Cheese, Onion and Olive Pull Apart Bread

Quick and easy savory bread stuffed with cheese, onion, garlic, cilantro and olives!  The moreish cheese mixture does double duty as topping on crackers too. Perfect for your Thanksgiving meal! It is 3 a.m here but 1:30 in the afternoon in India so I am wide awake, thanks to my jet lag. I also caught... Continue Reading →

Raghavdas Ladu- Microwave recipe!

Make your sugar syrup in the microwave for this traditional ladu made of semolina and coconut! You all know I go nuts for coconut and this ladu is at the top of my list of favorites. It is a combination of roasted semolina, fresh grated coconut, sugar that is infused with cardamom and nutmeg and... Continue Reading →

Super easy, baked Sutarfeni

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Are you going to Diwali parties this weekend? Make this easy, figure friendly baked Sutarfeni!

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Complex recipe for Sutarfeni, now made super easy and yes…… baked!

#Diwali #sweets-#easy #recipe for #Sutarfeni #Baked ,#figure friendly version! Super easy, baked Sutarfeni

The much loved Sutarfeni is a dessert that garners much admiration in India. It is made of super thin noodles that are fried, sweetened with a sugar syrup and sprinkled with nuts. The sugar syrup is scented with cardamom and saffron or rose essence. I love both!

As you know, I have been experimenting with a lot of my favorite traditional recipes. I am thrilled when I find an easy short cut to an otherwise laborious recipe. I am ecstatic when my trials succeed in making the food healthier!

Such is the case with the baked Sutarfeni. Years ago when I saw kataifi at the middle eastern store, I knew I could make Sutarfeni without having to make the super thin noodles myself. In previous years, I had deep fried the shredded dough to make…

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Achari Mini Peppers

  Tender crisp, stuffed mini peppers evocative of Indian pickle spices, are perfect for a fall get together! Quick and easy, vegan, gluten free recipe! Are you enjoying the gorgeous fall colors where you live? Here in New England, the trees are displaying their autumn splendor in gorgeous yellow ochre, orange and red! The weather has been... Continue Reading →

Spaghetti Squash and Beetroot Halwa

Easy, fuss free, microwave recipe for a festive Indian fusion dessert halwa! Check out the taste of this ambrosial halwa that is vegetarian and gluten free too. True story that happened in our home this week. As the festival of Dassera approaches, I was thinking of a festive dessert. You all know about my fascination... Continue Reading →

Corn Hurda in Papad Bowl

Droolicious snack made with end of summer fresh grilled corn and served in an edible papad bowl! Greedy foodie that I am, I recently tried a combination of two mouthwatering foods I liked in India.....and while I was at it, I also put it in an edible papad bowl 🙂 Fire roasted corn has always been... Continue Reading →

Pineapple Russam

Vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, sweet, sour and peppery soup to welcome Fall!  Can be served hot or chilled!  Fall has officially begun! I am one of those people who is saddened to see summer end. I love the warm weather and the cool desserts. This week the transition to warm foods was made for me... Continue Reading →

Terrific Triple C Lassi

Cantaloupe, carrots and coconut milk combine to form a dreamilicious nourishing lassi. Have you seen the ginormous cantaloupes in the markets these days? I could not resist getting one. But once I got it home, I was wondering how I could get my family to eat so much cantaloupe! I usually get the normal sized ones and... Continue Reading →

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