Every once in a while, the universe conspires to get the right ingredients together to make an absolutely fabulous thing. This is one of those things! I wanted a hearty pasta sauce while also trying to finish up tons of carrots and celery that somehow that taken up residence in my fridge! So I started …

This is a quintessential Palghat everyday recipe. You are not likely to find this in any restaurant! While Molagootal may seem like a mouthful to pronounce, it is really just a vegetable and lentil stew cooked in a very simple coconut sauce. Since I am always looking for shortcuts, my recipe simplifies it further to …

I love using leftover rice to turn it into something completely different for another meal! Added bonus is the use of lots of different vegetables – helps if you are looking to clean out the fridge! I had half a cabbage, some assorted bell peppers and some eggs. So it all comes together in this …

So I asked my friend, Min, for the recipe for some delicious Chinese Eggplant (Yuxiang Eggplant) that she had made some time back. She sent me the recipe in Chinese! Some Google Translation later, it was clear that I needed help. So she invited me to her kitchen to cook with her. Now when I …

Jamaican food is an interesting blend of spices and ingredients that pull in elements of Indian cuisine as well as the essence of the islands combined with western influences. Here’s a low sodium recipe for the classic Jamaican rice and peas. Incidentally, the recipe does not call for peas at all. Rather, it uses red …

Khichdi, a rice and moong dal dish, is the quintessential Indian comfort food. Full of healthy ingredients, it is perfect to warm you up from the inside on cold winter nights. However, served with yogurt and cucumber like I have, it is a perfectly cooling dinner for hot summer days too! This is a prime …

Arroz con pollo simply translates to Rice with Chicken. Every culture has a version of rice and chicken and there is a reason why. This is a combination that works – no matter what direction the spices pull you in – Indian, Greek, Italian or in this case, Mexican cuisine. You really cannot go wrong …

White beans and Broccolini is a match made in heaven! I have been trying out new or unusual vegetables each week on my trips to the grocery store. This week I picked up some broccolini since they looked so fresh with no idea what I was planning to do with it! So glad I did!! …

Three out of four in my family like apple pie/crumble/crisp etc with nice big chunks of apple clearly visible. Today we cater to the fourth – who loves the crisp topping and the juicy apple bottom layer but wants no part of the apple chunks! Anika’s Apple Crisp with mascarpone is a speedy apple crisp …