I am aware that there are probably a million guacamole recipes on the web all claiming to be the best, but I still feel obliged to share my personal guide on how to make the best guacamole. My guacamole is not fancy, just five simple ingredients, and some simple tips to achieve an authentic fool proof best guacamole. A good guacamole starts with perfectly ripe avocados. When buying avocados I always prefer to pick the slightly unripe avocados instead of the already perfectly ripened ones. I ...
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Moroccan Roast pepper, Tomato, and Apple Salad
My first recipe that I cooked from the cookbook Arabesque by Claudia Roden is a Moroccan Roast pepper, Tomato, and Apple salad. In this post I will be sharing why I chose this recipe, the process of making the recipe, whether I liked the dish and if I would I would make this again. How and Why I chose this recipe: The Arabesque book is divided into recipes from 3 countries Morocco, Turkey, and Lebanon. The book features starters, mains and desserts from each country. The first country that is ...
Beautiful island of Kauai: Food Guide
I love traveling and discovering a new place. After graduating high school my parents gave me the wonderful opportunity to go to Europe and India for four months. It was one of the most memorable times in my life and since then I have gotten the traveling bug. The funny thing is as much as I love exploring the world I have never had the desire to visit Hawaii. I just assumed that Hawaii would be like any other tropical island, I was so wrong. Last year, my husband and I decided to take a ...
Cookbook club/Cookbook review #1
It’s happening! A few weeks back I promised that I would post more than just recipes on the blog and I am here to deliver on that promise. I will be doing my very first cookbook review/cookbook club for the month of May/June. I will be cooking three to four recipes from the selected cookbook of the month and posting it on the blog. In each featured recipe post I will talk about what I loved about the recipe, what worked, what didn’t, and how I might add my own twist to the dish. Last week, I ...
Lentil and vegetable stew (Sai Bhaji)
Creating content for this blog is fun most of the time. I love experimenting with recipes (the kitchen clean up afterwards not so much.), taking photos, and editing photos. The part about blogging that I dread the most is writing; sometimes I know exactly what to write and then there are times (95% of the time) I am staring at the computer screen with a blank stare. I am not a writer, my grammar is not the best, and a lot times I wish I could hire a ghost writer to write my post. Any writers out ...
Fenugreek Rice Pilaf (Methi Chawal)
I have been posting a lot of Indian recipes on the blog for a while now. It was unintentional at first as I was just sharing some of my favorite Indian dishes. Truthfully I don’t want this blog just to be about Indian food, but at the same time I do feel the need to share the array of traditional cuisines native to India. Most people who are not of Indian descent or have only tried Indian food in restaurants believe that Indian cuisine consist of just butter chicken, chicken tikka masala, saag ...
Parsi Chicken Cutlets
India is one of the most ethnically diverse country in the world. There are twenty-two official languages spoken in India and more than one thousand dialects. It is also a land of many religions such as Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, and so many more. The way of dressing, the food, and the ethnicity also differs from region to region. There are many ethnic groups who migrated to India over the centuries, one such group is known as Parsee or Parsi. Parsis ...
Healthy chicken cauliflower fried rice
Hello! I am Surati I run this blog, I feel the need to re-introduce myself because I am pretty sure you might have forgotten about me. I haven’t posted anything for over a month and I would like to apologize for it. During my time away I have been cooking a lot but haven’t felt the desire to take photos, write a post, and jot down a precise recipe. I will be frank I have enjoyed my time away from the blog, but it’s time to return back to creating content like this easy recipe for Healthy chicken ...
Quick and tasty tomato cheese toast
Quick and tasty tomato cheese toast is a dish that I have been snacking on for years. It's my favorite snack toast to make and eat because it tastes a lot like a margherita pizza (my favorite), but way healthier. To make this tasty tomato cheese toast you need very basic ingredients such as juicy tomatoes, a few slices of your favorite cheese and bread, chili flakes and herbs. I can't believe I have waited this long to share this recipe, well better late than never. Before I share this ...
Sindhi Khatti Dal (sour lentil stew)
Sindhis are an ethnic group of people that hailed from Sindh (a province in present day Pakistan). During the partition of India and Pakistan, many Hindu and Sikh Sindhis chose to settle down in different regions of India in hopes of starting a new life. One of the largest Sindhi communities in India is in the city of Mumbai. My mom who is a Sindhi grew up in Mumbai. During my childhood days in India, I spent every summer vacation in Mumbai. My mom's side of the family all lives there, and ...