Naankhatai is an Indian shortbread made with ghee and flavoured with some ground cardamom. It is a melt-in-your-mouth, buttery, sweet treat sold at sweet shops and grocery stores in India. My recipe is a four-decade-old mum's Naankhatai recipe that I have grown up...
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Crispy Semolina Veggie Pancakes
If you love savoury pancakes, these veggie-packed Crispy Semolina Pancakes will make your day! More-ish and absolutely delicious, these wholesome pancakes are fluffy in the middle and oh so crispy on the outside. They are substantial enough to make a satisfying light...
Best Jam Drop Biscuits
The best Jam Drop Biscuit recipe you will ever need to bake the most perfect crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth, buttery biscuits laden with pools of warm jam! I can vouch for these being the best because I have baked batch after batch of too soft, too chewy, too crumbly,...
Roasted Cauliflower And Ricotta Grandma Pie
What the heck is a Grandma Pie? I know you are thinking it, because that was my very first thought when I came across a Cauliflower Grandma Pie recipe on Bon Appetit that I HAD to make. So I decided to research. I went to Google. Google told me that a Grandma Pie was...
Crunchy Oven Baked Potato Chips
I am doing something today that I haven't done in over 11 years of food blogging. I am blogging spur of the moment because I posted a picture of  good old hand cut potato chips on Instagram and all of you went nuts. Never did I expect to receive so many emails and...
Basic Pizza Dough
It is back to basics this month and I am exploring the beauty of a simple recipe, well done. No frills, no fuss, just plain old favourites prepared with the utmost simplicity. After some simple brownies and an old fashioned crumble, I wanted to share a savoury...
Coconut Yoghurt Dosa With Spicy Chickpea Chutney
I have used Greek yoghurt for most recipes calling for yoghurt over the last two decades. But I have dearly missed Dahi - a traditional Indian pot set yoghurt that I grew up with in India. It has a silky texture from the pot setting and a delightfully addictive...
Traditional Rawa Khaman Dhokla – Steamed Savoury Indian Lentil Cake
If you have grown up in Mumbai, then you will remember the big fluffy yellow khaman dhoklas that were a staple in most street food takeaway places in the city in all its various suburbs. Khaman Dhokla is a steamed savoury lentil cake topped with fresh coriander...