Fire Roasted Tomato Chokha

The Fire Roasted Tomato Chokha is a dish from the eastern state of Bihar (India) and is traditionally cooked on coals. There is something very comfortable and ancient about cooking on fire or the grill. The aromas wafting from the food touch evokes emotion and the flame kissed food tastes like something we have always known. While I love grilled lamb chops and tandoori chicken, I mostly gravitate towards cooking more vegetables on the grill. Fresh summer vegetables when grilled are really delicious in salads, salsas and chutneys. The Fire roasted tomato chokha or the ‘tamatar ka chokha’ as it …

Cauliflower and Beet Salad

Cauliflower and Beets salad from ––All Stirred Up Suffrage Cookbooks, Food, and the Battle for Women’s Right to Vote By Laura Kumin.

Sweet Potato Chaat

Pan fried sweet patatoes served with yogurt, mint chutney and tamarind chutney in a bowl

When you need a great make ahead appetizer dish, this sweet potato chaat Indian style never fails to impress. As long as you have the mint chutney and tamarind date chutney , you can make this sweet potato recipe in moments, especially if you use a pressure cooker to cook the sweet potatoes. What is chaat and why are Indians so obsessed with it. Chaat is a savory snack. uh! That was sort of lame! Here I am going on about how Indians are obsessed with chaat and then say it is a savory snack! Let me try that again! …

Coconut Avocado Popsicles

Right off the bat let me answer why I came up with yet another Coconut Avocado Popsicles recipe when there are possibly a million of them already on the internet. The Coconut Brown Sugar in these avocado popsicles will make you swoon! In addition to being paleo approved in moderation, coconut brown sugar has a unique flavor profile that just goes with the coconut milk and the avocados. I have been making the Paletas De Aguacate Y Coco for many years now. I first found the recipe on my friend Yvette’s blog. It was like I had hit the jackpot! …

Vegan Curried Butternut Squash Soup with Millet Tots

Butternut squash Soup with Millet tots

A couple of days ago, I got to visit The RollinGreens team in Boulder. RollinGreens used to be a food truck that  Husband and wife team, Chef Ryan “Ko” Cunningham and Lindsey Cunningham, turned into a packaged product business. And hence the wholesome Millet Tots were born. After the visit, I couldn’t wait to come home and make this Vegan Curried Butternut Squash Soup with Millet Tots. What are Millets? Millet is a pseudo grain and a member of the grass family Poaceae which produces a dry, edible one-seeded fruit, “caryopsis,” commonly called a kernel, grain or berry. The grain is …

Indian Grilled Corn on the Cob – Street Style Bhutta

How do I even describe The Indian Grilled corn on the cob? Some flavors and food experiences are hard to express. This, is one of them. Freshly harvested corn, still carrying with it the fragrance of the earth it was grown in, is shucked and put on scorching naked hot charcoal. A touch of lemon, a hint of salt and generous amount of chilli powder goes on top of the hot smoky corn on the cob.  Smoky, salty, hot and spicy – the aroma pulls you in. And you surrender. In India, mostly cream yellow or orange flint varieties of …