Sambar (South Indian style lentil soup)
I think the best sambar that I have ever had is my Amma’s. It has the perfect consistency, spice level and tanginess. Over the years I...
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I think the best sambar that I have ever had is my Amma’s. It has the perfect consistency, spice level and tanginess. Over the years I...
Growing up amma would make eggplant in many ways. Two main South Indian styled curries she would make would be one with onion and sambar...
Growing up this used to be my favorite dish. I used to ask amma to make it all the time. If given a choice I could have it everyday!...
This is one of my favorite cookie recipes to bake. These cookies are healthy, eggless, gluten-free and very easy to put together. My...
This is a South Indian recipe which goes very well with rice/thohayil or ven pongal. This is basically like sambar but has more veggies...
I usually make this during the Sankranti/Pongal festival every year. It is sort of a sweet version of the Ven Pongal/ rice lentil...
When I came to US, my first experience of tasting new recipes was at my sister Aruna’s place. She and her husband Naren are great cooks....
During my fellowship days Simha used to do these “liquid Wednesdays”, where he would only have liquids. To adjust to that diet, I would...
I usually use almond flour for baking goods and one day I used it to make Indian desserts. To my surprise it tastes quite close to a...
This is a frequent dinner combination that we have at home. It is a very easy dinner to fix. All can be made in one Instant Pot (IP), so...
These one pot meals in my Instant Pot (IP) are the best on my busy endoscopy days. I just throw in all these ingredients in the morning...
I do not know whether it is a Mexican recipe or an Italian recipe. I basically ended up making this dish based on what I had in my pantry...
This is a South Indian recipe that consists of rice, lentils and veggies which are cooked in a flavorful sauce mixed with tamarind paste....
Growing up Amma would bake these eggless vanilla cakes for both Aruna and I in "solar cooker". And while the cakes were being done,...
The original idea of this wrap was from Simha! He once made this for our lunch. And I loved the idea of using tofu slabs in our wraps...
My friend Neha sent me this recipe from a blog called as egglesscooking. Once we tried this cake, it easily became one of our favorites...
We usually make pizza or calzone with store bought pizza dough. Just as I was thinking about other options to make with my pizza dough, I...
I got introduced to making cheesecakes in Instant Pot (IP) by my friend Neha. Thanks to her this particular dessert has become one of our...
I got this idea from one of the youtube channels that I recently found (Radhi Devlukia) which had a recipe for a vegan version of this....
As a little kid this was my favorite breakfast and school lunch. Amma would always make it with loads of veggies which would make it so...