Thanksgiving is always one of my favourite days of the year. For me, it's the perfect excuse to fill your home with the people you love and spend the day eating good, comfort food - like these vegan Shami Kebabs! This year, Thanksgiving will look so very different from what we're actually used to. But...
Kids Lunchbox Ideas
Kids Lunch Idea: Indian-style Keema Pasta
This recipe for my Indian-style Keema Pasta has ground chicken added to it but you can easily substitute that with other kinds of meat. For a vegan or vegetarian option, skip the meat altogether and bulk up on the vegetables. I've even made this recipe using ground soy protein instead and it was equally delicious!...
Super Easy Baked Samosas - Air Fryer & Oven Version
Although I have made Samosas from scratch at home before like these Punjabi-style Aloo Samosas and these Minty Potato Samosas, they are still deep-fried - and that alone has me often turning away from the very idea of whipping up a quick batch. I would usually make them on Diwali - the ONE day of...
Super Crispy Onion Pakoras - Indian-style Onion Fritters
These crispy Onion Pakoras or Indian-style Onion Fritters, if you seriously think about it, is a very humble dish - all you really need are onions, some chickpea flour, a couple of seasonings and oil. When we were in India a few years ago, we lived next to a recreation club that had one of...
Punjabi-style Aloo Samosas: Potato Samosas
One of my all-time favourite snacks to cuddle up with are piping hot Aloo Samosas or Potato Samosas, dipped into tangy Tamarind Chutney. 'Tis the season for love... and so said St. Valentine as we dedicate the 14th of Feb in his honour. Come February and you immediately know that LOVE is in the air...
Kids Lunch Idea: Chicken Tikka Quesadilla
When we first enrolled Little Dude at a playschool, I was giddy with excitement over the opportunity to pack him a lunchbox every day. My head buzzed with a variety of healthy school lunch ideas of tiny portions of homemade gourmet meals, like this Chicken Tikka Quesadilla, all wrapped up and sent off with love....