The best recipe to make with over-ripe Avocado is this Avocado Paratha or the Indian flatbread made with avocado and spices. The parathas are incredibly soft and is a great choice to make for lunch boxes and travel. ’ Melt in the mouth’ , I have heard this term many times when people describe food and this is the first time I am experiencing this in a paratha. My dear friend Arthi gave me this recipe and asked me to try it and she said Sandhya, once you make this, you are not going to stop....

Benarasi Aloo Matar also known as Rasedar aloo matar is one of the easiest and most delicious side dishes. It is a No Onion and No Garlic recipe and can be made in under 30 minutes. This Benarasi Aloo Matar is a subzi from Uttar Pradesh that is very close to my heart. I lived about 6 years of my life in Kanpur and I was exposed to many North Indian recipes because of that....

Broccoli, beans, and quinoa come together to make these amazing pan-fried fritters that can be used as a patty inside a burger or can be served as an appetizer or finger food. This week I am doing my bookmarked recipes from my BM partner, Mireille’s space. She has some amazing recipes and it was quite a task for me to shortlist what I would make. This recipe for Broccoli Quinoa And Bean Fritters caught my eye right after she posted it....

Bulgur salad is one of the few salads that are very easy to make and takes less than 10 minutes. With a little pre-planning, this salad can be an excellent dish to start a meal or to have on its own. For the third and last day of my African cuisine series, I made this simple yet flavorful salad with Bulgur and a few vegetables. Doing series like these gives me a chance to do a lot of research and the local library helps a lot with this....

Taste the perfect blend of tangy and spicy in this delicious Chettinad Style Paruppu Urundai Kuzhambu. Pairs perfectly well with rice. For the third day of BM, I have a beautiful Paruppu Urundai Kuzhambu from the Chettinad region. I am a big fan of Chettinadu cuisine and absolutely love the spicy and flavorful ingredients that they use. Even though Chettinad cuisine comprises a lot of meat-based dishes, there are quite a few recipes that we can adapt to a vegetarian lifestyle....

The classic American breakfast is something we make at our house for a weekend brunch. When BM 31 had a theme with Non Indian breakfast, this pancake and hash brown combination was the first thing that came to my mind. I usually just whip up pancakes from the boxed pancake mix, but realized few days back that a basic pancake batter is very easy to make and does not need too many fancy ingredients....

If you love to bake cookies, these coconut sesame cookies are a must-bake for this holiday season. These crunchy eggless coconut cookies are perfect for Christmas and a great choice to make for your home cookie jar or a cookie exchange. The holiday season is coming soon (too soon). I always correlate the holiday season to cookies because we made a tradition of baking tons of cookies to pass out to friends, teachers, and neighbors every year....

Homemade Rasam Powder has so much flavor and aroma that no store-bought powder can bring. Making the rasam powder at home is so simple and cost-effective. Right from the beginning, I knew that X was going to be the alphabet and that I would definitely be using it as an adjective. Even after deciding that, it took me forever to decide on one single recipe that I would be making....

If you are looking for the most flavorful and unique Paneer recipe , then this Hyderabadi Paneer Subzi is the best one yet. It is loaded with traditional and rice flavors that the Hyderabadi cuisine is known for and this Paneer curry will not disappoint you. I love exploring different curry / subzi recipes that are not common. Recipes that don’t have the typical masala ingredients. I am talking about recipes like Dahi Baingana , which is a yogurt-based gravy and is sort of in-between a subzi and raita....

When thinking of a gravy recipe to make in Instant pot, I realized that I have not made Instant Pot Rajma Masala yet. I have the traditional recipe for Rajma masala and I used the same recipe except made it in Instant Pot. This week I will be posting different rice and gravy dishes as my theme for BM. If you have been following my posts, you would know that I am in love with my Instant Pot....

A quick and easy rice recipe (takes just about 30 minutes) to make with fresh homegrown tomatoes. This Instant Pot Tomato Biriyani is a great one-pot meal to make for weeknight dinner or to pack for a lunch box. One pot meals are always welcome in our family. Our typical weeknights are busy with kid’s activities and one-pot meals come in very handy and useful. And the best part is there is no standing and stirring involved to make the recipe....

