Burmese desert made out of Agar Agar (Kind of like seaweed) available at almost all Indian stores and also the Chinese stores. Agar Agar is vegetarian Jello. It is a very easy desert to make and is very cooling. You could add some food color to make it in different colors, would look fancier to...

Here is another Burmese recipe that is liked by everyone in our family. When we visit India we always request my husband’s masi to make this. Since this is the only place where I have eaten this and she really is not sure where she got this recipe from, I am naming it after her....

When we were kids our favorite uncle made this for us. I actually did not know that Akuri is  a Parsi dish, I literally thought my uncle made this name up. He would add any vegetable, that he sees in the kitchen to this dish. In fact I recently found out that Akuri is a...

A typical Punjabi household, probably eats this at least once a week for lunch on Sundays or holidays. I do not like a lot of spices as I feel the flavors should come from the base ingredients and the spices should not takeover. So I have not used a lot of spices but as always...

This is one of those recipes that when served, seems you took great effort in making this but on the contrary it is so easy to make with hardly any effort. I have cut down on deep frying and the heavy cream to make a healthier version of this dish but I promise there is...

I just learned that this is pretty casual to make in Kerala. Beetroot is filled with health benefits. It is packed with essential nutrients and great source of fiber, iron and vitamin C. Beetroot juice is said to help in lowering blood pressure. Well, I just like the taste of this and I decided I...

Peda used to take hours to make, as the milk was reduced and thickened on slow heat for hours. Since I promised I am not get any difficult recipes here is an easy dessert for you. It is made with just three main ingredients. Peda is one of the mithais which is made on auspicious...

When I think of Sambar it gives me comfort. Literally it is a comfort food for me. There are about 100’s of recipes of Sambar out there but as you know by now, I like the simplicity and ease of recipes so here it is presenting one of the simplest recipes of Sambar. It is...

Some how it has been a tradition at my in-laws house to make chana every Saturday. I have been keeping up with this tradition because it saves me the trouble of thinking what to cook. So after so many years I have experimented with different recipes of chana masala. This is the one I came...

This is a our secret recipe of kulfi. It tastes so good that guests might think you took all day to make it. I should give the credit of paan flavored kulfi to my husband, as he is the one who invented it. He made it for our get together and it was a hit...