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Making a side dish for Vegetable Fried Rice (or noodles) usually leaves me in a cloud of flour dust, crankiness due to the heat of the oil I need to deep fry stuff in (you know, for gobi manchurian and such) and the humidity in Singapore doesn’t help matters much. While I would definitely agree that a finished Gobi Manchurian or Chilli Paneer is a thing of beauty and deliciousness, it’s not something I would make often simply because of the number of steps and the chances of messing up the kitchen and my hair....

Not Boring Quinoa Bowls This healthy and nutritious quinoa bowl has made it onto our repeat list. We love how quick and easy it is to make, and I can’t get enough of that lemon tahini dressing! Here are a few tricks for making the best quinoa bowls at home: Start with fluffy quinoa! Follow our quick recipe for cooking quinoa at home. With our recipe, you are guaranteed to have fluffy quinoa ready for this bowl....

How to Make Thattai Mix all the ingredients and make a thick dough adding very little water at a time. Divide and shape into marble-sized balls. Normally, the store bought ones are bigger but I made them small so that I can use less oil while frying. Dampen fingers and gently the flatten the dough on a plastic sheet (I cut up the plastic bag in which I got the urad dal), to get a uniform disc of about 0....

Our family is obsessed with this recipe. These are the ultimate fajitas. Thanks to the combination of steak, chicken, and shrimp, they are just as good, if not better, than what you can get at a restaurant. I realize cooking three proteins for dinner seems like a lot, but with our clever recipe, it’s easier than you think. We use the same skillet to cook the steak, chicken, shrimp, and veggies, which means we build so much flavor!...

Uppu or Ulundu Kozhukattai is the salty, savoury counterpart to the sticky sweet modaks which are probably more popular. But life is all about balance and so it’s a good idea to make some of these salty kozhukattai to serve along with the sweet ones, I’d say. Going back to making kozhukattai and practise – if you’ve ever attempted them before you’d know that the fillings are usually very easy and it’s a good idea to make them first and keep them cooled and ready....

(Serves 2) For the gravy How to Make Baby Corn Manchurian:

Yam takes longer time to cook than regular vegetables so it needs to be par-boiled in boiling water before you proceed with frying it. Also, many complain of the yam irritating their hands after handling it raw. I have the same issue and sometimes, if not cooked properly, it can also create an itching on the tongue and throat, much like an allergy. To avoid the itching and irritation associated with yam, I can give you two tips....

I hope you’re all having a great weekend! Ours has been pretty chill – we went to the farmers market, Jack played video games, and I did some baking. I’m excited to share this lovely little pound cake recipe with you because I think it’s the perfect Sunday afternoon treat. It’s lightly sweet and nicely spiced. Yogurt makes it tangy while giving it a nice puffed up look. It’s moist with that perfect cake-y crumb that you want in a quick bread....

It’s starting to feel like spring! Well, actually, it’s still 30 degrees here, but it’s at least starting to look like spring out there. The sun is shining and the days are getting longer. I’m getting excited for farmers markets, peach season, and the ability to walk out the door without a coat on. As the days get brighter, I crave lighter and lighter food. Here are some of my favorites for this season!...

This air fryer asparagus recipe is one of the quickest, easiest spring side dishes. It calls for 5 basic ingredients, and it’s ready in under 10 minutes. I love that even though it’s that simple (5 ingredients! 10 minutes!), it’s still a fantastic way to showcase one of the best vegetables of the season. Who says recipes have to be complicated in order to be delicious? When it comes out of the air fryer, the asparagus is tender and juicy, with perfectly crispy tips....

Aloo beans recipe or potato beans recipe: I’ll tell you what or who this recipe is perfect for – you’re not feeling very inspired on what to cook for lunch or dinner, you like/love aloo potatoes, you have some beans lying around and you just want to make a one pot recipe with it. This is an adaption of the popular cooking technique One Pot One Shot or OPOS, a term coined by RK and popularised through his Facebook group United by Food....

Potatoes have the property to inherently make aloo parathas soft so that makes our job that much easier. Although I struggled to make the perfect aloo parathas when I started cooking, I realised with practise it’s really a piece of cake paratha! For more paratha recipes, check out gobi paratha, tawa nan, paneer paratha, and methi thepla recipe. Step by Step Aloo Paratha Recipe: Make the dough first. (I use my Kitchenaid now for making chapati dough and its a breeze, will share details in a later post)....

For more milkshake recipes, check out my mom’s avocado milkshake, banana milkshake, and the popular milkshake from Kerala, Sharjah shake with dates and banana. Apple Milkshake with Almonds Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 0 minutes Makes 2 tall glasses Ingredients: 2 apples peeled, cored, and cut into small pieces 5 almonds soaked and skinned (or 1 tbsp almond meal) 500ml of chilled milk 1-2 tbsp of sugar (adjust according to your preference)...

I first started making these avocado fries last spring. But back then, I didn’t think of them as fries. Instead, I wanted to use them as a taco filling. It sounds like a great idea, right? Crispy/creamy avocado slices spiced up with cumin and coriander and loaded into tortillas with all the fixings… Well, it turns out, these avocado fries are actually too good to bury in a taco. They’re the sort of thing that’s best devoured on its own, preferably straight off the sheet pan, preferably with a tasty sauce (or two!...

This is one of those things that we’ve been eating a lot lately and not writing about because it just seemed too simple for one whole post. But I get really excited when one recipe becomes a 2-fer, so I wanted to share… It started with the leftover basil-parsley dressing from this salad (about 1/4 cup). I tossed it in the food processor with a can of white beans, adjusted just a few seasonings (salt, pepper, squeeze of lemon), and served it on a crostini....

On that preachy note, let’s take a look at how to make Aloo Beans Sabji, shall we? Ingredients: 1 large potato, peeled, washed and cut into small cubes 15-20 beans, stringed, washed, and cut into same-sized small pieces as the potato 1 onion, sliced 1 tbsp of oil 1/4 tsp of mustard seeds 1/4 tsp of urad dal 2-3 of cloves of garlic, chopped 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder 1 tbsp of sambar powder A few of curry leaves or a small bunch of coriander leaves, for garnish...

We love this easy zoodles recipe, which uses noodles made from fresh zucchini, tomatoes, garlic, basil, and parmesan. Enjoy this light, healthy meal as-is, or add cooked garlic shrimp, baked tofu, or juicy chicken breasts. This zucchini pasta recipe only takes 20 minutes. It’s also low on calories and carbs while having maximum flavor! See below for our easy recipe and my best tips for making zucchini noodles (with and without a spiralizer)....

This breakfast burrito recipe is my ideal weekend breakfast. I love it because it’s fun, fresh, filling, and healthy, and it’s also a great way to use up odds and ends of ingredients I have leftover from recipe testing (or, you know, just making dinner) during the week. That half bunch of cilantro? Gone. The last little bit of cabbage? In it goes! Random black beans or avocado? This breakfast burrito is starting to sound good…...