I always love fresh home-made fruit juices. Homemade are better than the store bought one. Just because we can control the sugar amount in it. Pineapple Orange juice recipe has nice sweet and tangy flavor. I like plain freshly squeezed orange juice. But sometimes I like to combine it with pineapple. This combination is dear [...]
Oh yeah, posting one more milkshake recipe in this Summer season and that is Cashew nut and dried fig milkshake. I always enjoyed eating dried fig ice cream when I was in India. But I never get it here in USA. So I thought of making milkshake out of dried fig. It is very important to soak [...]
Date shake or Date Milkshake is very healthy (if you skip ice cream). As dates has natural sweetness in it. You don’t need any extra sugar to make this shake sweet. This is kind of recipe that your kids will like this as an after school drink. And yes adults will also like this. Even [...]
Today’s recipe is Mint Juice. Am I sure?? No wait, it is Mint Juice but with Indian spices. Let’s don’t think too much and call it a Mint Sherbet or Phudina Sherbet. It is made from mint leaves, honey, some spices and lemon juice. This is very refreshing and cooling to your body for hot [...]
Lauki Kofta curry is very popular curry recipe from Hyderabad. For those who does not know, Lauki Kofta = deep fried balls made from bottle gourd and some spices. So, lauki kofta curry means fried bottle gourd balls in onion-tomato gravy. Lauki or bottle gourd is also known as Ghiya or doodhi or Dudhi or [...]
Black eyed peas are also known as lobia, chawli, roongi in different languages. Today I am sharing Gujarati way of making lobia curry. For Punjabi style, it has onion-tomato masala same as most Punjabi curries. But in Gujarati style, its gravy is made from besan (Chickpea flour) with some spices little similar to black chickpeas [...]
I tried to make asparagus curry/subzi with Indian masalas, failed so many times that flavors don’t match. And finally come up with success recipe. Asparagus are available in this spring season right now. And I bought organic, very tender and fresh asparagus last weekend from farmer’s market. Asparagus are loaded with nutrients. I have made asparagus [...]
No one needs introduction to strawberry milkshake. Usually milkshakes recipes are very simple just add all ingredients in the blender and blend it. But this time I made little different way. I followed the recipe of Bobby Flay – one of my favorite chefs. I marinated strawberries in vanilla extract and sugar for 30 minutes. [...]
Pineapple Raita is very cooling and refreshing side dish for any meal. It is made from pineapple pieces, yogurt, some spices. I also added some toasted walnuts for some crunch. And it gives nice nutty flavor to the raita. If you don’t like then you can skip it. This pineapple raita has little bit sweet [...]
Again one more mango recipe, but this time raw mango drink recipe. It is nothing but Aam ka Panna or Mango Panna. It is made from raw mango, sugar or jaggery with some spices. It has slight tangy taste from raw mangoes and some flavors from spices. In this summer season, you need something to [...]
Eggless Mango mousse is very creamy, light and airy in the texture. And it tastes sweet with mango flavor. Only few ingredients and delicious dessert is ready in only 15 minutes. In this mango season, I have to make this yummy mousse as this is dear husband’s demand. He loves all kind of mousse. It [...]
In the summer, mangoes are widely available in fresh produce section. How can you miss the recipe made from raw/green mangoes? So today, I come up with raw mango rice. This recipe is from Andhra Pradesh (a state from south India). It is sometimes a part of menu on Ugadi festival in place of lemon [...]
Mango lassi does not need any explanation as everybody knows about it. Still for those who don’t know it is made from yogurt, mangoes, milk/water. It is thick, rich and creamy with lots of mango flavor. It is perfect for this summer. It is very refreshing and cooling beverage or dessert for hot weather. When [...]
Onion Pakoda is deep fried chickpea battered onion with some spices. It is known as Kanda Bhaji in Mumbai. For those who doesn’t know, kanda=onion and bhaji=fritters. So also known as onion fritters. These are very crispy onion pakodas. The trick is to make it crispy – Do not add any extra water. Water from [...]
