Quick Jowar Dosa

Jowar or Sorghum is a millet from India, rich in fibre and helps control blood sugar levels. It's a super hot food right now, being gluten free and a good protein source has made it a favorite for many diet conscious people today. Jowar is a versatile grain and it can be consumed whole as…

Easy Homemade Spreads for Kids

Every mother makes genuine efforts to prepare and serve healthy foodstuffs to her children, however, unknowingly and without a choice, she often ends up serving those with very unhealthy spreads or dips. As a solution for this situation, I have come up with, very easy to make & store, Homemade Spreads that are kid appropriate.…

Soya Matar Pulao

Pulaos are ultimate comfort food for the variety they come in! I love the fact that how any and every ingredient can be used in preparing Pulao which bring about a good riot of flavours and texture! Pulao is essentially a rice based dish that is made using whole spices or fresh herbs for flavor…

Ragi Chocolate Cake

Ragi Chocolate Cake is a wonderful dense cake made using millet flour and devoid of any gluten. This eggless cake, gluten free cake is a perfect snack when craving something chocolaty. It's quick to prepare and uses easily available ingredients.

Chocolate Almond Cookies

These Chocolate Almond cookies are your typical chewy cookies that give you a feeling of biting into a health bar. Given the amount of Almonds used the cookies are surely a good source of nutrition. We all learn from our mistakes and what's even better is converting those mistakes into delicious success! Something similar happened…

CARAMEL PUDDING (steamed method)

This dessert needs no introduction The most taken for granted dessert, but superbly delicious and ready in no time! Call it Creme Caramel, Lagan nu Custard or Steamed Pudding more or less they are all same with little ingredient difference here and there. We Bohras make this on gas by steaming, similar to the Parsi…

Easy Peanut Butter

EASY PEANUT BUTTER - Presenting a very easy doable method of preparing your lovable spread.

Homemade Mango Frooti

Frooti is a popular mango flavoured drink loved by kids and adults alike. No birthday party is complete without handing out tetra packs of this smooth as silk fruit concoction to eager kids. My sons are no different, for them frooti is one of the biggest motivation to attend a friends birthday. Mainly because other…

Truffle Pound Cake

Truffle Pound Cake Today, I am sharing best recipe of pound cake which has been given a marble effect using chocolate truffle sauce. The addition of this sauce not only helps make the cake look good but also taste good.

Millets and Vegetable Cutlet

I recently shared the Top 10 Food Predictions of 2018 in my post here. The list prepared by who's who of the Indian Food Industry mention the comeback of Indian Millets as one of the top predictions of this year. Honestly, till now the only millet I knew was Ragi or Finger Millet. But while…

Homemade Churros

Just like the Deep Fried Oreos, I learnt about Churros on my favourite food show Carnival Eats. Since then I have been itching to try some. My brother is currently in Spain and I have been coaxing him daily to try Churros. I don’t know if he tried them yet but the very thought of…

Pizza Dhokla

I love Gujarati Snacks (well, who doesn't?) but have never made any of them at home. Always devoured the readymade ones from the likes of Bikaner and  Haldiram. My attempt at making these snacks is only limited to borrowing recipes, so recently when a Gujarati friend's moms passed on a tried and tested recipe of Khatta…

Beat the Heat – Tender Coconut Milkshake

Tender Coconut water or Nariyal ka paani, is considered to be a very healthy drink for it is a natural source of electrolytes, calcium, potassium, magnesium, amino acids and sodium. During hot weather, tender coconut is something you should make a part of your daily diet because it is beneficial in maintaining the water levels…

Homemade Strawberry Ice-cream

I don’t know why I have always shied away from making ice-cream at home..especially, when it’s one of the preferred dessert of the family. I guess it’s always about getting the perfect texture – only creaminess and no ice crystals that made me run away from the thought of making ice-cream at home. I always…

Party Shake Ideas for KIDS

Planning a menu for a kid’s gathering is a mind-boggling task. While the food items are somehow easier to think of and finalise, what gets most of us is what drink to serve the kids. I know the most common and easiest drink served at kids parties is the “fresh n juicy” mango drink but…

Creamy Mushroom Crostini – Iron Rich Recipe

Iron deficiency is a common problem in women. As per statistics, every second women in India is Iron deficient which causes a lot of serious mental, social and economic issues in her life. The most simplest and effective way of overcoming this problem is to start early with an Iron rich diet made of foods…

Kaju Katli

Kaju Katli - the famous Indian sweet made using cashewnuts needs no introduction. The popular diamond shape "mithai" is particularly relished during Diwali and is liked by everyone. This Diwali try making some at home and enjoy the goodness of Homemade Kaju Katli.

Yummy & Healthy Sweet Breakfast Recipes for Kids

We generally tend to look out for savoury recipes for kids especially when it comes to breakfast. That is one important meal of the day which needs to be taken and so all efforts are on finding yummy, nutritious breakfast ideas for them. Kids prefer eating sweet stuff more in comparison to savoury; have you…

Methi Murg Tangdi Kebab

It’s the last weekend before school re-opens (Yay!) and I decided to treat Nabeel with his favourite food – Chicken. It’s Ramzaan too so I narrowed down on an Indian recipe this time which would double up as our iftar treat 🙂 On an average, Non-Indian recipes (read baking recipes) out number Indian recipes on…

Mini Peanut Butter Cupcakes

The cupcakes are basic and light with chocolate beautifully complimenting the peanut butter flavour.  And so, Nabeel is currently enjoying his summer break in full swing, ensuring I am on my toes 24 hours, or at least till he is awake. His constant needs to play, eat, read, and have fun sucks out all my energy…