Channa Dhal Pulao (Brown Rice)

This is a recreation of a channa dhal pulao recipe, which wee had at a nearby Indian restaurant.  Since we liked this so much, I wanted to g...

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Arisi Kanji /Rice Porridge With Brown Rice

This is a traditional porridge recipe made during festive occasions. My grandma usually makes this during Bhogi.   It had been a long time s...

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Brown Rice Usili

  Dishes like these always reminds me of my grandma. Growing up, usili used to be a frequent lunch box menu for us. Usili is a kind of a dry...

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QUINOA CURD RICE (QUINOA WITH SEASONED YOGURT)

Nothing special, just a simple lunch that I prepared for me  when hubby had a business lunch and the little ones were at the daycare.  Seaso...

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KIDS AND TODDLER RECIPES: MACARONI AND CHEESE

I started preparing mac and cheese from scratch ever since I read an article at Yahoo parenting about the use of banned food colors added in...

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SALMON PUTTU/ SCRAMBLED SALMON

Ingredients : 1. Salmon, 2 big slices  or 2 cans of salmons. 2. Onions, medium, 3, diced finely. 3. Green chilies, 2, slit into 2. 4. Chili ...

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BAINGAN BHARTA

I tasted this dish only after moving to US at a local Indian restaurant and this dish has been one of our favorite eggplants (brinjal) dishe...

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WHEAT RAVA/ CRACKED WHEAT PUTTU

This is one of my grandma's signature dishes. She usually makes this with regular rava and sugar. I have made a different version with w...

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BROWN RICE MUSHROOM BRIYANI

Ingredients : 1. Brown rice, 1 cup, washed, and soaked for half an hour. 2. Mushrooms, 1 cup, sliced thinly. I have used baby portabella mus...

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KIDS AND TODDLER RECIPES : CARROT AND PEAS RICE

This is a rice dish, which I cook for my kids very often, especially on days when get tired of the dhal or rasam rice for lunch :) This dish...

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