Deliciously crispy vegan samosas filled with fluffy aloo (potatoes) and matar (green peas) are the perfect golden snacks to dip in sauces or to accompany your chai.
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Dahi for Chaat (Indian Yogurt Sauce)
Dahi with lemon juice and cumin to create a cool, sweet, and citrusy yogurt sauce to drizzle over chaats.
Imli Khajur Chutney (Tamarind Date Sauce)
Imli khajur chutney also known as date tamarind sauce is a thick sweet, sour, and tangy condiment that is used for chaats or as an excellent dipping sauce.
Indo-Chinese Chicken Manchurian Wings Without Frying
These crispy oven baked Indo-Chinese chicken Manchurian wings are a crunchy, spicy, and saucy appetizer that are a hit at parties and require no frying!
Super Bowl Indian Recipes for a Crowd
Checkout these easy and delicious Indian-inspired Super Bowl Party recipes to feed a crowd.
Pongal Harvest Festival 2023
Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated by Tamilians around the world. Learn more about the festival, customs, and recipes so you can celebrate in the 2023 season.
Pongal Festival Recipes
A Pongal festival menu crafted with traditional recipes like ven pongal, lemon rice, and more for your holiday celebration.
Tea Bag Chai Sugar Cookies With Brown Sugar Icing
These tea bag shaped chai sugar cookies have chai spices and tea granules baked in for an adorable tea time dessert or addition to your holiday cookie box.
Indian-Inspired Christmas Menu
A Christmas menu crafted with Indian recipes like samosa pot pie or crispy kale chaat that spice up the traditional holiday meal.
Homemade Indian Holiday Dessert Boxes
A guide to making homemade holiday boxes and cookie tins filled with Indian desserts to share with your friends and family this holiday season.
Indian-Inspired Thanksgiving Menu
A Thanksgiving menu crafted with Indian recipes like samosa pot pie or crispy kale chaat that spice up the traditional holiday meal.
History of Chai
The history of how chai became a mainstream part of Indian culture is a complicated one rooted in colonialism and capitalism. Learn about the origin of this beloved black tea that rose in popularity.
Chai Masala Powder | Indian Tea Spice Mix
Chai masala powder is an Indian tea spice mix made with a combination of warm spices like black peppercorn, cardamom, cinnamon, and fennel. This spice mix can be used to make masala chai or chai spiced desserts.
Homemade Diwali Sweets and Snacks Gift Boxes
Sharing sweet mithai treats and snacks with friends, family, and colleagues is part of the festive tradition of Diwali. Learn how to make Indian homemade sweets and snacks to put in your holiday gift boxes!
South Indian Cornflake Snack Mixture Without Frying
This spicy, crunchy, tangy South Indian cornflake snack mixture requires just a few ingredients and is so easy to make at home -- no frying necessary.
Kesar Malai Peda with Condensed Milk and Milk Powder
This easy but delicious kesar malai peda, or Indian milk and saffron fudge, comes together in minutes thanks to the help of condensed milk and milk powder.
Khajur Burfi (Indian Date and Nut Roll)
Khajur burfi is an Indian date and nut roll that has no added sugars but is naturally sweetened by dried fruit. It has crunchy nuts like pistachios, slivered almonds, and walnuts, which makes it the perfect snack for a long hike or a great sugar-free dessert.
Kaju Katli (Indian Cashew Fudge)
Kaju katli is a decadent, melt-in-your-mouth, diamond-shaped Indian dessert adorned with edible silver foil.
Instant Arisi Murukku
This instant arisi murukku made with rice flour and sesame seeds is a savory and crispy snack to be enjoyed during Deepavali or shared during tea time.
The Guide to Different Dal Varieties in Indian Cooking
This is the guide to the different types of dal or dried lentils commonly used in Indian cooking that you've been looking for! It will explain the differences between dals and which ones to use in various Indian dishes.
