Here's a carrot pasta sauce that'll fool you into thinking you are having mac n cheese! Silky smooth, creamy and luscious but without any cheese. Such a delicious way to add veggies to kid friendly meals. Hey luscious, creamy, awesomeness! I've been making a carrot pasta sauce for years. Not because its a way to sneak vegetables into the kids' food (which it is!) but also because it's delicious. Like truly tasty! Looking for more Kids Recipes? Please try out Millet Pancakes, Veggie Pancakes, Ragi Crepes, Green Muffins and homemade Tomato Ketchup That's why it's a lunch box favourite and dinne ..read more

These Vegetable Pancakes have a total of 4 cup of veggies. They are super crunchy outside and their dippable power is high, which makes it a true kid friendly recipe in my books! It's a lunch box winner! These Veggie Pancakes are inspired by the Korean Vegetable pancake or Yachaejeon which my kids love when we hit the Korean restaurants. But they are made with healthier flours - rice flour and gram flour (besan) and a ton of veggies! This also makes these gluten free vegetable pancakes in case your kids or you have a gluten allergy. Why it's Kid Friendly? Kids generally love pancakes, round s ..read more

Chocolate Ragi Pancakes are the perfect kid friendly breakfast or snack that make a regular appearance in my daughters tiffin box! I'm starting a new series today called the 'Tiffin Series' and I have TEN AMAZING RECIPES that I'll share here over the next few weeks. These are incredibly simple, nutritious kid friendly recipes that are tried and tested on my kids and neighbours kids and their friends and have received a thumbs up all around! The first in the series had to be these Chocolate Ragi Pancakes because I make them every single week and my four year old loves them. Drizzled with some ..read more

Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving or not, this Thanksgiving Dinner with an Indian Twist will get you calling friends and family and setting a dinner date-and-time right away.  This is my desi take on a traditional Thanksgiving dinner – bread rolls meet ladi pav, baked turkey meets a whole masala roast chicken… you get the delicious picture. Add these to your menu and you’ll find your gratitude list to be extraaa long this year. Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and if you’re looking to spice things up with an  Indian touch to your dinner table this year, or if you’re just lo ..read more

Paneer kali mirch may not be your go-to restaurant order, but it is still one of the tastiest paneer curries out there. Featuring a luxurious, creamy gravy, the flavours of this dish are mild yet delicious. This is one recipe that’s going to appeal to adults and kids alike!  Paneer kalimirch is perfect for the days when strong paneer cravings strike, but the usual suspects like paneer butter masala, shahi paneer or lababdar can sometimes feel a bit monotonous. This paneer curry features a luxurious white gravy that’s silky smooth and creamy, but doesn’t use a bucketful of cream. Instead ..read more

These air fryer roasted makhana and nuts are the perfect way to welcome healthy snacking into your life. Crispy, crunchy, delicious, and insanely easy to make. Roasting in the air fryer means there’s no need for excess oil, and everything’s ready in 20 minutes! Love using your Air Fryer? Try my Air Fryer Malai Broccoli, Air Fryer No Yeast Pizza, Air Fryer Stuffed Chicken Breasts and Air Fryer Kurkuri Bhindi! If you’ve never tasted makhana before, consider this your cue to make some right now! Also known as fox nuts, popped lotus seeds or phool makhana, these babies are loaded with healthy v ..read more

These naan bombs are everything you’d want a snack to be! Imagine pulling apart a wood-fired naan dough ball that’s stuffed with an achari paneer filling and brushed with some garlic chili butter. It doesn’t get better than that!  Some of my favorite recipes are the ones that are the result of several brainstorms and testing stages. The recipes with names you’d never heard of before (I mean, what is a naan bomb anyway!?)! I love when I can just be creative in the kitchen, and that’s how these Achari Paneer Naan Bombs were born.  Love Naan? Try my Easy Butter Garlic Naan or No Yeast ..read more

This Peanut Pumpkin Sabzi will change the way you think about pumpkin sabzis altogether! We cook diced pumpkin stir fry style and spice it with sambar powder and peanuts – and the result is a dish that’s really aromatic with a great pairing of textures.  Love Pumpkin? Try out my Creamy Roasted Pumpkin Soup and this super spicy Thai Curry Pumpkin Noodle Soup!   I’ve grown up always eating pumpkin in the form of that khatta meetha mashed kaddu sabzi that we usually make around festivals, so for the longest time, that’s all I knew a pumpkin sabzi to be.  This Peanut Pumpkin ..read more

This ragi soup is my ultimate comfort meal when I’m feeling unwell. It quite literally nurses me back to health because of how nutritious and immunity-boosting it is – not to mention, delicious! I don’t know what it is but I have gotten down with the flu way too many times this year. And every time that I begin to feel under the weather all I want to eat is something warm, comforting, and simple. It was on one of those days that this ragi soup idea was born. I love a bowl of ragi malt for breakfast so it only made sense to try out a savoury preparation with that similar consistency. I add veg ..read more

My mums sooji halwa is special because it's got this gorgeous caramel-ly nuttiness that comes from roasting the semolina (sooji) in ghee. Best enjoyed with piping hot puris - you'll never make it any other way! Love Indian Sweets? Try my Easy Rice Kheer (Indian Rice Pudding), Homemade Jalebis - Thin and Crispy or Coconut Barfi (Nariyal Burfi) I don't know if you can see it but there's a gorgeous caramel - like glaze on this suji halwa that coats every little bit of sooji and that is where this special recipe comes in! I have nothing against pale suji halwa but its just something I don't enj ..read more