
YogaDocChef
Mindfulness meets the kitchen!
Kathrikai curry (South Indian eggplant style)
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...
Mutter Paneer (Green peas and Indian cheese in gravy)
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!...
Almond flour cookies (eggless, gluten-free)
This is one of my favorite cookie recipes to bake. These cookies are healthy, eggless, gluten-free and very easy to put together. My...
Poriccha Kozhumbu (vegetable medley in tamarind/lentil based sauce)
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...
Sakkarai Pongal (Sweet Pongal)
I usually make this during the Sankranti/Pongal festival every year. It is sort of a sweet version of the Ven Pongal/ rice lentil...
Green peas coconut milk soup
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....
Sweet potato carrot lentil soup
During my fellowship days Simha used to do these “liquid Wednesdays”, where he would only have liquids. To adjust to that diet, I would...
Badam Halwa (Indian dessert with almond flour)
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...
Lemon rice, Yoghurt rice and Potato curry (South Indian style)
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...
Vegetarian/Vegan Thai noodle soup (Instant Pot)
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...
Vegetarian Taco Pasta (Instant Pot)
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...
Bisibelebath (Instant Pot)
This is a South Indian recipe that consists of rice, lentils and veggies which are cooked in a flavorful sauce mixed with tamarind paste....
Eggless vanilla cake
Growing up Amma would bake these eggless vanilla cakes for both Aruna and I in "solar cooker". And while the cakes were being done,...
Tofu Hummus Wrap
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...
Eggless Mango Cake
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...
Veggie pizza balls
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...
Mango “no cheese” cheesecake (Instant Pot)
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...
Tandoori Paneer Naan Bites
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....
Semiya upma/South Indian style vermicelli noodles (Instant Pot)
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...



















