Making Ghee at Home the Old-fashioned Way
Ghee, or clarified butter, is renowned in India both as an element of traditional medicine and as a vital ingredient in our cuisine. The recipe I...
Find Ways to Use Chickpea Flour in your Recipes
Chickpea flour, made from dried garbanzo beans, is a staple in Indian, Bangladesh and Pakistani cuisine. Known as gram flour or besan, it is readily...
Quick Stir Fry Noodles
From college students to parents, noodles are a staple of dinner. There's a reason for this: noodles are easy! If you can boil water, you can...
How to Sprout Mung Beans at Home
Anyone who maintains a vegetarian lifestyle probably gets asked the same question over and over again: where do you get your protein? Often, the...
Healthy Mediterranean 7 Layer Dip
Traditional seven layer dips are staples of BBQs and other types of get-togethers. But they’re also filled...
Raw Strawberry Pie
Whenever I teach vegan cooking classes, I often have a hard time coming up with a healthy dessert. That's one reason I was so delighted to find...
Misti Sandesh
Misti Sandesh is a dish made with milk and sugar (I know, I know, I had you at sugar!). It’s popular all over India and used as a celebratory...
Kansar: Traditional Gujarati Sweet Dish
KANSAR: Traditional Gujarati Sweet Dish Sweet Cracked Wheat: Youth booster If youth came in a bottle, it’d fly off the shelves at every...
Seven Layer Mexican Dip
This seven layer dip is always a huge hit at parties. Your guests will love you after this one. It can be made in advance...
[Video] How to Make Roti
Watch a step by step video at the bottom of the recipe. Enjoy! Roti is very healthy and fulfilling. It is staple food all over India. Roti...
Asian Noodle Bowl
A Power Bowl punch for lunch is a great idea. Recently I've been trying out various "bowl recipes", which is essentially real food in...
Healthy Marshmallow Root Tea
Healthy Reasons You Should be Drinking Marshmallow Root Tea: Marshmallow Root Tea Soak, Boil, Steep and Sip - the mantra for today’s tea drinkers....
Effortless Vegan Chocolate Pie
When it comes to vegan cooking, it’s important to consider the vast array of delicious plant-based ingredients available to you instead of focusing...
Spiced Up Green Beans
Green Beans Green Beans are an everyday staple in my household. We cook it almost once a week. Green beans are also called Fansi Nu Shaak....
Khichdi: A Versatile Rice Dish
Khichdi Khichdi is a one skillet meal. It is one of the most popular comfort foods in India and even here in the US, khichadi is an ideal meal at...
Refreshing Lychee Ice Cream
Recipe by Guest Chef Tushar Summer is the season for ice cream. Last February, I toured New Zealand and I was surprised to find so many different...
Sabudana Na Vada
Sabudana Na Vada Sabudana is the Indian term for tapioca. Sabudana Na Vada is a dish traditionally eaten on days when a person is fasting from...
Papaya Salad
Papaya is easily available all over India and Thailand. One of my favourite salads is made with papaya. It is healthy, tasty, and adds an exotic...
Ridge Gourd (Loofah!) Chutney
Ridge Gourd Chutney No meal is complete without chutney. It is a must-have condiment tantalizing to the taste buds and packed with antioxidants and...
Falafel Sandwich
I love food so naturally, I love to dine at fancy restaurants. There's something so special about being served on white linen and I savour a fine...