Onions caramelized in masala and swirled with flaky, buttery puff pastry. These are the perfect appetizer for any celebration!
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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.
Instant Pot Ven Pongal
Ven Pongal is a buttery lentil-rice porridge. Moong dal and rice are cooked together in the instant pot until they meld and topped with ghee infused with ginger, curry leaves, and black peppercorn.
Elumichai Sadam (Indian Turmeric Lemon Rice with leftover rice)
Elumichai Sadam (the Tamil name for Indian turmeric lemon rice) is a zesty and bright rice dish topped with crunchy peanuts that will spice up leftover rice in minutes.
Easy-Breezy Ghee
Making ghee at home is easy. In a matter of minutes you can transform butter into this nutty ingredient packed with tons of flavor.
Cilantro-Mint Chutney Tea Sandwiches
Cut off the crusts of some white wonder bread, get your finest creamy butter, gorgeous green cilantro mint chutney, and a sprinkle of peppery mustard seeds for this simple but flavorful sandwich that is sure to impress at high tea or your next picnic.
Crispy Onion Rava Dosa
Crispy Onion Rava (Semolina) Dosa is a quick and easy South Indian crepe to dunk into chutneys and sambars!
Spicy Indian Cilantro Mint Chutney
This spicy and herbaceous cilantro mint chutney is the perfect Indian condiment to spread on sandwiches, dip your samosas in, and drizzle over chaat!
Indian Oven-Fried Cornflake Mixture Chicken
Oven-Fried Cornflake Mixture Chicken! This is a great weeknight recipe that satisfies your craving for a flavorful fried chicken without breaking out the deep fryer!
Funfetti Fennel Cupcakes
Funfetti fennel cupcakes with whipped honey orange buttercream! This recipe uses saunf mitai or candied fennel seeds for a flavor packed twist to the traditional funfetti cake.
Masala Chai | Indian Spiced Tea
Masala Chai is an Indian black tea that is brewed with warming spices for a creamy and delicious drink.
Oven Baked Samosa Pot Pie with Potato and Peas
Samosa pot pie combines classic oven baked American pot pie with the flavors of an Indian potatoes and peas samosa. It is an easy dish that feeds a large crowd and doesn't require frying!
Beetroot Roti
Beetroot Roti! Roti is the staple flatbread in most Indian households. It should have crispy charred leopard-like spotting but also be soft and tender enough to tear it apart and bend it into a vessel for vindaloo. A roti should be nutty in flavor -- complex enough to eat on its own, yet subtle enough to act as a supporting partner to the kormas it hoists.
Indian Crispy Curly Kale Chaat Appetizer
A baked crispy curly kale that is layered with mouth-watering Indian spices for a delicious Indian kale chaat. It is a great appetizer that also happens to be healthy!
Sourdough Uttapam (Savory South Indian Pancakes)
Uttapam is traditionally made from a fermented rice batter, but in my version I’ve swapped it out for the fermented sourdough.
Caramelized Masala Onion Breakfast Tart
This open-face tart has as its foundation a buttery-flakey puff pastry which supports a nest of sweet and spicy caramelized onions. At bulls-eye center is the picture-worthy runny egg yolk waiting to ooze into your mouth upon your first bite.
Getting In Touch With Your Food: Eating With Your Hands
The Beauty of Eating With Your Hands At some point or another you have probably experienced the sweet satisfaction of eating with your hands. Maybe it was that large, floppy, triangular slice of New York-style pizza which you folded with your thumb and forefinger and aimed like an arrow towards your mouth. Maybe it was...
Indian-Style Bruschetta with Ricotta
This recipe is an Indian twist on a traditional Italian appetizer. Savory curry leaf and warm spiced Indian-style tomato chutney sits on top of a mound of creamy whole milk ricotta and crusty grilled baguette making it the perfect handheld appetizer that will impress your guests!
Sweet and Spongy Badam (Almond) Milk Pancakes
This recipe is based off of a sweet almond (badam) milk from a Chennai sweet shop dressed up as a traditional American breakfast food -- pancakes! The batter is made from that cardamom-y badam milk which makes these thick and fluffy pancakes sweet enough to eat on their own -- no maple syrup needed.
Moon Rice (Nila Satham)
Basmati rice mixed with tangy tomato rasam, hearty lentil sambar, masala spiced potatoes, and crushed crunchy bits of appalam all mashed into this one big pot topped off with copious amounts of melted nutty ghee.
Masala Roast Potatoes
Tender baby potatoes coated in a spice roasted tomato-onion masala.
Milagu Jeera Rasam Sadam | Spicy Rasam Rice
Milagu jeera rasam sadam is a spicy and brothy rice dish. The soupy rasam is flavored with cumin, black peppercorn, tomatoes, and tamarind and is poured over fluffy rice for a hearty meal.
Pumpkin Sambar with Moong Dal
Pumpkin sambar is a hearty spicy and sweet lentil stew that gets its depth from the moong dal, heat from warm spices, and sweetness from simmered cubes of pumpkin.
Homemade Sambar Powder Spice Blend
Freshly ground sambar powder is the foundation of a superb sambar. This powder gets its warm nutty taste from the coriander seeds, its heat and red-orange vibrance from the dried whole kashmiri chilies, and its bitterness from the methi (fenugreek) seeds.