Baingan or Eggplant Potato Curry! Can be made in Instant Pot, Pressure cooker or a pan. Enjoy it with rice, rotis or bread! Ingredients for Eggplant Potato Curry: Eggplant – 1 medium diced Potato – 2 medium diced Tomato – 1 diced Frozen Green Peas –…
Chole Masala with homemade Chole Masala
Perfect recipe for making chole masala/chickpea masala at home with homemade masala. If you don’t want to make homemade chole masala, you can feel free to use store bought chole masala but make sure you the most essential ingredient which is anardana powder (pomegranate powder is included in the readymade masala. This chickpea curry is…
Egg Chutney Pattice
A parsi delicacy, which was always high in demand, is something I grew up with when I was living in a parsi neighborhood in Mumbai. Hope you enjoy this delicious and wholesome recipe! Ingredients for Egg Chutney Pattice: Eggs – 2 boiledPotatoes – 5-6 boiled and mashesSalt – ½ TbspBlack pepper powder – 1 tspShredded…
Avocado Paratha
Make this tempting recipe of Avocado Paratha and enjoy with a generous helping of butter, yogurt or mango pickle. Adding grated cheese as a variation will make this paratha even more tempting! Ingredients for potato stuffing: Small Potatoes – 8 nos. boiled and mashed Green peas (frozen)– ½ Cup Corn (frozen) – ½ Cup Oil…
Avocado Chapati
A twist to the usual chapati recipe adding a lot of good nutrients with avocados! Ingredients for Roti/Phulka/Chapathi: Whole Wheat flour – 2 cups & a little more for dusting Water – About ½ cup Avocados – 2 small mashed Salt – ½ Tsp Ajwain seeds (Carom seeds) – ½ Tsp Oil – 1 Tsp…
Mutton Curry
Why go to a restaurant where you would have to pay for something you make at home. This simple recipe will have people showering you with compliments. After the first few morsels, you know you are going to be giving those restaurants a run for their money. Ingredients for Mutton Curry: Mutton(boneless or bone-in) –…
Dalgona Coffee
Finally made the trending Dalgona Coffee. Hope you enjoy it! Ingredients for Dalgona Coffee: Sugar – 2 Tbsp Instant Coffee Powder – 2 Tbsp Hot Water – 2 Tbsp Milk Ice cubes Method: 1. Pur sugar in a stand mixer, then add instant coffee powder and hot water. The ratio of ingredients is 1:1:1….
Prawn Chilli Dry
Tired of curries & gravies? Try this dry Indo-Chinese chicken dish, mostly found in the Chinese food restaurants in India. You can replace the Prawn with Cauliflower or Paneer for a vegetarian twist to it! Ingredients for Prawn Chilly Dry: Marination Ingredients: Prawn (de-veined with tail) – 10-12 Ginger Garlic Paste – ½ Tbsp Red…
Bread Roll
Toddler approved snack, Bread Rolls! My toddler totally loved this crispy bread roll and the best part about this recipe is that it can be made in a jiffy. Ingredients for Bread Roll: Small Potatoes – 8 nos. boiled and mashedGreen peas (frozen)– ½ CupCorn (frozen) – ½ CupOil – 2 TbspCumin seeds – ½…
Banana Bread
A perfect recipe to make banana bread. I have added chocolate chips and cocoa powder which are optional ingredients for the recipe. Ingredients for Banana Bread: Unsalted Butter – 1/2 CupGranulated Sugar – 1 CupEggs – 2 beatenOverripe Bananas – 4 nos mashedAll purpose Flour – 1 ½ CupBaking Soda – 1 TspCocoa Powder –…
Dahi Vada
Easy to make recipe of Dahi Vadas or lentil dumplings soaked in yoghurt. A flavorful and light appetizer! Dahi Vada Recipe Ingredients for Dahi Vada: Urad Dal (Split black gram skinless) – 1 Cup Water – 3 Tbsp Ginger – ½ inch piece Green chilli – 1 nos Hing (Asafoetida) – a pinch…
Green Moong Dal
A perfect recipe for a quick lunch or dinner. Comfort food served with rice or chapati. Ingredients for Green Moong dal: Green Moong Dal (Split Green Gram) – 1 CupWater – 3 CupsTurmeric Powder – ½ TspRed Chilli Powder – 1 TspSalt – 1 TspGaram Masala Powder – ½ TspHing (Asafoetida) – a pinchCumin seeds…
Mumbai Style Pav (Mumbai style dinner rolls)
I have tried many recipes for making Mumbai style pavs but this is the best recipe I’ve tried from a fellow bloggers blog. She created a magical recipe and I had to recreate it in my kitchen. Her recipe link is given below: Ingredients for Pav: Warm Water – 1 ¼ Cup Water (295 ml)…