On a hot summer day, all you need is a tall glass of chilled jal jeera. Jal jeera or jaljira is a refreshing, traditional Indian summer drink with health benefits. Jaljira not only quenches your thirst but also increases your appetite and aids in digestion. Jal jeera literally translates to ‘cumin water’ but there is more to this drink than just roasted cumin seeds. According to Ayurveda, ingredients like cumin and tamarind aid in digestion and cumin seeds are known to balance all the three doshas: vata, pita, kapha....

What Makes This The BEST Keto Ice Cream? Low Carb. Only 4 net carbs per serving.Fast. A quick keto dessert that is ready in less than 30 minutes. Easy. Mix a few easy-to-find ingredients and toss them in your ice cream maker. No Cook. What’s better than a tasty sweet snack that you don’t have to cook? I just got a new ice cream maker last week, and I’ve been playing with it....

Do you have a favorite minced meat curry recipe? Please share with us in the comments. 1 Heat oil in a pressure cooker, add green chillis, curry leaves and chopped onions and saute till the onions turn transparent, approx 4 tms. 2 Add the ginger garlic paste and saute further for another 3 mts. Add the minced meat and turmeric pwd and cook on high without lid for 4-5 mts....

For Mutton Kheema: Heat one and half tbsps of oil in a pressure cooker. Add half a cup of chopped onions and saute till transparent. Add a tsp of ginger garlic paste and saute further for another 3 mts. Add 1/4 kg washed kheema and cook for 7-8 mts on high heat, stir once in while. Add 1 tsp red chilli pwd, 1 tsp coriander pwd, 1/4 tsp garam masala pwd and salt to taste....

What Makes These Korean Tacos So Incredible Fast. Not counting the time it takes to marinate the meat, these Korean Beef Tacos are ready in under 30 minutes with the help of your air fryer.Easy. Prepare the marinade, let the meat rest, air fry, and serve!Low Carb. Only 9 net carbs per serving. Versatile. Choose your favorite toppings, serve it on a low carb tortilla, or enjoy mixed into a salad....

We have been loving crispy Kothimbir Vadi lately as a quick evening snack with tea. I’ve grown up eating these and always loved them!! Usually when there used to be extra cilantro bunch in the house these would be on the menu and I would look forward to them. Recreating these in my own kitchen now feels nostalgic. I make this recipe just like my aaji (grandmom)and mom make with slight modifications of my own and it’s a hit!...

Ingredients: 2 big bunches of fresh coriander leaves (washed and chopped) 2 green chillis (slit lengthwise) 2 dry red chillis 1 tbsp channa dal (senaga pappu, bengal gram lentil) 1 tbsp urad dal(minappa pappu, black gram lentil) ¼ tsp cumin seeds (jeera) 1 ½ tbsp tamarind paste pinch of sugar or jaggery(optional) salt oil Seasoning- 1 tsp mustard seeds and few curry leaves Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan....

Kourabiedes (kou-ra-bi-ETH-es) are festive, shortbread textured, Greek butter cookies loaded with almond goodness. Similar to snowballs, these baked greek biscuits are laced with a hint of clove, pure rose water and coated with powdered sugar. In Greece, no festive spread is complete without a platter of kourabiedes during Christmas and New Year’s celebrations. These greek butter cookies are light, buttery, not too sweet and have a crumbly texture. They are usually shaped into crescents (moon shape) or round flattened balls with indents on top....

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Mexican Hot Chocolate Mix Add cinnamon or chile powder to suit your tastes. In this Mexican Hot Chocolate Mix recipe I can taste the cinnamon, but not the chile as much. I may need to add some more for myself, but I left it as it was for my son who doesn’t tolerate a lot of spice. LOOKING FOR MORE DELICIOUS HOT BEVERAGES? CHECK OUT MY INSTANT POT MULLED APPLE CIDER RECIPE!...

