My Favorite Recipes Collection: March 2024

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Kothmaria Fried Ghobi and Tofu (Fried Cauliflower and Tofu with Cilantro Pesto) A Delicious Indo-Chinese Twist

Most of my recipes are inspired by nostalgia from my childhood memories and or from recent experiences from local or travel abroad from restaurants. I rely on my palate...

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Homemade Passion Fruit Ice Cream without eggs

A while ago a we found this Passion fruit honey puree at Costco, I loved it. Its consistency was thick…

Mango Strawberries Yogurt Parfait

Parfait is a French word literally meaning "perfect" commonly employed to describe a kind of frozen dessert,…

Paneer Kathi Roll

This Paneer roll recipe was an inspiration to me from a snack that I always have when I visit Bombay (now…

Famous Dubai Pistachio Chocolate Bars Recipe with Homemade Pistachio butter/cream: My adapted version

The credit goes to My dear friend Sulu for introducing me to this delicious chocolate bar. Last month she…

Rasgullas like my mom used to make

This recipe is definitely "the" one Indian recipe that I would like to pass it to my kids. This is what I…

Grilled/smoked Eggplant (Bharta)

This can be used as side vegetable dish or a dip.Serving 4-61 large eggplant purple or white (or 2 medium)1…

Homemade Hawaiian Macademia Nuts Pancake with Homemade Coconut Pineapple Syrup

We were in Maui, Hawaii last year and stayed at Napili Bay resort. Right on the edge of Napili Bay…

Applebee's Walnut Blondie with Maple Butter Sauce

Ingredients:For dough 1 cup sifted flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/8 tsp baking…

Homemade Rye Bread

I always wanted to achieve perfection in baking home made fresh bread. I acquired this recipe from a…

Raw Green Mango and Indian Goose berry Pickle (Amia and Amla Pickle) in USA

If you recall the last recipe I posted was of Raw mango pickle, which I made out of frozen raw green Mango…

Neiman Marcus Cookies:

Ingredients: 1 cup of butter ( 2 sticks) 12 oz chocolate chips 1 ½ cup of nuts of any choice 2 cups…

Malai Kofta

What I love about my blog is that I myself don't know what recipe I am going to post next. It is totally…

Green Tomato Salsa

I love green tomatoes!! Thanks to Debbie P., for giving me so many green tomatoes from her garden. Usually…

Kesari Seviyan/Vermicelli Halwa with Pineapple and Nuts

In English, the Italian loanword "Vermicelli" is used to indicate different sorts of long pasta shapes…

My Fav Soul Food: Pakora Kadi: A Recipe from Agra

Pakora Kadhi is my favorite of all the Kadhi. I can eat it with rice, with Naan, with Roti or Chapati or just…

Easy Moist Nutty Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins wth a Secrete Ingredient.

I wanted to try out my new silicone muffin pans and had all the ingredients and with left over nut mix in the…

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

My colleague Jan H. at work is just amazing !! Whenever she brings a dish to share, and you ask for a recipe,…

Black Chick Peas Salad/Chat

This is my favorite snack and salad. This can be served as a side dish, or salad, or as an appetizer. I…

Eggless Turtle Brownies

These brownies are eggless, very delicious, but just a word of caution, these are very, very rich.…

Sun-dried Tomato Salsa

With graduation parties around the corner and for other summer parties, this is…

Spicy Mexican Veg Chili with Medley of Peppers

Hats off to my co-worker T. O. F. for having Chili cook off this time of year, which is…

Fresh Ginger & Turmeric root Relish with Green Chili peppers

My father used to love this relish on the side with Indian meals. You can make this only with fresh ginger…

Stuffed Sour Dough Bread with Jalapeno peppers, Green Onions and Cheese

From now on, I will always have sour dough starter in my fridge, which I do feed every once in a…

Corn, Black beans, and Rice Salad

This recipe yields about 8 servings. You can make this from left over cooked rice. Goes very well…

Veggie Sizzler

This is a fun way to…

Dahi bada

This recipe may sound a little complicated to some of you, but if you like yogurt and spices you would love…

Instant Red Chili Pickle

I, being the firstborn of my parents, my dear mom was always very anxious to send me to different classes…

Trifle/Punch Bowl Cake

Trifle is a dessert dish made from thick (or often solidified) custard,…

Turkish Pistachio Delight with Loads Pistachioes and a Hint of Orange flavor (Locum)

Turkish delight or Lokum is a family of confections based on a gel of starch and sugar. Premium…

My Spicy Pav Bhaji

Everyone in India has their own version of making Pav Bhaji, and everyone tries to make it so it tastes like…

Spicy Corn Bread Casserole

Ingredients: 1 (15 1/4-ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained 1 (14 3/4-ounce) can cream-style corn 1…

Rajma (Kidney beans)

Ingredients• 2 cups dry Kidney beans or 2 cans of kidney beans• 1 teaspoon of salt• ½ teaspoon of baking…

Simple Chilean Recipe for Sweet Crepes with Dulce de Leche and Roasted Pecans

Dulce de leche is a confection from Latin America prepared by slowly heating sweetened to…

