Kung Pao Chicken

Kung Pao Chicken

Takeout style spicy Kung Pao Chicken     For the most part, I prefer vegetarian food. But when you crave some spicy Chinese takeout, you can’t help but make some Kung Pao Chicke !   You will need:   1 lb of chicken tenders/ chicken breast/ thighs 

Spaghetti with Veggie (meat)balls

Spaghetti with Veggie (meat)balls

Spaghetti with Veggie (meat)balls You will need: For the Pesto spaghetti: Spaghetti (I used gluten-free spaghetti) a bunch of spinach leaves a bumch of cilantro leaves 2 cloves of garlic 1-2 green chillies – optional olive oil 4-5 walnuts salt For the veggie (meat) balls: 

Veggie Cutlets

Veggie Cutlets

Cutlets or patties made with vegetables – can be eaten by itself like steak, used as a beggie burger pattie or made into veggie (meat)balls One of my most favorite things to make for dinner is veg cutlets. Just 3 or 4 of these is 

Malai Kofta

Malai Kofta

fried cottage cheese dumplings in a rich creamy gravy This recipe makes 8 koftas and about 4-5 cups of gravy. Serves about 4 people. I love to make extra gravy, because I am not going to lie, its a bit of work. But the good 

Prawn khichadi

Prawn khichadi

CKP-style pilaf with shrimp and ambemohar rice My husband’s soul food is this authentic CKP-style prawn khichadi made by his mom. I normally do not like food that involves cooking in seafood stock, so I was quite reluctant to give this dish a try. One 

Chicken soup

Chicken soup

Indian version of a hearty chicken soup with a therapeutic blend of spices 🙂 The spices soothe the throat and the the chicken stock helps with the weakness. Turmeric, clove, pepper, cinnamon is a magical blend to help boost immunity and what better way to 

Matar Usal

Matar Usal

Green peas curry – maharashtrian style Around January is the best time to get the best fresh green peas in maharashtra, India. Growing up, it was a winter ritual to make matar usal-pav and invite our family friends over for a feast. Mom Dad have 

Kerala style Chicken Stew

Mild spicy chicken stew in coconut milk broth   Simple, hearty, wholesome – my go-to dinner option. Does not need any prep. No marination, not a lot of chopping and grinding. It’s a one pot recipe leaving minimal mess and clean up at the end 

Kerala style vegetable stew

A vegetarian version of my original chicken stew recipe. Sorry I do not have pictures taken for this one, but you can refer to the chicken stew recipe here, to get some idea on how some of the steps look like.   You will need: 

Neer Dosa

Soft, translucent, melt-in-the-mouth dosas. very flavorful yet a perfect neutral accompaniment to mild spicy curries and sides such as Kerala style curries and stews (You can find my Kerala style chicken stew recipe here and a vegetarian version here.) I personally love making these as