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Recent Posts
- Food is all chemicals anyway, what is all the fuss about, you ask?
- Indian Instant Noodles: Why are there so many ingredients?
- Are Tang, Kool Aid good for you?
- Confused on which Desi Ghee to buy? I have some tips…
- “The Dorito Effect”- A fascinating book about flavors!!
- Ponni Rice vs Sona Masuri Rice
- Have you looked at the ingredients in your bread packet? Why are emulsifiers, dough conditioners, etc… added?
- Food Science behind tasty seasonal foods
- Should Idli, Dosa batter be made only with parboiled rice? Can I use raw rice instead?
- 4 popular myths about Jaggery busted
- 5 fun takeaways from Nik Sharma’s book “The Flavor Equation”
- Does your favorite Indian ketchup have preservatives and stabilizers? Find out…
- Which cooking oil is best for Indian cooking? – Final part 3
- Which cooking oil is best for Indian cooking? – Oils Review Part 2
- Which cooking oil is best for Indian cooking? – Oils Review Part 1
- Watch my first podcast interview on ‘The Captains Podcast’
- Which Indian Jam has clean ingredients?
- How to pick a good Indian Ice Cream for your family
- Have you checked the ingredient label of you favorite Indian biscuit recently? Here’s how to make sense of it…
- Does your favorite Indian pickle use good oil and no preservatives? Find out…
- Which fried snack brand uses the worst oil?
- My experiments with sprouting legumes
- How to design meals to better absorb Iron?
- Which Indian foods are rich in Iron?
- Which Indian foods are rich in Calcium?
- Stop using split, yellow moong dal. Use whole green moong instead
- Dal Makhani Pressure cooking vs Boiling for many hours: does it make a difference?
- “Masala Lab: The Science of Indian cooking” Book review
- Why are frozen mangoes so terrible?
- About Oats Part 2: Ways to integrate oats into your diet
- All about Oats (part 1): Is it really special when compared to other grains?
- Soaking green lentils…when is it necessary?
- Sambar Podi vs Rasam Podi vs Curry Podi (Tamil Brahmin Style)
- What’s the deal with Lactose-Free milk?
- Shortcut Paruppu Usili
- Why pranayama finally makes sense to me – Book Review: Breath by James Nestor
- Tips for cooking vegetables: From “Keys to good cooking” by Harold McGee
- 5 takeaways from the book Spice by Dr. Stuart Farrimond
- Rasam Pho (A South Indian Lentil Rice Noodle Soup)
- Sesame + Coconut Cauliflower Rice
- Air Fried Vadas
- Indian Vegetarian Chickpea Bowl
- My experiments with Ragi (Part 2) – Is ragi good for diabetics?
- My experiments with Ragi (Part 1) – Whole Ragi
- 6 ways to use those ripe bananas in your kitchen
- Vegan Banana Drop Cookies (Zero Added Sugar)
- 6 Cauliflower Rice Recipes Inspired from Traditional Indian Cuisine
- Creamy Almond Chia Pudding (Perfect Nuts, Seed +Fruit Breakfast)
- Different ways to cook lentils especially in Indian cuisine
- Celery Rasam (South Indian Soup)
- Deconstructed apple pie with ice cream + caramel sauce (zero sugar added)
- Ellu Sadam made with Broccoli ‘Rice’
- What happens when you soak and steam lentils (toor, urad, moong, chana)?
- To toast or not toast (the rice) is the question
- Is roasting Moong Dal necessary?
- Is soaking chickpeas worth the effort?
- To soak or not to soak (the rice) is the question?
