Daal or Dal or Dhal is the “coveted” staple in Indian household. This soup style Indian dish needs no introduction to any Indian food lover. Growing up, I devoured bowls and bowls of the different variation of daals from different legumes that my mother made. “Gujarati Daal” – is sweet, savory, tangy soup style daal…
Easy Vegan Green Split Pea Soup
Its soup weather!!! Soups are a regular feature in my house-hold, because I love that creamy, hearty, thick n rich, savory, homemade, hot and comforting ….(the list goes on and on I tell ya!) feeling that soups give in the crazy Minnesota cold winter. The moment I text him I am making soup for dinner, he…
Penne With Eggplant-Tomato Sauce
Would you believe it if i tell you I had a really decadent, flavorful, grandma-style pasta dish not in Italy but in Paris during my Travels across Europe!! No, I do not mean anything against the pasta dishes in Italy, may be I did not give it an enough of try or most restaurants failed to…
Rosemary-Garlic Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
Rosemary and Garlic Roasted Butternut Squash Soup 🙂 ! Enough said! This is my all time favorite winter soup! Butternut Squash is in full season and I am fashionably late in posting the recipe for it lol, but better late than never right? I believe “Soups” and “Minnesota Winter” go hand in had! And as…
Spicy Sweet Potato Quinoa Bowl
As i overlook the window – It is still raining outside! – no sign of summer yet! I believe I have a love-hate relationship with the rain and snow season. I get all excited about the season’s first snow for a few weeks and then I drag myself the next few hating it to the core,…
Moroccan Spiced Couscous with Vegetables and Chick Peas
Morocco! One country that has been on my mind in last few months! The country, the colors, the culture and especially the food! Can’t believe I was so close to the Morocco while being in Spain but truly wish I should have visited it. But for now as close as I could get to Morocco…
Rainbow Pasta with Homemade Sauce
I love pasta (well, i say this a lot!) and this is my go-to pasta dish almost always. I have fed this to almost all the people i know of! well, most of them if not all! And above all i was able to convert 3 anti-pasta people with this particular pasta recipe so i…
Cucumber-Cream Cheese Summer Sandwiches with Coriander-Coconut Pesto
I guess most of our fun conversations and happy moments happen in the kitchen, where I try to explain the husband – the binaries of tastes and aromas, pretending to be a “Television chef”! Though I always doubt that he would be listening to my chatter, because he is more so interested in when he…