Author: Akansha

BREAKFAST

Aloo Paratha – Spicy Potatoes in Flatbread

One recipe I would really love to repeat is Aloo Paratha.  

Read More
SIDES

Peanut Chaat – Quick Snack

Evening comes and my Indian taste buds crave for chaats.. With tea or without? Well that depends 😊. This chaat was made by my hubby. The reason I call it a quick snack coz its reday in a jiffy. My hubby just came back from office and started chopping..I didn’t even understand why he is […]

Read More
MAIN COURSE

Rajma Masala

An authentic North Indian meal and a delight for everyone.. Whenever I make this in my home the bowls are just licked clean hmmm…😋. There could be different ways of cooking rajma, and here I’am sharing the way its flavoured in my kitchen. I mostly prefer kashmiri rajma beans. These beans are smaller in size […]

Read More
MAIN COURSE

Pasta with Red Kidney Bean’s Sauce

Pasta with red kidney bean’s sauce is one healthy and wholesome meal.

Read More
CAKES & BAKES FOR A SWEET TOOTH

All Spiced Up Chocolate Cake

  This …my birthday cake for me… 😊 . Do what makes you Happy on your Birthday .. and Roses do heighten the happiness.. Celebrations in our home calls for sweets like laddoos(check out my recipes of Nutriballs , Sesame seed laddoos) , jalebis , rice payasam, rabdi , rasagullas… But on birthdays we want cake […]

Read More
MAIN COURSE

Cauliflower in Spicy Greens

I had shared a recipe of cooking caulifower curry aka The Golden Cauliflowers long time back . I get fedup of preparing some things the same way and thats when, I remembered this curry recipe my mom used to cook sometimes. The spicy greens is a mix of spinach, green chillies, coriander, ginger, garlic and […]

Read More
CHUTNEYS & DIPS

Peanut Butter

Peanut Butter .. This was the first thing I made in January 2019. Started my new year on a healthy note..

Read More
MAIN COURSE

Daal Tadka – My Winter Daal

A Healthy and Delicious Winter daal .. Always my comfort food – Daal. Pigeon peas / tur daal / arhar daal With the bad cold outside and me down with bad throat, I just yearned for a bowl of Daal but, wanted something strong in it. So, I packed up my plain daal with a […]

Read More
FOR A SWEET TOOTH

Nutriballs from Sesame Seeds – Til Ke Laddoo

Delicious and healthy Laddoos (nutriballs) made with Sesame seeds and Jaggery.

Read More
MAIN COURSE

Maa-Ki-Daal

Daals are always a favourite in my home and Maa-ki-Daal is one of them. Maa-ki-Daal is a classic Punjabi Daal made from Black gram / Whole Urad Daal. This Daal is cooked for a long time till it gets a mushy texture. In olden days this daal was slow cooked in an open vessel for […]

Read More