The first time I ate stuffed mushrooms was in Sweden where the button mushrooms are bigger than what we get in India. I remember friends going mushroom picking and always giving us a basket of foraged mushrooms, chanterelle among them. In the US, I got introduced to the portobello mushrooms which are meaty mushrooms and…
Category: Recipes
Healthy Quinoa Salad
Most of the time we think of healthy food and we and equate it to a drab, tasteless meal and especially, if it is a salad, we think of rabbit food. This salad is healthy and tasty, full of veggies and with a lime chilli vinaigrette. I was also making hummus and had some cooked…
A Hack to keep Sticky Ingredients (like Honey and Peanut Butter) sticking to your Measuring Spoon
This happens a lot while baking. You need honey to make granola or peanut butter to make cookies. You pour the honey into your measuring cup to measure 1/2 a cup and then pour into our ingredients, half the honey sticks to your cup. You then spend precious time scraping out the honey; the same…
Hummus – Healthy and Easy to make
When I have guests, I have some easy appetizers and dips that I make. Hummus is one of them. I think the first time I ate hummus was at Oasis Falafel in Iowa city. It is a very small restaurant with maybe four tables but with the best falafel and hummus. Because I am lactose…
Chocolate Chip Nut Brownies
I had posted a brownie recipe earlier. You cannot have enough brownie recipes in your repertoire. This is from a recipe book ‘Chocolate’ by Christine McFadden and Christine France. These brownies and gooey and fudgy. Do try! It is a really simple, easy and a quick recipe. I whipped this up in 10 minutes and…
Masala Omelette
The easiest thing to do is to whip up a few eggs and make a scrambled egg or an omelette. Many times, when I am alone, I whip up an omelette with onions and mushrooms and it is a complete meal. I also add capsicum, spinach and tomatoes. I can have it for breakfast, lunch…
Spinach Chutney (Basale Soppina Chutney)
The other day I bought some Malabar spinach (Basella Alba). This spinach is a climber and grows really well in South India. It is high in Vitamin A, c, iron, and calcium. You can make a stir-fry or throw it into a sambar or dal and it is delicious. While I was wondering what to…
Coorgi Mushroom Curry (Kummu Curry)
My mom often talks about her childhood in Coorg walking many many miles to school, climbing trees, throwing stones at the mangoes and eating many fruits and berries on the way. She spoke of the different wild mushrooms growing and that they picked these mushrooms and that the flavor those mushroom had is not the…
Vegan Roasted Pumpkin Soup
Happy Thanksgiving! One of my favorite vegetables is Pumpkin. (OK I feel like I say it every time I write about a vegetable – spinach, eggplant, mushroom, carrot …) In the west, you think of pumpkins in October and November. But in India, you cook it through the year in sambar and a lot of…
Candied Orange Peel
This is a versatile condiment to have. Throw it in the freezer and use it whenever you want. Top chopped bits on ice creams or add it to an orange, chocolate or fruit cake. Dip these in melted dark chocolate and let it dry for a few minutes and you have a delectable treat. This…
Chai With Preethi 