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 

Black bean salad

Black bean salad

Mexican-style Salad with black beans Inspiration for this salad is my love for Mexican and Tex-Mex food. When I moved to India from the US, one of the things I missed the most was the luxury to have access to lip-smacking Mexican cuisine. This salad 

Muthiya (dudhi muthiya)

Muthiya (dudhi muthiya)

A vegan sausage made with a mix of whole grain flours and veggies. Gujarati cuisine is one of my most favorite Indian cuisines, especially for their effortlessly simple and delicious vegan and vegetarian dishes. One dish that I particularly like to make is muthiya. I 

Crispy lotus stem

Crispy lotus stem

Crispy lotus stem As unbelievable as it may sound, I rarely have food cravings. Although I am one of the most passionate people I know, when it comes to food, I have the surprising ability to not get bored of eating the same simple food 

Vada Pav (non-fried)

Vada Pav (non-fried)

Spicy potato sliders, vegan, non-fried version I know this is a second post on the same dish, but hey its Vada pav, its the one food that I love the MOST and this recipe is a non-fried healthy version 😀 So it needs to be 

Sabudana Vada

Sabudana Vada

Savory sago pearl fried fritters The other day I was having a conversation with a friend. We were talking about heirloom keepsakes and childhood memories.  He is a doctor and he was telling me how he wanted to preserve the last prescription his Grandfather, who 

Varyache Tandul Danyachi Aamti

Varyache Tandul Danyachi Aamti

(cooked samo seeds with a spicy-sweet peanut curry) Another favorite from the upwas (fasting) menu. My aji’s patent recipe! The good thing about this dish is its one of the healthier ‘fasting’ dishes. I satisfy my cravings for sabudanyachi khichadi with this, as it does 

Sabudana Khichadi

Sabudana Khichadi

Sabudanyachi Khichadi – A very popular breakfast dish in Western India especially for upwas (religious fast). Sabudana Khichadi is usually eaten during religious fasting, however I love it so much, I pretty much end up having it at least once a week for breakfast! Growing 

Pav Bhaji

Pav Bhaji

A very popular Indian street food – mixed vegetable curry (bhaaji),eaten with pav (bread) Growing up I had a favorite Pav bhaji-vala (vendor), who had a small joint which would always be chock-a-block full with patrons crowding all the way up to the street intersection,