My Food Journey

One pot meals that are super quick, easy to make and delicious are the need of the hour. With the lockdown, work from home and with kids online studies along with all the big and small household chores, I am sure everyone is finding it difficult to cook elaborate meals like me. I usually cook with whatever I have in hand and try to combine veggies. One such search in refrigerator, I found some spring onions and spinach. I had no idea what to cook and neither had time to cook a sabji, curry and rice. Well, frankly I just kept adding what I had and it turned out to be super tasty dish. Best part was my kid ate the spinach without complaining. This one pot meal is wholesome, healthy, comforting and super quick vegetarian option. Most of these recipes are quick to cook, and require 20-30 minutes. These are complete meals by themselves. You can eat them on their own or just with a side of curd/raita or pickle is enough. I also used little coconut milk for this recipe and it defin...

While we enjoy having one pot meals, we love it sides such as salads, papad and pickles. And one such raita we love is  Masterchef Mom 's Achari tomato raita. Do check her Instagram page as well as youtube for more such amazing unique recipes. I have made this so many times, that I thought its deserves a small place on the blog. Its super easy to make and goes well it all kinds of pulao's. You can check rice recipes to go cook along with this raita  Here Ingredients:  Tomatoes - 2 - 3 finely chopped * Green chillies - 5 finely chopped Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp  Salt to taste  Yoghurt whisked - (I took 1 cup) Oil - 2 tsp Coriander leaves  - for garnish (optional) Method:  Chop the tomatoes and chillies finely and keep aside Take a pan and add 2 tsp oil, when its hot add mustard seeds Once mustard seeds splutter , add in the chopped green chillies Saute it for 1 min and then add in the chopp...

Kheer or payasam is the most preferred dessert when it comes to special occasions in my house and I keep making different varieties of kheer. This time while browsing for kheer recipe, I found out this very unique kheer recipe and decided to try it for our anniversary.  Apple Payasam is another version of the traditional milk based dessert. Its creamy and extremely tasty. My son who doesn't eat apple at all, was seen demanding more of this tasty kheer. Its best to use full cream milk for this kheer as for any other kheer. This is what will give you a creamy and rich kheer. This was the first time I tried making a fruit based kheer and it turned out to be delicious. You can check out other Indian Desserts  here.  Lets see how this is done. Step by step images are given below for reference.  Ingredients : 1 apple 1 tsp Ghee or clarified butter 3 cup milk ¼ cup condensed milk / milkmaid (add more if you like) ¼ tsp cardamom powder 2 tbsp dry ...

Well I do not know where to start about this dish. Its one of my most favorite dishes I have tried from all the places I have been too. Not just because I am a sweet tooth person but also because its actually  a dish which is awesome and heavenly in every sense. I had these when we visited my uncle in Indonesia during one of our Christmas breaks. I had many dishes during our visit, savory and sweet but this is one dish which has left a mark on me. I remember going out at midnight on the streets in Indonesia and seeing these amazing food stalls all packed to serve delicious street food. Thats when we had one of these giant pancakes which had a cheesy, chocolaty, nutty filling inside them. I love this martabak manis so much because they are so soft, spongy, and I just like biting into the crunchy peanuts with chocolate and savory cheese. The sweet and mild savory combination was truly amazing!!! We have all different kinds of pancakes with different names all around th...