The recipe I first shared with you guys used spaghetti squash in place of noodles, but even in that post, I told you that there was no way to compare spaghetti squash to the signature wide rice noodles used to make authentic drunken noodles (or Pad Kee Mao). Well, the Paleo Parents figured out a way around that… wide CARROT noodles! Genius, right? I feel like these wide carrot noodles somehow tricked my brain into thinking that I was eating wide rice noodles (I mean, you will need to use your imagination)....

Cauliflower is one of my favorite veggies and I love to have this with simple rasam and rice and even as a side dish for chapatis too. Being bored with the usual Cauliflower Curry I was thinking of making some different with cauliflower and tried out cauliflower curry using freshly ground pepper. It turned out amazing well and especially kids enjoyed this a lot. Go ahead and try out this cauliflower pepper fry recipe....

I was planning to post this sundal recipe next week. But I have already started receiving invites from my friends for navaratri. So I thought it would be easy for them to plan the menu if I posted it now. Check out my collections of Navaratri recipes. Generally in most Tamil Brahmin houses and other people who keep you make the traditional sundal. This sundal is a different one from the usual sundal we make....

Cheese and Bacon Bread Boats When my mother saw a photo of this, she laughed out loud and said “you really come up with some odd ideas, don’t you?”. I paused a moment and wondered, would this be too weird to share? Then I decided, heck, no way! I love this. It is so yummy. It really does taste like a quiche, but with a significantly higher crunch factor. It is SO GOOD that I have to share it!...

These are like the chicken and broccoli version of good ole’ Rissoles! Serve this for dinner with crusty bread slathered with butter and a side salad. Or put out a platter with a dipping sauce as a starter to share! Cheesy Chicken Patties Fritters? Or patties? I couldn’t decide. And I kept flopping back and forth so you’ll probably see them used interchangeably throughout this post – and even the video (which I just realised I made with FRITTERS plastered all over it....

Find the recipe on page 90 of Dinner. I’m not just doing this to torture you, I promise. This page exists to display the how-to video for this recipe which I exclusively created for my debut cookbook, Dinner. Every recipe in the cookbook has a tutorial video. To watch it, you simply scan the QR code with your phone or tablet and it will take you straight to the recipe video like the one shown above!...

The dressing can be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to a week.

Keeps perfectly for days, serve it as is, stuff into soft rolls or wraps, crispy burrito style! Crustless Quiche If you were to drop round on any given day, there’d likely be some version of crustless quiche in my fridge. This, along with Baked Frittata, are two of my most used fridge clean out recipes because they’re both terrific quick dump-and-bake recipes. This does take 30 minutes or so to bake....

I’ve got a solution to the samosa snacking problem: DECONSTRUCTED BEEF SAMOSAS! What does that even mean? It means you can eat as much samosa filling as you want! Well, it kinda, basically means that. It’s essentially a plate of samosa filling with a side of Coconut Flour Naan or Paleo Naan that has been baked in an oven to make it crispier and pastry-like! Then you use the cracker-y, crispy bread to scoop beef samosa filling into your mouth....

Chocolate clusters are nuts coated in melted chocolate. You can use any nut of your choice. They are bake-free goodies, perfect for a party or for gifts. We make this with nuts and melted chocolate. What are the main ingredients of Chocolate clusters We use semi-sweet chocolate chips of dark chocolate and any nuts of your choice. I have used almonds and cashew nuts. You can use a mix of roasted peanuts, pecan, macadamia nuts, and pistachio too....

(Well, maybe not. Nothing beats the real deal, after all. But this emergency version is excellent for the minimal effort required!) Emergency baked fried rice OK, you’re right, this isn’t fried rice per se! It’s a baked rice. But I call it a baked fried rice because it’s everything we love about fried rice, without the frying! It will save you on all those nights when you’re scrambling for a quick side dish that will go with almost everything and please everyone....

Fennel Salad Fennel is so refreshing, I love it raw. Shaving it is a great way to use it in salads because it really tones down the aniseed flavour that many people find off-putting about fennel. In fact, I’ve served shaved fennel salads to quite a few people who aren’t a fan of fennel and they all loved it! This fennel salad is a classic combination of flavours that’s an outright copy of salads I’ve had at fine dining restaurants and good bistros....

Gajar ka Halwa is also known as gajrela (see my recipe here), and it’s one of my dad’s favorite desserts. Today is my dad’s birthday, and so I came up with this cake recipe for him 🙂 I made this cake earlier in the week, and it turned out amazingly. I’m going to bake this same cake later today so we can enjoy it tonight! If you like carrot cake and cardamom, you’ll love this cake....

“Gingerbread Boxes and Mason Jars are my solution for a Christmas centrepiece/gift which is a more sensible size than making a gigantic Gingerbread house that won’t get eaten.” Last year I made a Gingerbread House for my family Christmas dinner. Other than the fact that tins of lentils I used to stabilise the walls got trapped inside the house (I forgot they were there when I put the roof on) and that the house went a bit lopsided when I was driving to my mother’s house (hence the ribbon around it), I was rather chuffed with my efforts....

Cauliflower florets 2 cup (around 15 pieces) Thick Yogurt 1/4 cup Red chilli powder 1 tsp Fennel powder 1/4 tsp Salt to taste Curry leaves few Orange food colour A pinch (optional) Rice flour 3 tblsp Oil to fry Video of how to make Gobi 65 Wash and clean the cauliflower florets. I generally do not blach the cauliflowers which we get here ad it will get mashed while cooking....

I have posted Khaman Dhokla recipe in Jeyashris Kitchen many years ago. The one which I posted is not a vegan version. I have added yogurt in that dhokla. This Instant Dhokla recipe, I learnt from my Gujarati friend a few weeks ago. She is the one who taught me the recipe of Bajra Vadi recipe. I am going to share the recipe of Soft and spongy homemade dhokla recipe....

Mango pickle is one of my favorite items served on the wedding menu. Sometimes when we attend a very close family wedding, we pack, puli kaichal, mango pickle, and some vadams from the marriage caterer. Amma makes very delicious mango thokku. Still, we love this venthaya maanga, that’s how we call this at home, very much. Usually, curd rice is the best pair for this oorugai, but we love this with sambar rice or kootu rice....

This Kerala style moong dal payasam is sweet, creamy and absolutely delicious! Moong dal payasam is basically the south Indian version of kheer but instead of rice we’re using small yellow lentils and instead of milk, we’re using coconut milk! Kerala Style Moong Dal Payasam The name of the South Indian state of Kerala translates to “the land of coconut trees,” and so it’s no surprise that this traditional moong dal payasam calls for coconut milk....

‘Tis the season to make rice pudding! Isn’t it great how rice pudding is so universal? Every culture seems to have their own version of this dessert! I think that’s why rice pudding is a comfort food dessert for so many people. Let me tell you how this creamy peppermint rice pudding came to be. I make rice pudding all the time and it’s almost always Indian rice pudding (kheer) which is different in both flavor and consistency than this recipe (my kheer recipe is in my cookbook Indian Food Under Pressure and it is sooo good)....

I make shrimp biryani at least once a month because my husband and I both love it so much. It feels like a treat meal even though it’s so easy to make. We try to sit down together and eat as a family as often as possible, but on the nights I make this biryani (or any biryani), Roby and I wait to eat until after we put Tony to bed....