Rich Brownies by Sania Imam

I have adopted this recipe from a cooking show by Farah Jehanzeb. I tried this recipe first time 3-4 years back and instantly fell in love with it. And when my young niece and nephew demanded that they want some more, I felt really happy. Over the years, I have tried this recipe repeatedly and every time it turns out perfect. The…

Sweet And Simple "No-Cook" Carrot Salad For A Hot Summer Lunch by kathy gori

When I named my website The Colors of Indian Cooking I was thinking about the colors of the many, many spices used in this cuisine, from the gold of turmeric, the deep crimson of kashmiri chili, the sable browns of cumin and coriander and the vivid…

Bye Bye Blues, A Quick And Spicy Bean Dish by kathy gori

I have a small confession to make. I love trick vegetables. You know what I'm talking about, the orange cauliflower, the red squash, the black garlic. So you can imagine my surprise and delight when the gang at Lunita Farm showed me a basket of dark purple green beans at the Saturday Farmers Market. I'd never seen anything like…

The Banana Split...Deconstructed. A Light Variation On A Classic! by kathy gori

This is a post about Banana Splits and a confession. I have to be thoroughly honest here and say that I'm not an expert on banana splits. In fact I've never eaten a banana split. It's not that they haven't looked good, and I'm sure they taste great,…

Squash In A Spice Paste Done Pronto! by kathy gori

This has been one hell of a week, one of those 7 day stretches that includes everything on lifes' smorgey...except dental. Of course the week's not over yet. It's been a week of some nerves, some loss, some traveling, some stress and the general sense of just being unable to catch up. That said, I can't wait for Monday to start the…

Chinese Chicken Salad by Patricia Last

World Class Tomato Salad For A World Cup Final Match by kathy gori

All Saturday before the World Cup was to be played I had Tapas on my mind. Maybe it was Spain being in the finals, maybe it was that psychic octopus from the German zoo. Who knows why one gets tapas on the brain, but there they were. So did that make me go on a quest for tapas? No. It did make me go looking for a recipe for that days'…

Healthy colon love blueberries by A2Z Healthy Vegetarian Cuisine

Help keep your colon healthy and happy with a bowlful berries, specially blueberries. Research shows that there's something in these blue beauties that seems to quell the kind of gastrointestinal (GI) tract inflammation that's associated with colon disease. A Real Colon Cooler Because of the positive impact that the blueberry…

Tandoori Chicken by PreeOccupied

Nothing extraordinary about this tandoori chicken, except that I have used a "Chuza" for this recipe. Cornish Hen is what is closely classified as a chuza you can get from a supermarket. Not to mention that this was my first time making a tandoori of a whole cornish hen!

Plum Chutney by Deepti Naik

Chicken Fry made easy!! by Manju Nair

This is a delicious recipe for simple chicken fry that can be enjoyed as an Appetizer or with rice and rotis.

Vegetable Cutlets by Manju Nair

These cutlets are crunchy, mildly spicy (for those who love a bit of spice in their food) and its filled with veggies!!! What more do you want !!! :-)

The Sante Payback, the Dog Park Dinner Part 2! Plus A New Cabbage Recipe by kathy gori

I know this sounds like a cross between a sequel to the Bourne Identity and the Ostermann Weekend. Instead it was an all Indian weekend at our house. I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that we were treated to a marvelous dinner at Sante, Sonomas'…

Beetroot & Oats Halwa by A2Z Healthy Vegetarian Cuisine

Know What U Eat: Both beet root and beet greens are very powerful cleansers and builders of the blood. Anemia: The high content of iron in beets regenerates and reactivates the red blood cells and supplies fresh oxygen to the body. The copper content in beets help make the iron more available to the body. A great blood builder.…

Spicy Slaw by Karen

Delicious coleslaw with a spicy asian twist. A wonderful compliment to grilled meat or fish.