1 Drizzle oil in a heavy bottomed vessel and roast the channa dal on low to medium heat for 4 mts. Add split gram dal, pepper corns and dry red chilies and continue to roast till the dals release their flavor and turn golden. Finally, add asafoetida and lightly roast for few seconds and turn off heat. Remove onto a plate and cool. 2 Place the cooled dals and spices along with salt, dry roasted sesame seeds and peanuts in a blender and grind to make a coarse powder....

As you may know if you’ve been reading my blog, I’ve been on a mission to lose weight for Summer. I finally hit my target the day-before-yesterday – losing 14 pounds over the course of 10 weeks! It’s so nice to feel good in my clothes, and I’ve lost the weight in the right way (unlike my ridiculous diet) – slowly, without starving myself, and with a few naughty treats thrown in there too....

As its the dal month here at my site, today I am blogging a dal which is very dear to us Andhras, kandi pappu or yellow lentils. Yellow lentils, a major source of protein, form a part of the daily diet of the Andhra vegetarian meal. I have researched about these lentils and complied a list by which this lentil is known in other Indian languages. Mudda Pappu is the quintessential comfort food of Andhras....

Murri mixture is a typical Andhra street food fare, a mix of puffed rice, onions, tomato, peanuts, lemon juice and lots of fresh coriander leaves (cilantro). Its tangy, lightly spicy. Andhra street food is a culinary tradition that most Andhras wouldn’t dream of doing without. It includes sweets, bajjis, pakoras, snacks and breads sold on city streets. Street food here is a learning experience by itself, cooked right before your eyes, reassuring not only of the freshness of the food being made but also the ingredients that go into preparing it....

Say hello to my favorite homemade snack. Which also totally double as dessert. I cannot stop eating these! The good news is that today’s chewy coconut granola bars are actually pretty wholesome, combining real foods with real flavor. The great news is that you don’t need to turn on your oven. Besides all that, what I love most is the taste and texture. The consistency and flavor both remind me of soft caramel, but there’s no butter or refined sugar....

Asparagus spears wrapped with pancetta and sautéed until crisp. Perfect with brunch or as a side with simply grilled chicken. This is one of my favorite ways to serve asparagus because it’s big on flavor yet incredibly simple to make. All you do is wrap the spears with pancetta and sauté them in a hot pan until nice and crisp. Even though the spears are wrapped, they cook perfectly and take on the salty, “porky” flavor of the pancetta, which is so delicious!...

Which ever part of the country Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated it is done with much fan fare and each region and community have their own distinct festive delicacies to offer Lord Ganesh. Pappulo Undrallu recipe is a unique traditional and classic Andhra style dish prepared for Vinayaka Chavithi that has rice flour as its main ingredient. In fact a majority of the delicacies have rice flour as the main ingredient hence I make a large batch of rice flour at home a few days before Ganesh Chaturthi....

If you’ve poked around my site before, it’s no secret that I adore peanut butter treats. I make peanut butter blossoms year-round (who said they can only be enjoyed as Christmas cookies?), I’ve used these peanut butter cookies as inspiration for 8+ other cookie recipes, and this chocolate peanut butter cake is one of the most decadent beauties to come out of my kitchen. So it will come as no surprise that my first-ever recipe published on my site in 2011 showcased… peanut butter!...

I love pork chops, there’s just something so old-school and comforting about them. Every Nanna everywhere has a pork chop recipe, I’m sure of it!I think think they’re making a bit of a comeback – retro cool – like black forest gateaux and prawn cocktail, and I’m here for it.This is my favourite way to cook them. Melt in the mouth crispy edges and full on creamy, mustardy and indulgent sauce, what’s not to love?...

One of the best parts of this pasta is how quickly it comes together. I use either panko or regular breadcrumbs to make the za’atar topping for the pasta, but panko always gives the crispier topping. I’ve got a Meyer lemon tree in my backyard, and honestly, 90% of those lemons go straight into making jars of preserved lemons. Their aroma is beautiful, and their refreshing scent fills the room as soon you begin handling them....