Labongo Latika also called Lavang Latika is the perfect example of a ‘small package with big flavor’. A very flavorful dessert made with sweetened khoa stuffed inside a flaky pastry. This a wonderful recipe to try for Diwali. Sanoli of Sanoli’s Kitchen challenged us with this amazing Bengali sweet called Labongo Latika which is made during the auspicious Durga Puja or Makara Sankranthi. Labong or Lavang means cloves. This sweet - Lavang Latika is made of sweetened khoa/khoya filled inside a crusty pastry covered and sealed with cloves....

Lobia Vada is a black-eyed beans fritter that is crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. This Karamani Vadai does not get soggy too soon and hence can be an excellent starter for parties as they can be made ahead of time. This week I chose to do North Indian appetizers as a theme for the Blogging Marathon. I chose this theme, as I noticed that this is one area that my blog has been lagging a bit and I wanted to get more starters and appetizers in the space....

Make sure to bake some Mango and chocolate chip muffins when you find fresh mangoes in the market or with canned mango pulp. These eggless mango muffins made with part wheat flour are so delicious and have a lovely texture. This year we took complete advantage of the mango season. We got really good mangoes here and that was something I was missing back in New York. I have always made any dessert that involves mangoes using canned mango pulp, but since we have very good mangoes here, I made it using fresh mangoes....

Navarathri is around the corner and everyone is getting ready for the celebrations. Here are a few of the Navarathri Recipes from my kitchen that will help you to choose different prasadams and sundals for each day. Click on the links below to see the recipes. Wishing you all a very Happy Navarathri! Sundal Varieties - Payasam Varieties - Sweets Savory Prasadams and Rice dishes More Navarathri / Navaratri Karamani Sundal | Black Eyed Peas Savory Sundal Payatham Urundai | Moong Dal Ladoo | Pasi Paruppu Laddu Carrot Kheer | Carrot Payasam Navaratri Festival Recipes | South Indian Navratri Recipes

Paneer Fried Rice is a fusion Indo-Chinese style dish with a variation of traditional Fried Rice. This is a quick dish to repurpose leftover rice. Rice is a staple for South Indians and we do not get tired of eating it. We do however want to eat it as many different recipes. We all love the Indo-Chinese fusion flavors in our house. The kids love Gobhi Manchurian and fried rice and half my Manchurian usually disappears long before lunch/dinner time....

Pesarattu is very similar to dosa except for it has very little rice and is exclusively made out of Green gram also known as the whole Moong. pesarattus are unfermented dosa, so I see it more like an adai Today we are beginning our journey through the states of India, one state a day. The first state that we are doing is Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh is a state situated on the Southeast coast of India....

Qutab, Kutab, or Azerbaijani Stuffed Flatbread is a popular breakfast recipe, and the choices for filling can be unlimited. I made mine with Onion and Cheese filling with some fresh herbs and served it for weekend brunch. Qutab Flatbread was one of the very first flatbreads that I made for the series. Q is a hard alphabet, and I have had struggles in the past when doing the A to Z series....

Rasam Sadam is one of my favorite comfort meals. This one-pot rasam rice made in the instant pot is the most convenient and easy recipe. This paired with some potato curry or kovakkai poriyal is so delicious that you will go back for seconds. Being a South Indian , rice is our staple. Rasam and rice are literally what we grew up eating (almost every day). Our typical everyday lunch would be rice, some sambar or kuzhambu , and rasam along with some curry and we would end the meal with thayir sadam (yogurt rice) ....

This Shahi Aloo Matar recipe is quite rich and creamy as it has cashews and milk. The acidity from the tomatoes is well balanced by the cashews and milk. It was super quick to make and has no onion or garlic. Making ‘No Onions, No Garlic’ recipes used to be a nightmare earlier, but these days I am finding them a lot easier to cook recipes without onions. When Thinking of making a subzi under the theme of gourmet subzi with smooth gravy, I came across this Shahi Aloo Matar recipe from Valli’s space....