What is Samak Rice Sama, samak, samo or samvat is also referred to as vrat ke chawal, given that it is the perfect choice of ingredient to make delicious dishes for religious vrats or fasts. During fasting, we abstain from cereal grains. So, to make pulao or other rice-based dishes, samak is used in place of the regular rice. In English, samak or samvat rice is called as Barnyard Millet. Barnyard Millet is also considered as a healthy choice as it is rich in fibre and proteins....

These Peanut Butter Cookies are the best cookies to put in your recipe box! A family favourite cookie that’s taken YEARS to get PERFECT! Peanut Butter Cookies When you bake a cookie, you want the perfect mouthful. Whether you want a cake-y cookie or a crunchy cookie — or my favourite — a soft melt-in-your-mouth cookie that’s crisp at the same time. THAT, my friends, is what these Peanut Butter Cookies are made of....

While with the regular classic chaats, it is a little difficult to maintain the health quotient in the recipes but this Sprouts Chaat takes care of that factor. Since moong sprouts is the main ingredient in this particular chaat recipe, it is somewhat a hearty one. Combining moong sprouts with Indian spices, herbs and Chutneys makes for an excellent chaat snack. The recipe is simple and even without the addition of chutneys taste good....

Every year spring brings us super-sweet, bright red strawberries and they become a staple in my home through the season. My family enjoys them as a snack and we love adding them to salads, oatmeal, and even cheesecake. But one of our favorite way to enjoy them is by making fresh strawberry jam. This no-pectin strawberry jam recipe is the easiest fruit preserve I’ve ever made. All you need is three simple ingredients - strawberries, sugar, and lemon juice, no pectin needed!...

Forever looking for simple side dishes to serve with heavy meals, like Chicken Francese, Smothered Pork Chops or a succulent, steakhouse steak? Look no further because this fresh and healthy side dish is the added green crunch you’ve been looking for. Fresh, crunchy sugar snap peas sautéed to perfection in oil and butter… there’s nothing better! When you start with a delicious, fresh green veggie like sugar snap peas, less is more in terms of components....

What is Tom Kha In Thai, tom means “soup” or “boiled,” and kha means “galangal,” which is a member of the same family as ginger and turmeric. Tom Kha is a popular Thai hot and sour soup that can be made with chicken (tom kha gai), seafood (tom kha goong), or, in my case, with veggies and mushrooms. Creamy coconut milk provides the perfect backdrop for this piquant soup. The essential herbs and spices added are Kaffir lime leaves, galangal, lemon grass, Thai chilies, and lemon juice....

What is Thakkali Sadam? Thakkali Sadam is a popular rice dish from the Tamil Nadu cuisine. It is a slightly spicy rice dish that is made with tomato, spices and rice. In the Tamil language, ‘thakkali‘ means tomato and ‘sadam‘ is rice. I love to make a batch of this tomato rice often and serve it for lunch, as it is an ideal dish for packing in a tiffin. If you are looking for a quick recipe to make meal that is delicious and nutritious, look no further than this simple tomato rice!...

About This Trifle Recipe Trifle pudding is a stunning dessert choice as it is bright, colorful, and delicious. It is also very easy to make and is perfect if you have leftover sponge cake. Plus you only need 5 ingredients to make it! This fun layered dessert is English and it is traditionally made with fruit, alcohol-soaked sponge cake, and custard. The great thing about trifle pudding it can be made in so many different ways to suit your taste....

A li’l About Puff Pastry The puff pastry sheet used in this Veg Puff recipe has its own story. ‘Pate Feuilletee,’ ‘Detrempe’ are some of its other names. Puff Pastry has its origin in France. The main ingredients of a puff pastry are all-purpose flour, butter (or shortening), water and salt. Basically its a laminated dough made with alternate layers of butter and dough. You must have also heard about ‘phyllo’ or ‘filo,’ which is a Greek style super thin unleavened dough that is used to make popular Middle Eastern delicacies like baklava, borek, etc....

About White Dhokla It is quite difficult to not mention about the quintessential snack dhokla, whenever we are speaking about this side of the Indian subcontinent. But not just a popular Gujarati snack, dhokla is one of the snacks that even I love to make as well as eat. The same goes for my family too. The number one reason for this is that besides being scrumptious, this cushiony soft savory snack is very healthy as its steamed, and not fried....