My New Kitchen :)

This was the main reason, I have been absent from blogging for almost 5 long months. Yes, we remodeled…

My Final Perfected Full Proof Recipe for Plain and Chili Garlic Naan without Tandoor Oven

Naan in parts of the Indian subcontinent usually refers to a specific kind of thick flatbread (another…

Moong Dal Palak (Moong dal Spinach)

Ingredients:* 1 cup moong dal* 3/4 teaspoon salt * 2 cups of water* 1 pound of spinach (can use…

Fruit Cocktail: My Fond Nostalgic Childhood Memory of Mumbai

Long before the smoothies came in to this world and became popular amongst foodies, my first encounter with…

Nutella and Brownie Filled Nutty Chocolate Chip Cookies

I always wanted make something with Nutella. I love brownies filled cookies. I happened to make…

Southwestern Creamy/Chunky Spicy Veggie Soup

I had soup similar to this at Panera a while back during one of winters. Now they don't have it on their…

Creamy Cucumber and Tomato Salad with Dill

For my friend's son's Mehndi party I was asked to make a salad, which would go with spicy Indian food and…

Coriander Chutney (Cilantro Pesto)

Coriander chutney goes well with all Indian North Indian and South Indian Snacks, all kinds of…

Hot and Spicy Baked Mexican Santa Fe Dip

This is a re-post. Originally posted on 8/20/2010. I Used to make it a lot but I haven't made…

South Indian Dal Vada

This recipes yields about 45 pieces of this yummy finger food.Ingredients:* 2 cups Chana dal* 2 cups green…

Vegetarian Colorful Stuffed Bell Peppers with Smoked Gouda.

Stuffed peppers is a dish which exists in different names and forms…

Roasted Spicy Hungarian Peppers in Garlic and Olive Oil

Ingredients:* 8 medium/small Hungarian peppers, washed and dried* 1/2 cup olive oil* 1-2 tablespoons lemon…

Simple Bhindi Masala (Bhindi ki sabji)

Okra is known in many English-speaking countries as lady's fingers or gumbo) is a flowering plant in the…

Instant Handwo Recipe on StoveTop

Handwo, a delicious savory cake made from rice, lentils and vegetables like Corn, Carrot,…

Fruity Nutty Shrikhand

My mom and her mom and her mom had been making this yogurt recipe long before the fruit yogurt was…

Green Tomato, Corn and Pineapple Salsa

Yummy, sweet, savory, chunky with a full body to it and Spicy !! These are the qualities your taste…

Eggless Dinner Rolls (Indian Pav for Pav Bhaji and Dabeli) with Sourdough Starter.

The Pav Bread, which is the bread that is served with the bhaji in India especially in Mumbai. It is…

Triple Berry Homemade Frozen Yogurt

I must admit and you may call me crazy for this but I have never been Ice cream or frozen treats fan.My sons…

Duchess Cheese Soup

People usually make jokes about Hospital food, but I had totally opposite experience. In 1993, I was doing…

Shalgam ka Bhartha / Curried Mashed Turnips

Ingredients: 5 Turnips washed, peeled and cut into cubes 1 Green…

Chili/Garlic/Cilantro Naan

As I mentioned in my earlier post of dinner rolls, I made 12 dinner rolls from the recipe I just posted…

Eggless Nutty Key Lime White Chocolate Chip Cookies

I decided to make the Key Lime Cookies again without eggs this time. I also wanted to bake…

My Chocolate Chip Cappuccino Muffins Just like MH

So I have been working at this local major hospital for 26 years and its cafeteria has the BEST chocolate…

Okra Curry

One of my good friend and my blog reader suggested that I should post the pictures in order that the item was…

Creamy Roasted Pablano Pepper Soup with Corn

I first had this soup at a local Mexican Restaurant. Unfortunately rest of the food was not very good, and…

My Table-side "Wholly" Chunky Guacamole

This recipe was inspired by one of the restaurants that I went to in Newport Beach California, where they…

Elote Mexican Street Grilled Corn in Salad Form

In Central America and Mexico, an ear of corn, on or off the plant, is called “elote” (from the Nahuatl …

Spicy Garlic Paste/Chutney

This can be used as a spicy condiment on side. I use it on my Paneer roll. Caution: Very Spicy…

Besan Burfi

Our favorite Nephew "Rahul" is getting married. It seems likes yesterday when I first met him, when he was…

My Versatile Vegetarian Filling to make Cutlets, Stuffed Paratha and Malai Koftas

I could have written three different posts for these three recipes but since the base is the same so I…

Spicy Baked Brie

Brie is a soft cows' cheese named after Brie, the French province in which it originated (roughly…

Spicy / Tart Tropical Fruits with Tajin and Chamoy : A Mouthwatering Mexican Latin American Street Food Treat !!

In Latin America, Mexico has one of the most extensive street food cultures, with about 43% of the population…

Eggless Brazilian Pao de queijo (Cheese Bread from Brazil)

Pão de queijo (Portuguese pronunciation: "cheese bread" in Portuguese) or Brazilian cheese bread is a…