- What happens to Chana Dal if you soak or roast it before cooking? See the results…
- Thakkali Sadam (Tomato Rice) made with Cauliflower Rice
- Cauliflower Rice Vangi Bath (Spicy South Indian Eggplant Stir Fry)
- Cauliflower Rice Biryani with Masala Tofu and Spiced Chickpeas
- We tried making Pakoda 3 ways – Frying, Air Frying and Combined. See the results…
- Vegan Shahi Tofu ready in 10 minutes
- Vegan Chana Masala ready within 10 minutes (No chopping, no waiting)
- Complan vs Horlicks vs Bournvita vs MTR – ingredient analysis
- Vegan Sweet and Sour Granny Smith Apple Dal
- Keto Coconut Rice (South Indian Style, Vegan)
- Keto Lemon Rice (South Indian Style, Vegan)
- Keto Sesame Rice (ellu sadam)
- Butter Roasted Bananas
- Why beans, lentils & seeds are > grains (Fiber, protein, Ca, Fe levels compared)
- Difference between dosas made with and without watering idli batter
- Vegetable Upma with mostly vegetables
- Quick Indian-Style Broccoli Stir-Fry (Dry Subzi)
- Ginger, Lemongrass and Masala chai & Important tips to make fantastic chai
- Delicious Garlicky Kale Stir Fry
- 5 healthy laddu recipes [No sugar, No ghee] to try this Navratri
- 6 takeaways from how I finally stopped adding sugar to my tea/coffee
- Which flour is best for a diabetic? (Glycemic Index Compared)
- Curry leaves – Do they make your hair black? Do they help diabetics? and other questions answered
- Khichdi Bowl with Salad/Veggie Toppings
- Stir Fried Kale Salad
- Walnut Payasam-Walnut Kheer (Healthy, Vegan)
- 3 Ingredient Fudgy Flax Brownies
- Barley based Pidi Kozhukattai
- Healthy Creamy Pista Kulfi Smoothie
- Delicious Watermelon Seed + Date Bites
- Should you add salt before or after fermentation of idli batter?
- Sesame Seed Laddu, Til ke ladoo (No sugar recipe)
- Sweet Potato Halwa
- Easy Vegan Creamy Tofu Curry
- 4-ingredient Carrot Cashew Balls – Easy Carrots Recipe
- 3 Reasons why you should visit Starbucks less
- 6 seed super cereal (Grain Free)
- All the diets I have tried
- Red Rice Pinto Bean Taco Bowl
- How to eat less
- Love Idiyappam? Hate the carbs? Try shirataki instead…
- Sweet Potato Salad (Gujarati style)
- How to eat a low glycemic diet as an Indian Vegetarian (Part 3)
- Which South Indian breakfast is most likely to raise your sugar? (GI analysis -Part 2)
- Which rice is best for a diabetic? – Glycemic Index analysis (Part 1)
- Idli Rice Vs Boiled Rice
- The 3 most useful and the 3 most useless kitchen appliances I own
- 2-ingredient Easy Flax Bar (Flax Burfi)
- Maladu (roasted chickpea laddu – no ghee, no sugar recipe)
- Why Indians should drink Chai less and green tea more
- Chipotle Vegan Burrito Bowl Recipe
- Sugar Free Kaju Katli (Ready in 15 min)
- Roasted Chickpeas with Chaat Masala
- Baked Dal Kachori Chaat
- Watermelon Seeds Bar
- Dr. Manthena’s Arogyalayam -Naturopathy Ashram Review
- Vegan lentil salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
- Raw Food recipes – Indian Style (Satsang Menu)
- Creamy fruit salad (with chunks of sweet rasgulla)
- My sister’s delicious Couscous Salad recipe
- Overnight Bulgur Wheat Breakfast
- Learn all about Bulgur wheat
- Why I have finally come to love my Instant Pot – Instant Pot Review
- How to cook Black Rice / Forbidden Rice?
- Instant Pot Sambar
- Easy Beetroot Halwa Recipe (With Jaggery)
- Healthy Masala Vada (no frying)
- Buttery Chocolate Flax Cookie (Gluten Free, Omega 3 rich)
- Vegan Chocolate flax truffles (Easy, Date Sweetened)
- Easy Flax Chocolate Ladoo
- Why I love my Rotimatic – Rotimatic review
- Mushroom Buckwheat Pulao – Healthier than mushroom rice
- 5 Food habits of naturally thin people
- Healthy Poornam Boorelu Recipe (No Frying)
- Zero Sugar Added Chocolate Cookie (No stevia, no honey – just banana sweetened)
- High in Protein Popped Amaranth Breakfast Cereal Recipe
- How to deal with hard toor dal that just does not cook properly?