About Wood Apple Also known as monkey fruit or elephant apple (limonia acidissima) , wood apple is one of the rare tree species native to India as well as other regions of Southeast Asia. The fruit, as well as its leaves, seeds, etc., are known to have many health and medicinal properties too. This round shaped hard-skinned fruit has a mushy and soft pulp within, with many seeds. The aroma of this fruit is distinctively peachy with a sweetish, sour flavor to it....

Updated Dec 04, 2017 Need a little inspiration to spice up your Paleo meals? Just follow who I follow – these 10 rockstar Paleo Instagrammers. With a real food, paleo-inspired focus, their Instagram feeds will leave you drooling, hungry, amazed and of course, inspired! Now, I’ll admit, I have a slight addiction to Instagram. As Facebook becomes inundated with advertisers I find myself cherishing the simplicity of photo. A photo that tells a story, motivates and makes me think…I can do that with cauliflower?...

Are you ready for the Super Bowl? While I’m usually just in it for the snacks, our home team is this weekend! We’ll be cheering for the Chiefs from Kansas City. I’ve rounded up thirty-three of my best game day recipes for you. True to form, they’re all fresh and vegetarian. You could call many of these recipes healthy, or healthier than the usual Super Bowl snacks. Above all, they’re delicious and will make for a memorable evening at home....

Thanksgiving is just two days away! What are you making? We’re attending a big family dinner and everyone is bringing a dish—we’ve been asked to bring this arugula and wild rice salad again this year. Whether you’re vegetarian/vegan or interested in fun veggie-forward dishes, I hope you’ll discover the perfect last-minute recipe in this roundup. You’ll find plenty of colorful main dishes in the list. From veggie lasagna to stuffed acorn squash, these recipes will appeal to everyone....

Updated Dec 04, 2017 Even though we’ve got a little June gloom happening in SoCal right now, summer is right around the corner. Next week it’s projected to be 80-degrees (all week long!), so I thought it was perfect time revisit some of my favorite smoothie bowl recipes. Smoothie bowls make for a fast, easy and healthy breakfast. You just put a few ingredients together in a blender and voila, you’re 90% done....

Updated Jan 11, 2024 Meal Prep Ideas & Planning Ahead When it comes to healthy eating, there’s one strategy that works time and again – planning ahead. Because when do we most often throw our healthy eating goals out the window? When we’re busy, right? And when that cookie, cupcake, slice of pizza or burger sounds easy, cheap and well….easy (it bears repeating). But what if I were to tell you that you could meal prep several healthy ingredients in 1-2 hours on Sunday to save time in the kitchen all week long?...

What is Aloo Kulcha In Hindi, the term Aloo stands for potatoes and Kulcha is an leavened flatbread made from all-purpose flour. Simply put together the words Aloo Kulcha mean a leavened soft flatbread stuffed with a savory and spiced mashed potato filling. Since the day I tried the fab aloo kulcha served at a nearby Punjabi dhaba (roadside eatery), I’ve been a fan of it. One bite and I got so inspired that I wanted to try the Aloo Kulcha recipe at home....

Do you all remember those old Pace Picante commercials with the cowboys? Someone tries to hand a cowboy a jar of salsa and he hollers, “This stuff’s from New York City!” The other dusty cowboys in the group respond in harmonized, exaggerated disbelief, “New York City?!” Every time that commercial came on when I was a kid, my dad and brothers would chime in and crack themselves up. I’m planning my first trip to New York City at the end of the month, and every time I think about it, I hear those cowboys and my family’s voices echo in my head, “New York City?...

Is it just me, or is this thing for real.. After a week of internet f-ups, telephone cut-outs and car issues…I needed something fast. This was it. Oh boy, was this it. This was one of those: quick-raid-the-fridge-and-get-as-many-things-as-you-can-fit-into-your-arms-before-something-falls-and-smashes-and-breaks-your-toe-then-you-end-up-in-the-emergency-room type situations. Grabbed what I could as fast as I could to make whatever I could come up with in under 10 minutes – so much pressure when the whole family is looking at you with giant expectations....

This was one of those situations where I couldn’t make up my mind if I wanted banana muffins…or blueberry muffins…or chocolate chips muffins…so I merged them to have them all in one. Yeah, I did. And it works. Its totally works. Chocolate chips…in my opinion…make everything better. They soothe the soul. It’s taken me a while to post these up on my blog. I don’t know why? I’d forgotten all about them until yesterday when I was clearing out all of my old photos....