Peri Peri Pasta – This is a vegetarian version of insanely cool peri peri pasta recipe. It’s saucy, it’s spicy and it’s Indian style/Desi style. Try this recipe at home with family and friends. Trust me this awesome colorful pasta is a super super simple and delicious recipe to try out. This is one of…
Category: Lunch/Dinner Recipes
Bendakaya Rice | Bhindi Rice | Okra Rice | Vendakkai Sadam
Bhindi rice/ Okra rice/ Vendakkai rice is a quick and easy to make rice that can be prepared either with fresh or left over rice. This is a gluten-free, and vegan simple one-pot meal. It involves just tossing of rice in spicy tempered okra mixture. Bhindi rice is yummy tasting masala flavored rice with simple…
5 Minute Sprouts Salad | Moong Bean Sprouts w/o salt | Pesalu
Super quick protein packed, healthy and delicious salad made with freshly sprouted moong beans with your choice of veggies and freshly grated coconut. The best thing is there is no cooking process involved and more nutrients in low cost. Protein value increases as they sprouting longer in size. This can be perfectly served as a…
Mint Paratha with Fresh Mint Leaves | Pudina Paratha/Chapathi
Mint Paratha is a healthy flat bread recipe, simple, quick and delicious recipe prepared with fresh mint leaves and whole wheat flour. Good substitute for Naans and Tandoori Rotis. Pudina paratha recipe is prepared by mixing the mint leaves and few spices with wheat flour. Mint Paratha is a popular Panjabi Breakfast option. The Parathas…
Veggie Bean Quesadillas
Crispy quesadillas – step by step directions, along with pictures, for how to put this flavorful meal together in 30 minutes. loaded with black beans, peppers, onion, corn, spices and lots of cheese! This easy recipe for Black Bean Quesadillas is perfect for weeknights, game day parties, and makes a delightful school lunches. A super…
Strawberry Quinoa Spinach Salad
This Strawberry Spinach Quinoa Salad is perfect to make this spring and summer when berries are at their peak. It will also be a lovely salad to make for Mother’s Day. It can be served with brunch or dinner. This salad takes almost no time to make if you cook your quinoa ahead of time….
Methi Pakoda | Methi Na Gota
Methi Pakora/Pakoda – is a traditional Guajarati tea-time Snack recipe made with finely chopped methi (fenugreek) leaves, besan (chickpea flour) and a few spices available in our kitchen. We all love pakoras, don’t we? These crispy outside, soft & fluffy inside golden balls are full of flavor and can also be served as a breakfast…
Tik Tok Tortilla Wrap hack | 8 Filling Ideas
I am doing this a little late but I happened to try many versions and variations with this tik tok food trend with tortilla/chapathi wrap. This trendy Tik Tok tortilla wrap hack that’s gone viral is worth the hype. It’s melty, and soft on the inside, crispy on the outside, surprisingly portable and endlessly customizable!…
Tomato Pickle | Andhra Style Tomato Nilva Pachadi with Sun Drying Method
South India is very popular in pickle making and the range of pickles from instant chutney/pachadi to year round pickles (stay fresh without spoiling). Nilva or Niluva means staying fresh for months. Traditionally tomato nilava pachadi is made by sun drying salted fresh tomatoes. This process dries out and removes the moisture from the tomatoes…
Moong Dal Salad |Pesara Pappu Salad |Kosambari
Moong dal salad is popularly known as Kosambari. Kosambari is a really light, and refreshing salad and can be made on any occasion. This cooling salad is perfect snack for summer months. This is served as a side on Rama Navami festival along with paanakam. You can serve it as a side dish with your regular…
Instant Beerakaya Dosa | Ridge Gourd Dosa
Beerakaya Dosa – it is one of the healthy & Instant dosa recipes which can be easily served for breakfast, lunch and dinner as it offers essential components like dietary fibers, high water content, vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, magnesium and vitamin B6. It is naturally low in calorie content, low in unhealthy saturated fats…
Tomato Cucumber Salad | 5 Min Salad
Tomato Cucumber Salad is a classic salad, bright, light, cooling, colorful and so refreshing. This easy salad is made with sliced cucumbers, tomatoes & radishes with a dash of lime juice, salt and pepper. This 5 minute salad is inexpensive, easy to make and awesome cooler on a hot day. You may include onion slices…
Chipotle Inspired Veggie Burrito Bowl & Veggie Burritos
Making chipotle style burritos and veggie bowl at home is a great way to save money and plan your healthy meals ahead. This is great for whether it’s lunch or dinner. Loaded with healthy and yummy ingredients like black beans, cilantro-lime rice, tomato salsa, guacamole, and spicy sauce. It is colorful and packed with flavor…
Majjiga Poori | ButterMilk Puri
Majjiga Poori – You might have tried regular puri/poori with wheat flour or bhatura with all purpose flour. But this poori with butter milk and rice flour is gluten-free and very simple to make in just 20 mins. Hint of sourness elevates the taste, adds in flavor and feast to your taste buds. Goes well…
Aglio E Olio | 5 Ingredient Pasta Recipe
This olive oil and garlic pasta is popular in Italy. This dish is all about the simplicity of the ingredients. Only 5 ingredients needed and also ready in 20 minutes. That’s better than take-out, plus this is homemade so it’s better in every sense of the word. It is very easy, anybody even kids can make it. No…
Chana Dal Dhokla | Vati Dal Na Khaman|Senagapappu Dhokla | Steamed & Spongy Lentil Cake
Chana Dal Dhokla – Is a popular Guajarati snack. Apart from the traditional khaman dhokla there are so many innovative versions of dhoklas available now. Khaman dhokla is the favourite of almost every one. This delicious Chana dal dhokla is protein rich and nutritious. Diabetic friendly and weightloss recipe. This dhokla is not only served…
Paneer Bhurji & Paneer Frankie
Paneer Bhurji is a popular and delicious North Indian breakfast recipe made from crumbled paneer(Indian cottage cheese). This is a very simple and satisfying vegetarian recipe and very rich in protein. The bhurji can be stuffed within a roti, or chapathi to prepare roll or paneer bhurji frankie or kati roll. This recipe taste great and…
Whole grain Millet Dosa | Millet Dosa
Whole grain dosa – This dosa is high in protein, vegan, gluten-free, nutritious South Indian breakfast usually served with sambar and varieties of chutneys. This is kind of instant dosa, because no fermentation is needed. This crispy dosa without rice makes it a healthy, diabetic friendly and aids in weight loss. This dosa has both millets and…
Instant Quinoa Oats Ponganalu|Oats Paniyaram
Instant Quinoa Oats Ponganalu – are very healthy, protein and fiber rich, Quick, easy and tasty. They are crunchy on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside. This recipe needs no soaking or fermentation. This is a diabetic friendly and also helps in loosing weight. I used sooji in this recipe. You may…
Jowar Khichdi | Jonna Khichdi | Cracked Jowar Khichdi | Sorghum Millet Khichdi
Jowar Khichdi – Hearty and Healthy whole grain mixed with vegetables. Jonnalu, Jola, cholam are other South Indian names for sorghum millet aka Jowar. This recipe is suitable for people who are trying to loose weight too. This khichdi is good for people ages 6 months to old age and also good for people who…