- Healthy Delicious Gobi Manchurian using only 3tbsp of oil
- Homemade Sugar Free Jam (Easy, Healthy)
- How to buy food without preservatives in them
- A guide to vegan (plant based) milks
- Ragi Chocolate truffles (Vegan, Date-Sweetened)
- Healthy Bonda Soup (with baked bonda)
- Healthy kalakand (no ghee, no sugar)
- Have you considered adding lettuce to dal?
- How to meal prep eggplant (baingan) for the week
- Horse gram rasam and sundal: 2 dishes in 1 recipe
- Make fermented idli batter in 4 easy steps (using blender + instant pot)
- Chana Dal ke laddu (No Sugar, no ghee)
- Which Indian lentil has highest fiber? Iron content? – Dal nutrition analysis
- Chow Chow Mor Kootu – Chayote Squash South Indian Stew (Instant Pot Recipe)
- Easy Milagu Jeera Rasam – Cumin Pepper Soup (6 ingredients, 8 minutes or under)
- Healthy Urad Dal Vada -Minapa Garelu (no frying)
- Steel-Cut Oats Bahala Bath-Curd Rice
- Whole grain alternatives to white rice
- Healthy Kesari Recipe (Using Oats, apples)
- Low Carb Semiya Upma – using Spaghetti Squash
- Healthy Mohanthal (Vegan, Date-sweetened)
- Healthy Sakkarai pongal (sweet pongal)
- Kale Pesto and Thogayal (How to use a lot of kale in 1 day)
- Portable Tamarind Rice Bar – Savory Granola Bar Recipe
- Indian Coconut Dessert Bar Burfi (Healthy, vegan)
- Wheat laddu Healthy (no ghee, no sugar)
- Homemade Bubble Tea Recipe
- How to make homemade healthy Oreos
- Dabeli Recipe – Low Carb, but just as yummy!!
- Healthy Ammini Kozhukattai (Oat Dumplings)
- Easy and Healthy Kozhukattai
- Fruit sweetened Sago kheer (Javvarisi Payasam)
- Vegan Biryani made with wild rice and tofu
- Low Carb Lemon Rice Made with ‘riced’ Cauliflower
- Healthy Paal Kozhukattai (Dumplings in sweet milk)
- Barley Ven Pongal Recipe
- Healthy Rava Laddu (No ghee, no sugar)
- The one trick to add nutrition back to your white rice
- Low Carb Upma
- Healthy Ice Cream Recipe (No Sugar added )
- Kanji – A Savory Indian Breakfast Smoothie
- Healthy Gulab Jamun (without frying)
- 3 ingredient Vegan Hot Dog ready in less than 15 minutes
- Vegan Indian coconut macaroon (Nei appam)
- How to be a Rose water detective
- Healthy Falooda (No sugar Recipe, Vegan)
- Healthy Maggi Noodles Recipe
- Why Wrap > Sandwich
- A South Indian meal ready in 20 minutes
- Healthy Mysore Pak (Low sugar, Low fat, High Yumminess)
- Nuts – no need to go nuts about them
- How to make sambar powder using the oven
- Healthy Carrot Halwa (No sugar, no ghee)
- Low Carb Zucchini masala curry
- Spaghetti squash ‘semiya’ payasam – low carb recipe
- Kawan Frozen Chapathis Review
- Looking for healthy snack alternatives to chips?
- Quick and delicious Sambar (Using canned pumpkin as your vegetable)
- Quinoa Coconut ‘Rice’ (Healthier version, lunch box ready in 9 min)
- Why Buttermilk rice > Yogurt rice
- Thin Crispy Chickpea Cookie
- Top 6 Reasons why being a diabetic vegetarian South Indian is hard
- Chewy Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookies
- How long does it take to steam idlis in the morning?
- Rice vs Wheat vs Barley: Which grain has the highest fiber, protein content?
- Pita pizza (Healthy, ready in 20 min)