Jeera Aloo

jeera aloo in a black bowl with a black wooden ladle on the side

Jeera Aloo is a popular Indian side dish made with potatoes and cumin seeds!

This simple recipe gets done in minutes and goes so well with a side of bread. You only need a handful of ingredients to make this Jeera Aloo.

We are talking potatoes again! What do I do? I can’t help it because there are just too many Indian potato recipes and when I make them I feel like sharing them on the blog too especially if it’s as easy as this jeera aloo.

What is Jeera Aloo? The literal translation for this dish is Jeera = Cumin and Aloo = Potatoes so this is Cumin Potatoes and one of the...

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Instant Pot Enchilada Rice

enchilada rice in a black bowl topped with avocados with a side of tortilla chips

Quick & easy Instant Pot Enchilada Rice gets done in less than 30 minutes!

Perfect weeknight meal for busy days, it’s so flavorful, filling and cheesy!

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Thandai

thandai in a small clay pot with small bowls with rose petals, cardamom on the sides and more clay pots of thandai in the backround

Refreshing Indian drink, Thandai is made with nuts, saffron, rose water, fennel seeds, cardamom, peppercorns! 

This homemade version is so much better than the Thandi you get in stores. 

Holi, the festival of colors will be here soon and I am getting homesick as usual. I do miss home all the time but it’s during festivals that I get terribly homesick.

No matter how much you try, these festivals can never feel the way they feel back home. While I can’t do much about it, I try to feel festive by cooking all the special things that mom would make around this...

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