Please get one! And then join my Facebook group, Instant Pot for Indian Food, with 250k members. 2. Read Recipes in Entirety Make sure to read through the recipes before you begin cooking so that there aren’t any surprises halfway through. 3. Gather Spices Taking a minute to gather and measure all of the spices listed in a recipe before you begin cooking can make a huge difference in the outcome of your dish....

So, give it a try. Think you know the answer? I love playing games! Okay, I’ll tell you: dates and ghee. So either you’re like “whoa, mind blown” or you’re totally unimpressed. Hopefully it’s the first. I’d love for you to think I’m awesome… The way you make these caramels is by chopping up dates and sauteing them in ghee. Doing this breaks down the fruit and allows the dates to melt into each other, forming a pliable date fudge....

Wash the rice and drain all the water. Dry it in a cloth ,by spreading the rice in the cloth. Raw rice | Pacharisi 1 and 1/2 cup Toor dal 3 tblsp Cumin seeds | jeeragam 1 tsp Pepper 1/2 tsp Red chili 1 Curry leaves few Cooking oil 1 tblsp Coconut oil 1 tblp Coconut 3 tblsp (optional) Asafoetida 2 pinches Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Salt as needed Curry leaves few This procedure helps in breaking of the rice evenly without making it a powder....

Atta ka halwa or atta ka sheera is similar to our south Indian kesari . Also called Gehun ka halwa, it is sweet made with whole wheat flour. I have tasted this a few times in my North Indian friend’s house but never tried it at home on my own. Traditionally it is served in Gurudwaras, also called Kada prasad. Today I tried it home and it came out very perfect and tasty....

I don’t like to shout out from the rooftops “this is the BEST baked Sweet & Sour Chicken!” because who’s to say that theirs is the best? But this is a darn good recipe. And it’s MY favourite way of making Sweet & Sour Chicken in the oven. Here’s why: Pretty hard to pick what I love more about this – the Sweet & Sour Sauce, or the crispy chicken!...

Wishing you all a very Happy New year 2021. Let this New year brings you an abundance of good health, joy, and happiness. Thank you so much dear readers for your continuous support. Looking forward to the same in the coming years too. Bhapa Doi I have tasted a few years back in Singapore. I happened to taste store-bought one. Recently when we visited my Cousin Anandi in Hongkong, she made Bhapa Doi for dessert....

About “Dinner” cookbook “The food you want to cook, eat and share, night after night”, aptly named “Dinner” (no exclamation mark, much to my dismay), this cookbook contains over 130 recipes plus 44 sides, sauces and other extras. Pretty hefty – bigger than typical cookbooks! What is pre-ordering? It means that a copy of my cookbook will be reserved for you just in case it sells out (imagine that! 😱). Plus you will enjoy the convenience of having it delivered directly to you when it becomes available on 11 October 2022!...

Blueberry Muffins Come blueberry season every year, I make dozens and dozens of blueberry muffins. I know, I know, I’m so disappointingly predictable. You want me to make come up with something more gourmet and exciting, and here I am, just bringing you another boring muffin recipe. Or…. are they?? No, this is not just another dull Blueberry Muffin recipe. These are the blueberry muffins of your dreams! They’re magically soft and moist on the inside with a sweet golden dome....

Today I’m sharing a recipe for a healthier type of french fry: butternut squash fries! This recipe for dill butternut squash fries comes to you from The Paleo Kitchen cookbook. This is a simple recipe that will satisfy that salty french-fry craving. I’m a huge fan of butternut squash, and I especially love when it’s roasted in the oven. After you make these dill squash fries, be sure to try my Indian roasted butternut squash recipe!...

What is Thoran? Thoran is a South Indian side dish that means “stir-fry.” It’s a common method when preparing vegetables in Keralite cuisine (Kerala is a coastal state in India, where coconut is prominent). Thoran is typically made by cooking a chopped vegetable with onions (or shallots), mustard seeds, grated coconut, spices, and curry leaves. What I love most about thoran is that the cooking method and the ingredients used merely highlight the vegetable; they don’t overpower it....

