Roasted Potatoes
Ingredients: Serves 6 15 baby potatoes (red or yellow) 2 tbsp Olive Oil 2 tbsp Italian Seasoning 1/4 tsp Red Chili Flakes 1/2 tsp ground pepper Salt to taste Preheat the oven at 400 degrees. Wash and...
View ArticleBroccoli Rabe
Ingredients: Serves 6 2 Bunch of Broccoli Rabe 1 tbsp Olive oil 1/4 tsp Red Chili Flakes 2 big cloves of garlic 1 tbsp red wine vinegar 1/4 cup Chicken broth 1/2 tsp sugar 1/4 tsp ground pepper Salt to...
View ArticleGreen Bean and Potato Salad
Ingredients: Serves 4 1/2 lbs green beans 4 small potatoes 1/2 red bell pepper 1/2 yellow bell pepper 1/2 large onion 1 grilled chicken breast (optional) 2 tsp canola oil Salt & Pepper For the...
View ArticleSauted corn with bacon
This recipe is from Patty Glasgow (my American mom). She always made this for us when we went to John and Pattys for dinner. Santosh loves it! Ingredients : 6 slices of center cut bacon, diced 2 cups...
View ArticleTri-Color Gratin
Ingredients : 10 medium tomatoes 4 medium yukon gold potatoes 2 large zucchini 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 + 1 Tbsp cup olive oil Salt & pepper Halve, core and seed the tomatoes. Arrange...
View ArticleRoasted Cauliflower and Broccoli with Indian Spices
I usually make a cauliflower curry which requires me to slave over the stove. To try to make it easier I tried to add the same curry flavors to the cauliflower without having to keep stirring the pot....
View ArticleSpinach Pilaf
I was trying to find ways of making spinach taste good without having to add lots of butter or cream. I had once had spinach pulao in a small restaurant in Pune (India), and thought of recreating it....
View ArticleCucumber and Onion Salad
Last summer my dear friend Veronica spent a day with us. We had fun shopping and cooking. Veron taught me to make mutton xacuti, which is a goan speciality, and it was YUMMY! To go along with the spicy...
View ArticleZucchini Fritters
Another traditional dish which I learned from my grandmother. Traditionally this is made with Chinese Okra which is grown abundantly in Vasai and is generally available throughout the monsoon season...
View ArticleRoasted Vegetable Soup
The first snow of the season calls for some comforting soup. There is nothing better then curling up with a warm blanket, a good read and some hot soup on a cold snowy day. So when the weather guys...
View ArticleCouscous Salad with Almonds and Cranberries
Here is a healthy side dish which we made to go with some grilled chicken this past weekend. It does not take more than 10 minutes to make. The couscous takes 5 minutes to cook, once you add it to the...
View ArticleQuinoa salad with roasted vegetables
Its been a long hiatus for me and I think I am finally getting back to my blog again. I have been getting a lot of requests for this recipe (you know who you are) and that in turn motivated me to start...
View ArticleRoasted Romanesco
My husband and I love to go leaf-peeping in the fall to the Adirondacks in upstate NY and Vermont. This year we decided to stay a little closer to home and went to the Catskills (NY). The weather was...
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