Breakfast

Chatpata, tangy, spicy and lip-smacking street food like puri with sookhi chana dal and jeera aloo! Ingredients: For puris: 2 cups whole wheat flour ½ tsp salt Oil for deep frying Flour for dusting or you can use oil For jeera aloo: 3 large potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes 1 tsp jeera/cumin seeds ½ tsp hing/asafetida powder 1 large...

Ingredients: Egg-1 Raisin-20 Ragi Flour-1 cup Buttermilk-1/2 cup Water-1/4 cup Banana-2 Sugar- optional( I used honey as topping ) Baking powder-1 tsp Full recipe: Ragi Pan Cake

Ingredients: 1 cup whole wheat flour 1 3/4 cup apple (approx. two apples, peeled and diced) 1 1/2 tablespoon sugar 1/2 cup milk 1 egg 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder zest of 1 medium lemon 1 teaspoon baking soda (1/2 teaspoon ENO fruit salt works even better!) a pinch of salt Extras: powdered sugar or a half and half mixture of...

Milk Rava Halwa is totally different. In this Rava or Sooji is soaked in a milk for 30 minutes and then it is sauteed in ghee. This halwa is rich in taste, almost like a milkcake. Do try this Halwa… Ingredients: Ingredients: Rava – 1 cup Sugar – 1 cup Ghee – 1/2 cup Milk...

Coriander-Cumin-Fennel Tea, or CCF Tea as it is lovingly called, is a traditional Ayurvedic remedy. It is one of the simplest and most famous formulas for detoxification, weight loss. It is prepared using three ingredients – cumin, coriander, and fennel. It is low in calorie and also beneficial for...

My four close girlfriends and I, we the famous (or infamous) gang of five, carefree girls who were the talk of the college because of some reason or another. Sometimes because of what we did, or wore or said and many times for the lack of. If you grew...

A gorgeous glass of fresh coconut milk vegan smoothie made with tropical fruits like mangoes, pineapple and some strawberries for added flavor and color! Ingredients: For the strawberry layer: 1 ½ cups sliced strawberries ½ a large banana, peeled and sliced ½ tsp lemon juice Lemon zest ½ cup coconut milk For mango layer: ½ cup coconut milk 1...

Carrots and beetroot are pretty, delicious, and versatile when used together. I already shared a dessert recipe with these veggies – Beetroot Carrot Halwa. This time I want to use these veggies in my cake recipe. It turns out a super moist lovely pink color cake. Ingredients: Ingredients : Whole Wheat Flour-...

Savory south Indian dosa or crepe with healthy moringa or drumstick leaves in a spicy coconut, rice and lentil based masala. Ingredients: ¾ cup raw rice ¾ cup toor dal/split pigeon peas/split yellow lentils ¾ cup grated coconut fresh or frozen 12 to 15 dry red chilis 1 large marble-sized tamarind or ½ tsp tamarind...

Ingredients: BASIC PANIYARAM BATTER: 1 cup coarse semolina 1 cup greek yogurt 1 cup water 1 teaspoon fruit salt (I used eno) Salt to taste Oil Method: Bring semolina, yogurt and water, together in a large mixing bowl. Whisk, until the batter is smooth. Let rest for 15-20 minutes. Add fruit salt (eno) and salt to the batter. Mix...

Creamy Yogurt parfait with strawberry compote and crunchy cereal is a quick, easy and healthy dessert or even breakfast parfait that can be ready in no time. Ingredients: 2 cups thick yogurt (Greek or hung yogurt or any flavored yogurt) 2 to 3 tbsp honey (if using plain yogurt) 1 cup breakfast cereal...

That sound of the footsteps, of her getting out of her room and hastily approaching the living room, where I usually sit in the morning sipping my chai, is just the perfect start to a day. She knows that she would find me there because even while rubbing her...