Essentially, this recipe fixes all the grievances I had with other recipes I’ve tried over my lifetime! Caramel Slice It’s practically un-Australian for a bakery to NOT sell Caramel Slice. With a simple coconut biscuit base, soft caramel filling and a chocolate topping, it’s one of those treats that’s craved by kids and grown ups. I’ve only ever known it as a Caramel Slice, but I was quite interested to learn that overseas, it’s also known as Millionaire’s Shortbread (appropriate!...

After you’ve made this, try Lamb and Vegetable Tagine! Chicken tagine Tagine is a classic North African stew made with meats and vegetables braised in a gently spiced sauce. It is traditionally made in a conical-lidded earthenware pot called a tagine (from where the dish obviously gets its name!) A tagine’s lid is shaped so all the steam trapped in the dome drips back into the dish as condensation, keeping the dish moist as it slowly stews....

This year, Roby will be working on Christmas day for the third year in a row. We go to midnight Mass the night before, then on Christmas morning, Roby heads off to work and I head to the kitchen (for some reason, the feminist in me feels like there’s something wrong with this sentence… even though there absolutely isn’t). Last year, I baked a teeny tiny ham for the two of us....

I love to host parties because I love spending quality time with my family and friends plus (this will surprise you…..) I love to cook. But no matter how good my intentions are to plan ahead, I always end up changing my mind at the last minute and scrambling to get organised. People think I’m an organised person – I have lists and lists of lists. But I always end up changing those lists at the last moment!...

Coconut |Thengai (scrapped) 3/4 cup Pottukadalai | chutney dal| roasted gram 1 tblsp Green chili 1-2 Shallot | small onion 1 (optional) Oil 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Curry leaves few Salt as needed Always use fresh coconut for best results. Break the coconut and take out the white portion. The bottom portion of the coconut can be used in curries or thogayals. In a mixie, add the coconut, pottukadalai, green chili and the shallot(if adding)....

Usually we make Idli, odsa, upma or paratha for breakfast. Sandwiches takes place once in 10 days in my kitchen. But bread always comes handy for a quick breakfast. You can make this toast recipe for breakfast as well. Also this corn capsicum cheese toast is a perfect party snack too. Do give it a try and do let me know how it turned out. In a pan add 1 tblsp butter....

Homemade Pumpkin Gnocchi The first gnocchi I ever made turned out black. Wait – not even black. If it was black, you might get away with claiming that it’s exotic, or coloured with squid ink. Mine were grey. I had slaved over them for hours. Made the classic way using mashed potato, I painstakingly followed every step in the lengthy recipe. I could envisage how impressed my family would be when I serenely placed the gnocchi in front of them, how they would praise me and exclaim how perfectly pillowy they were....

All purpose flour 1 cup Cocoa powder 1/2 cup Sugar 1/2 cup Milk 1 cup Lemon juice 1 tsp Oil 1/3 cup Baking soda 1 tsp Vanilla extract 1/2 tsp Salt a pinch In a bowl add the milk and lemon juice and keep it aside. Add the flour, cocoa powder and baking soda in a bowl . Powder the sugar in a mixie. Add this to the flour mixture and mix well....

Fettucine Alfredo I triple checked the nutrition analysis because I couldn’t believe my eyes when it came out with only 420 calories for a good size serving of this pasta. I have it in my head that Alfredo is so bad for you because it’s made with cream. Sure, there’s a high fat content. But the calories are a lot less than I expected. A LOT less. Maybe because this is a recipe that uses the classic Italian method of emulsifying the pasta (which is the magic that happens when you briefly cook the sauce with the pasta + some pasta water)....

STRAWBERRY BARS Is it just me who has a serious lack of fresh strawberry recipes in my arsenal? I certainly have plenty of ways to use them fresh on and in desserts. Garnishing stacks of pancakes and french toast dripping with maple syrup. Or stuffed inside. Tried these Strawberry Nutella French Toast roll ups yet?? However, when it comes to using them in cooked form, I have a pretty limited selection....