Though Dosa is a favourite dish all over India, it generally involves prior planning such as soaking, grinding and fermenting. However, here is a healthier and tasty instant dosa made from Jowar flour and Poha. This Jowar Poha Instant Set Dosa makes your life easier...
Lentils are a staple in India. Every household in India, be it rural or urban, uses lentils almost every day in their cooking. Different varieties of Dal, Sambhar, Rasam are the most common dish using lentils. This Lentil Loaf introduces lentils in a different avatar. Whole...
Black eyed peas (लोबिया / चवळी / காராமணி / വലിയ പയറ് / ಅಲಸಂದೆ) is a popular legume used widely in Indian cuisine. This Black-Eyed Peas Dahi Vada is a non fried snack with non diary curd. Amusingly, when I googled “black-eyed peas,” I found a lot...
Pierogi (pronounced as perogi) is a popular dish native to Poland. Polish documents as early as the 17th century talk about Pierogi. It is a savoury dumpling that has crossed its boundaries and has become popular world wide. Homemade Pierogi form an important part of...
Almond milk has many health benefits. There are many who avoid dairy milk as health or lifestyle choice such as veganism. Its is the best option for such people. The left over pulp after extracting the milk can be used in many ways. In my...
Ginger Biscuits / cookies are globally most popular as a snack. Typically the base is glutenous wheat / processed flour. But These Ragi Ginger Biscuits are a healthier version using Finger Millet (Ragi). In the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand and most of the former...
Here is a healthy Flax seeds Cocoa Burfi for Diwali. This is a no ghee, no white sugar sweet. Diwali is around the corner. The grand festival of lights for Indians all over the world. Diwali / Deepavali is synonymous with sweets. It is raining sweets...
These Almond flour Cookies make the perfect afternoon indulgence during winter. Just what you need with a hot cup of your tea / coffee. I love cookies. My afternoon tea is always accompanied by cookies. But i prefer to bake them at home. Because most...
Jini Dosa is a popular street food from Mumbai. What makes it different from Masala Dosa is the stuffing and the way it is presented. Being a street food of Mumbai, it obviously uses Pav Bhaji masala. Added to it, it takes Chinese Avatar by the...
I’m giving two exotic Dairy free Substitutes here. Sweetened condensed milk and Dairy free butter. I have already shared basic recipes for dairy free nut milk, nut based cheese, pumpkin seed cheese and yoghurt / curd. Many basic baking recipes use butter. Condensed milk is another...
February 10th is celebrated as World Pulses Day. I am an avid fan of whole pulses / lentils. When I took a review of my posts so far, I realised I have as of today posted 22 recipes using whole pulses & legumes. I decided to compile all those recipes and make an eBook that you can download from my site.
Healthy Eating 
Rama Ganapathy