Keerai Paruppu in Instant Pot | Spinach Moong Dal
This keerai paruppu or spinach moong dal is a vibrant green, creamy dal that contains a daily dose of leafy spinach greens and comes together so easily in the instant pot!
Simple Moong Dal without Pressure Cooker
This simple and creamy moong dal recipe comes together on the stove in minutes --no pressure cooker or instant pot needed. It's a great dal recipe full of delicious flavor.
Simple Pineapple Rasam without Dal
This pineapple rasam has beautiful chunks of sweet pineapple that make for a sweet and spicy brothy soup that is complex in flavor but so simple to make.
Homemade Instant Rasam Powder
Homemade rasam powder with fresh aromatic spices is so flavorful and helps create rasam instantly!
Homemade Tamarind Water for Indian Cooking
Homemade tamarind water is a two ingredient recipe that is so easy to make and will add a complex sour and sweet flavor to your Indian cooking.
Kesar Mango Ice Cream
This no-churn kesar mango ice cream uses kesar mango pulp along with three other ingredients to make a simple and delicious mango ice cream.
Spicy Nimbu Pani Cocktail
This spicy nimbu pani cocktail is a refreshing Indian cocktail that has serranos for heat, lime zest for tang, and black salt or kala namak for sourness.
Baked Savory Samosa Hand-Pies
These baked savory samosa hand-pies in the shape of sunflowers are almost too cute to eat but will disappear before you know it. These samosa hand-pies are the perfect tea party or picnic snack.
Indian Nachos Chaat with Cheese
This Indian nachos chaat is the perfect crunchy and saucy vegetarian appetizer that perfectly mixes American cheesy nachos with bright Indian flavors.
Homemade Kashmiri Chili Hot Honey
Homemade Kashmiri Chili Hot Honey! Kashmiri chili powder is the star ingredient that creates this red-hued honey that is sweet and spicy.
What Rice Yields the Best Dosa Batter?
Do you really have to use idli rice to make dosa? This deep dive experiment looks at different rice varieties to see which one yeilds the best dosa.
Pal Payasam | Stovetop Indian Rice Pudding With Evaporated Milk
Pal payasam is an Indian rice pudding perfumed with cardamom. This stovetop pal payasam uses evaporated milk for a warm and decadent dessert that comes together quickly.
Caramelized Onion Puff Pastry Swirls
Onions caramelized in masala and swirled with flaky, buttery puff pastry. These are the perfect appetizer for any celebration!
Bridgerton Chai (Tea) Party
Hot masala chai is freshly brewed and poured into a ceramic teapot. Savory mint chutney tea sandwiches and spiced onion puffs line the bottom tier of the tea stand while sweet saffron-cardamom mousse cups and tea biscuits line the top.
Pineapple Kesari - A Sweet Semolina Dessert
Kesari is a sweet semolina (rava) dessert porridge popular in South India.This dish is sweet from the sugar, floral from the cardamom, tangy from the pineapple, and buttery from the ghee.
Eating from Nature's Plate - The Banana Leaf
Banana leaves are eco-friendly plates to eat off of. This is a quick guide on the ins and outs of eating on a banana leaf.
Indian Mutton Keema Aloo Cutlets in Oven
These oven baked mutton keema aloo cutlets have warm Indian spices, potatoes, and minced meat or keema for a delicious snack or appetizer that is so easy to make.
Easy Bread Upma With Egg
Bread upma uses bread croutons that are toasted in ghee, tossed with an onion-tomato masala, and blanketed with a layer of egg for a delicious breakfast or a snack.
Buttery Flaky Malabar Parotta
Parotta is a buttery flaky South Indian flatbread that is made with dough that is pleated with ghee!
Indian Curd Rice with Tadka
Indian Curd Rice with a spiced ghee tadka is the most creamy and comforting dish to spruce up that leftover rice in the fridge. It tastes extra decadent with whole milk Greek yogurt and with a side of potato fry and mango pickle.