Persian Yogurt Mint Dip – aka Mast O Khiar

Persian Yogurt Dip or Mast o Khair is this delicious finger licking yogurt mint and cucumber dip. It is great a dip for both chips and veggies or as a side dish with rice pilaf. Living in southern California we have access to an incredible number of Persian restaurants and I always get this dip [...]

Vegetarian Sloppy Joe

My inspiration for this dish comes from the Indian dish “pav bhaji”. Pav Bhaji basically translates into bread and veggies and is a very popular street food in India. It’s a wholesome, nutritious dish that is very easy to make. In India this dish is cooked on a huge cast iron pan. The man cooking [...]

Baba Ghanoush

When I had made the yogurt eggplant aka baby ghanooush for infants a few days ago, I used the extra eggplant to make Baba Ghanoush at home for the first time. I had no idea how easy it was. I make roasted eggplant at home once every 10 days as I make this Indian roasted [...]

Baba Ganoush aka Eggplant Yogurt baby food puree

Try giving your kid eggplant and yogurt puree as a solid food and watch them love it. If they don’t what’s the worse that will happen – they will have a bite or two of it and then refuse? This way you have introduced them to a new flavor/taste and with the left over eggplant [...]

Broccoli Chicken Udon Soup

Gosh the home smells so incredible as I write this post. It’s the magic of fresh ingredients. I have been busy working 50-60 hours a week. Getting fresh homemade food on the table is difficult so I am always looking for 1 dish wonders and quick recipes and I can get to my family. Enter [...]

Indianized Mashed Potatoes

I don’t eat potatoes nearly as often as I used to before I got gestational diabetes. Everyone now and then I do love my fries but most of the times I generally do not cook with them, but when my father visits from India my home becomes potato central. He loves potatoes, he uses them [...]

Recipe: Persimmon Rice Pudding

Sometimes you have all the best intentions to make sometime and you don’t for any number of reasons. I had bought some fuyu persimmon to make some jelly at home. That was wishful thinking! Between the holidays, start up hours, kids and entertaining relatives – hmm… let’s just say they sat there! I love persimmons! [...]

Recipe: Moroccan inspired Carrots

Getting together and eating with friends and family is one of the biggest joys of life. I love the sharing of the stories, the laughter and of course the food. I love how we get the kids to sit together and eat. I am always amazed at how willing kids are to try new food [...]

Fish Tacos with a japanese twist

Perhaps the wasabi and the hand roll taco might make it sounds exotic but these tacos are the usual with a Japanese twist. I bought some store bought tortillas for these and we had homemade guacamole from the day before. The thing I will remember most about this dinner is how much fun my 3 [...]

Roasted Seaweed Snack

We have a new favorite snack at home. Everyone including our 10 month old loves it! They are so crunchy, so delicious and so affordable.  It a great snack from an unlikely source.  Are you ready for the big surprise? It’s “Roasted Seaweed”! I know, it sounds weird. But it really does taste great. It [...]

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