Many people stop eating mangoes after the first monsoon showers. And the first week of June may signal the end of mango season if you only eat Alphonso or hapus mangoes. But there’s plenty of other mangoes to enjoy. Some varieties like the Neelam actually arrive in the later part of June. These mango yogurt…
Mango Barbecue Sauce – Easy BBQ Sauce Recipe
Mango Barbecue Sauce is sweet and heady with the flavor of ripe mangoes, smoky from chili and spices and tangy enough to fire up your taste buds. Summer is the time for Barbecue, right? Show me someone who’s not a BBQ fan? All you wanna do is fire up your backyard grill and load it…
Caprese Sandwich – Tomato, Basil & Mozzarella Sandwich
Caprese Sandwich recipe is one of my favorites, mostly because it is so simple. As with any simple recipe, the quality of the ingredients is very important. And this is something you can rustle up when you can’t be bothered to even cook pasta. What could be simpler than a Caprese salad. Or Caprese sandwich….
Kidney Bean Coleslaw Burger Recipe
Burgers are something I like to enjoy all through the year. But they have a special meaning when it’s summer. Walk on any street in any small town in America around 4-5 in the afternoon, you will see people tending to their outdoor grills. The smell of barbecue and burgers on the grill fills the…
Mushroom Lentil Burger – Meaty Vegetarian Burger
Mushroom Lentil Burger is a dense, meaty, flavorful vegetarian/ vegan burger made with real food ingredients. Most carnivores will shudder at the thought of a veggie burger. Potato patties or Aloo Tikkis in another form are all the rage in India, or have been. Brands like McCain or Yummiez are trying to bring a frozen…
Pumpkin Ice Cream Sandwich – Autumn Recipe
Pumpkin ice cream sandwich is loaded with the goodness of pumpkin. Vegetables in an ice cream, you say? Well, stranger things have happened. I just love pumpkins but I rarely do much with them beyond the usual pumpkin curry or pumpkin raita which are family recipes. Every year, come October, I decide to do something…
Eggless Mango Cashew Pancakes – YUM!
Eggless Mango Cashew Pancakes are sure to become a permanent item on your breakfast menu. Pancakes, flapjacks, hot cakes or whatever you call them are a very popular American breakfast item. Actually, they are so filling that you can eat them any time of day or night. I do! As you regular readers know, I…
Mango Frozen Yogurt – 3 Ingredient Summer Recipe
Mangoes! It is raining mangoes here in Pune. Western Maharashtra, the region where I live has a fascination for mangoes, especially Hapus or Alphonso. No other mango makes the cut for folks here. And the Alphonso season is pretty short because people stop eating mangoes in June. No mangoes after it rains, is the mantra….
The BIG SALAD – Summer time is salad time!
If you are a fan of Elaine Benis and Seinfeld, you obviously remember the ‘big salad’ episode. Could anyone but Julia Dreyfus have carried it off? I have been eating a salad almost every day for years. It is one of the things I miss most about my desk job – heading to the cafeteria…
Oven Baked Fries – Baked Curry Seasoned Fries
Baked Fries? Are you cringing at the concept? Well, if you love eating food fried in lard and dunked in salt, maybe you are. But if you are even a teeny bit health conscious, I am sure the concept of baked fries has sparked your interest. So OK, let me be the first to admit…