Dark chocolate baked doughnuts

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Baked doughnuts. If you think it doesn't get better than this think dark chocolate baked doughnuts. Now that's something. Check out the uber-simple recipe and head to the kitchen!!

Chocolate pancakes

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Lovely golden pancakes make an awesome breakfast. Add chocolate to it and make it an even more delightful meal! Check out the super simple recipe. I love!

Chicken and pesto panini

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Paninis sound so posh... But boy, are they simple to make!Check out this simple panini recipe.... The basil recipe is just below or click here. 

Basil Pesto

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Basil Pesto is a staple sauce no matter which Italian restaurant you eat in. I love the mildness of the sauce and the lovely appetising green it has. This is something I'm definitely going to try my hand at.  

Black and White Banana Cake

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I have a few over ripe bananas sitting on my counter and I didn't want to end up making a simple banana bread. I've seen chocolate chip banana bread recipes, but this black and white one caught my eye. Take a look. 

Honey soy chicken thighs

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How delicious does this look? With surprisingly few ingredients and not so much effort this plate to juicy delight is ready to chow down on. Check out the recipe.

Creamy Pasta

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Oh 30-minute meals. I love you. Check out this easy-peasy pasta for when you just don't have the energy to cook a full meal. 

Breakfastish

Simple and nutritious

Bulgar wheat is one of those things that is found in most Indian kitchens. It's versatile and healthy and can be used in an array of dishes. The easiest of them all to make by far is sweet lapsi. Packed with nutrition, it's easy to make, elements can be adjusted easily without spoiling the taste and it makes a great breakfast!

You'll need
one cup bulgar wheat
3 cups of water
two tablespoons of ghee
and half a cup of jaggery (If you prefer using sugar use 1/4th cup to be on the safe side. You can always add more sugar if you feel it's not sweet enough)

Heat the ghee in a pan. Add the bulgar and fry on a low flame till you get a lovely delicious aroma. Maintain the low flame as the wheat can burn quite quickly. Once it's a nutty brown add the jaggery. and keep stirring to keep the jaggery from burning. Once the jaggery has completely dissolved, add water and bring to a boil while constantly stirring. The wheat absorbs the water and swells to twice its size. Once the water had dried up press a piece of the wheat to test if it's cooked through. If not, add some more water and continue cooking. Once it's cooked completely taste it to adjust the sweetness. Add more jaggery and stir if required.

If you want to improve the nutrition value of the lapsi, add chopped dry fruits (cashew, almonds and pistachios to it)

Done!

Grilled Chicken with Caramelized Lemon Vinaigrette

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There's very little that comes close to being as fulfilling as juicy grilled chicken. Check out this recipe for Grilled Chicken with Caramelized Lemon Vinaigrette. Just typing that out is making my mouth water. Simple ingredients, simple steps, awesome result.  

Roasted chickpea

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Chickpea is one of those ingredients that is found in every single Indian kitchen. We love our chanas... We like them boiled, powdered, roasted. They full of nutrition so they make a great healthy snack as well. Check out this tutorial to roast chickpeas at home. The store-bought ones sometimes taste a little off and are of course expensive. So take a look. 

Creole seasoning

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I've seen a lot of dishes require creole food seasoning. So here's a recipe it. I thought was an absolute no-nonsense straightforward one. Check it out. 

Potato Moussaka

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I first heard of moussaka in the movie "My big fat Greek wedding". I wondered what it was till now. I stumbled across this extremely easy-to-make recipe and surprisingly it's not very demanding when it comes to ingredients. You don't need to plan and make a grocery list to make this. Check out this recipe. I love it. Thank you kitchennostalgia.com.

Sesame seed crisps

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Sesame or til is a big part of our cooking and the laddoos made from it as absolutely divine. I'll leave the laddoos for another time because I've stumbled across something that's quite different. thewoksoflife.com (I love that name!) have posted a recipe for sesame biscuits/crisps/cookies. They look so good, I can only imagine how good they'd taste. I'm adding sesame seeds to my shopping list. Like right now! 

Lamington

I don't know what we did before Google came on the scene. We just did without knowing certain things I guess. The point is I went for my niece's birthday party on Saturday and the caterer had served up these little chocolate squares. I bit into one thinking it was a solid block of chocolate. But no! Hiding inside a layer of chocolate was a piece of chocolate sponge cake! The cake was completely enveloped by the chocolate and tasted absolutely yum. I got home and the googled "cake layered in chocolate" and boom... the result was picture upon picture of Lamingtons. I kept up the googling and found my mystery dessert. Lamington it was. Only traditional lamingtons call for a layer of coconut on the chocolate. I think you can skip it altogether and it will still be awesome. Take a look at this recipe I found that made me quite confident I could try my hand at this. Thank you mrs-delicious.com. :)

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Atta Halwa

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Atta or wheat flour is rich in iron and nutrients and anything made from it is bound to be nourishing. Especially if you add in jaggery which increases the iron content of the dish. Atta halwa is one such dish that's easy to make, makes a great wholesome breakfast and is packed with the goodness of wheat, ghee and jaggery. It's easy to get kids to eat it too too since it's sweet, soft and oh so yummy. Check out the super-simple recipe. 

Lemon Crinkle Cookies

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What a way to start the day! Lovely, light, buttery, crumbly cookies... And 30 minutes is all it takes. Check out the recipe and step-by-step at kitchennostalgia.

Chicken Sausage, Red Onion and Potato Fritatta

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The first time I heard about fritattas was on Everybody Loves Raymond and I thought it would be an exotic dish too tough and time-consuming to cook. But, when I looked it up it looks surprisingly easy.. Take a look. Thank you thisgalcooks.com for the great recipe!

Chicken Breasts with Mushrooms and Cream

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I love the "one-potness" of this... Is super easy to throw together, since it has most of the ingredients you would find at home even if you haven't had the chance to shop for grocery yet. So thank you kitchenjoyblog for this "one-pot" nugget of goodness. :)

Pineapple sheera

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I thought I'd start off this blog simple, nutritious and Indian! And I think this pineapple sheera (semolina pudding) is all that and more! The pineapple lends a lovely tanginess to the sweetness of the sheera. The addition of dry fruits makes for a nutritious, wholesome breakfast! Thank you palakkadcooking. :)