How to Make a Healthy Vada Pav

A healthy Vada-Pav is nothing but a shallow fried cousin of the Indian street food that is usually made by deep frying the potatoes. We shallow fry the burger filling for a healthier version of the same dish with a 100% of the taste. When you walk the streets of Mumbai, India this is the food that is most readily…

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Coriander Chutney

Coriander Mint Chutney is a staple in Indian households. It’s extremely versatile and can even be used in marinades like here.   Recipe : Take a bunch or two of coriander. Take half the amount of mint. One tomato to create a thick consistency. Green chilies,  whole cumin(to preserve color), two three cloves of garlic, salt and lemon to taste.…

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Hara Bhara Chicken

This has got to be the easiest things you can do with chicken. If you don’t have coriander chutney, you will find the recipe here. Recipe: Marinate chicken drumsticks with coriander chutney and pepper to taste for 30 mins. Shallow fry to a yummy crisp. Add a dash of lime and relish. Tip : You can grind some spinach into…

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Spinach Pulao

Spinach pulao is my go to when I want to make sure kids get a good dose of green leaves. It takes 15 mins to prep and then the pressure cooker does all the work. I had this for the first time when we were visiting lovely friends in Chicago and it’s been one of those dishes that takes me…

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Vegetable Cutlets

Vegetable cutlets. Super success since the kids enjoyed them so much. They turn out much better when deep fried but since we are trying to cut calories I shallow fried them. These remind me of traveling in trains in India where the canteen serves two veggie cutlets with bread and a sachet each of butter and ketchup for breakfast during…

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