Vegetarian Kheema paratha is a protein packed Indian flatbread stuffed with spicy soy granules/ TVP. Serve with some yogurt for a delicious meal any time of the day. For the final day of this week’s blogging marathon, I made vegetarian Kheema paratha. Traditionally these paratha are made with Kheema aka minced mutton. In my vegetarian…
Kodo millet Pilaf is a delicious and nutritious one pot meal that is easy to make. Great to pack for lunchbox. After yesterday’s Mixed Millet Upma, today I have a filling and flavorful lunch recipe using millets. I have to say this Kodo Millet Pilaf is probably my most favorite of the 3 recipes I…
This Indian styled veggie dip is packed with veggies and tastes spicy and delicious served with crackers or pita chips. Yesterday I had a no-cook green goddess dip and today I have completely cooked dip. This Indian style mixed veggie dip is packed with veggies, as the name suggests. You can change up the veggies…
Paneer fried rice is a protein packed dish that is perfect to pack for lunch. We (blogging marathoners) are starting a new week of mega marathon today. I’m going to post some easy and interesting Lunch box recipes this week. I’m going to start off with this quick Paneer fried rice that is both filling…
Sheermal is an rich aromatic flatbread flavored with saffron and ground cardamom. For the second day of blogging marathon under ‘Sweet Flatbreads’ theme, I made some rich and aromatic flatbread called Sheermal. These are traditional flatbreads of Persion origin — frequently made in Iran. They brought them to India and this bread is made popular…
BM# 73: Week 4/ Day 1 Theme: Bookmarked Recipes Dish: Coconut Malai Laddoo from Manjula’s Desi Fiesta We are in the last week of this month’s blogging marathon and my theme for this week is probably one of my most favorite themes, ‘Bookmarked Recipes‘. This theme gives me a chance to try some of the recipes…
BM# 72: Week 2/ Day 2 Theme: Festival Special Dish: Lohri — Til ki Burfi For the second day of this week’s ‘festival special’, I made Til Burfi to celebrate Lohri. It is a popular festival celebrated in Punjab and is traditionally associated with the harvest of crops in January. It also commemorates the passing of…
I have nothing to boast about my roti making skills. I have to kick myself in the back for not even trying to watch and learn when my mom made rotis. I couldn’t even roll a roti (I’m not too confident even now, to be honest) until my husband taught me how to. He used to make rotis for us and slowly I started learning and making them on my own. Both of us are not big roti eaters and frankly during the week I don’t have time to make them. When my MIL visits us, she makes the rotis…