Spice Up Your Life
Holi, the festival of colors, is coming up in a week. Holi marks the arrival of spring. While this isn’t a traditional Holi food or drink, the rose flavor gives me all of the floral feels of spring. This rose cardamom chai will definitely be …
Butternut Squash is my new favorite fall vegetable. It’s basically a less sweet version of a yam or sweet potato. I’ve gotten a butternut squash almost every trip to the grocery store this fall. My favorite way to prepare butternut squash is to chop it up, sprinkle evoo with s + p, …
The fifth and final day of Diwali, Bhai Beej, revolves around the brother-sister relationship. Typically the brother will travel to his sister’s house symbolizing respect and protection. In return the sister will feed her brother. For Bhai Beej, I experimented with a new recipe I …
It’s Annakut day, the first day of the Indian New Year (lunar calendar)! Saal Mubarak! This is a common greeting for the new year, with saal meaning year and mubarak meaning good wishes. Usually, people celebrate by cooking lots of different sweets and savory snacks to take to the …
Wow that title was a mouthful! Just like these no bake mini cheesecakes! They are a mouthful of delicious floral rose notes, sweet creamy goodness, and childhood memories of dunking Parle-G cookies in BonVita milk ☺️ This was my first time cooking with rose water …
For my second Diwali recipe, I am sharing how to make mixed vegetable pakoda, also known as bhajji in certain parts of India and bhajiya in Gujarat! Pakoda are crispy fritters made with a chickpea batter, usually found at street vendors! The first few times …
Nankhatai is such a popular Indian biscuit, and this recipe modernizes the cookies in ice cream sandwiches! A unique dessert for Diwali! Breakfast or dessert, you decide if you want them with Chai or ice cream! It’s Diwali! This is the second series on my …
