Khatti Daal
While the rest of India has their quintessential daal and roti, you will find a hyderabadi relishing the favourite comfort food – khatti daal and chawal. This daal serves not …
Hyderabadi Pooriyan
A special occasion dessert, these pooris or sweet empanadas are a social affair. Ladies love to gather, knead the dough and make the fillings. When it’s time to assemble, the …
Gosht ka Achaar (Pickled Meat)
Indian style of pickling (achaar) is fiery, spicy, and undeniably delicious. It involves sun drying the desired item and then frying in plenty of oil, salt, chili powder and other …
Amaranth and Vegetables Baby Food
Amaranth is another novel grain (or rather seed as everybody keeps pointing out, so I might as well) that is protein packed, delicious and all things good. So its time …
Kababchini Gosht
Whether you choose team allspice or cassia buds or cubeb for the english translation of kababchini, you will not go wrong with this dish. It’s a small round ‘tailed’ pepper …
Pearl Millet and Sesame baby food mix
Open Sesame! Introduce your baby to yet another treasure trove of nutrients, the aptly named ‘pearl millets’ or ‘bajra’ in Hindi. This millet (tinier cousins of cereals) is a great …
Sorghum (Jowar) Baby Food
Yet another homemade cereal mix that you can prepare in advance and store. All it takes is a few minutes to cook the powder in liquid and make a smooth, …
Barley and Dates Cereal
Homemade Mixes are the ultimate homemade baby food option. You know what you are putting in as you are making the mix yourself. You can buy it yourself, clean it …
Homemade baby food: Pumpkin Apple Bowls
This is a perfect recipe for those initial weaning days when you have done the basic pureed bananas, apples and sweet potatoes. If it’s the fall season by this time …
Dill-icious Egg and Oats
Starting up a new series close to my heart and story of my life in the past few years – home made baby food! All day err day – you …