Red Pepper Powder Recipes

A generic term applied to any of several varieties of hot red chiles. The most commonly available forms are ground red pepper and red pepper flakes. From The Food Lover's Companion, Fourth edition...

Vegan Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Party Dip

Sharing with you, an easy party dip with smokey, velvety eggplant, loaded with tangy-sweet tomatoes, crunchy onions, and aromatic fresh cilantro. Vegan, and gluten free, this vegetarian warm dip is easy...

Chili Lime Roasted Corn Salsa

Caution! This Chili Lime Corn Salsa is so addictive, your chips bowl will be empty much before you think it would. My take on Chipotle's Chili Lime Corn Salsa has sweetness and deep corn flavor from roa...

Ramen Noodles Stuffed Snack Flat Bread

Sharing with you an easy snack bread - whole wheat flour bread stuffed with ramen noodles. Ready in no time, no leavening agents needed, no oven required and you only need pantry-ingredients to make thi...

Picnic Yogurt(Curd) Rice

Easy and lite on stomach, great for digestion, aromatic, tangy, served at room temp and loved by kids and grown-up alike. I don't have enough words in praise for these easy and scrumptious curried yogur...

Indian Paneer Butter Masala with Pickled Pearl Onions

Sharing with you, Indian Paneer Butter Masala with side of quick pickled pearl onions, one of favorite Indian Curry in every North Indian home. Be it my parents, my in-laws, Vishal's friends or my friends, everyone has tasted Butter Masala and every one wishes to make perfect Butter Masala at home :)P...

Indian Lamb Karahi Curry

Lamb Karahi or Goat Karahi is a famous North Indian curry, often made with goat meat instead of lamb and very popular in Indian Restaurants all over the world! This is my all-time favorite, make-ahead-c...

Spicy Baked Okra Fries with Homemade Creole Spice and Lime-Cilantro Dip

I am a big fan of home-blend spices. And I am not talking about just Indian spices. Once I taste and understand flavor of spice blends of any cuisine, I often test and make it at home. It is like an add...

Crunchy Garlic Tofu Wraps with Peach and Kimchi Slaw

My love for Tofu shines throughout this blog. Even though it is an Asian ingredient, I use it many ways in my day-to-day meals. Good source of vegetarian protein and perfect to absorb any flavoring I wa...

Indian Bitter Melon (Karela) and Potato Stir Fry

Indian Bitter Melon or Karela or bitter gourd is used a lot in Indian and Asian cuisine. Very popular for its bitter taste and sugar-controlling properties, karela stir-fry is a common side dish enjoyed...

Spicy Crispy Cumin-Lime Tindora

Tindora is not so easily available in North India, so I never tasted or tried it in India. I am talking about 3-4 year back, these days cold storage has made vegetables very accessible. Pace at which food industry is picking up in India, soon we will see foods and products from all over the world easi...