Base Recipes, How To's

Instant Pot Pumpkin Puree or Stove top pressure cooker or puree in the oven is easy to make, fresh, budget-friendly, and preservative-free.

This Homemade Tomato Ketchup without Onion and Garlic or tomato sauce is simple, flavorful, and easy to make and one of the best ways to use your fresh tomatoes.

How to cook Dried Chickpeas? This Instant Pot Chickpeas is the perfect answer, to get perfectly cooked chickpeas every time in an Instant pot or in a Stove Top Pressure Cooker.

My Homemade Coriander Powder, is tastier, fragrant, spicier and aromatic than the regular store bought ones with a few secret ingredients.

This Bisi bele bath Masala Powder is a special spice mix and the main ingredient in Karnataka style one pot nutritious bisi bele bath.

Bhuna Jeera powder or a powder made from Roasted cumin is a must in every Indian pantry. Sprinkled on chaas, raita’s, lemonade’s and a must in Indian chaat’s. The aroma and the flavour of freshly made cumin powder cannot be replaced with the store bought one. Cumin is the dried seed of a herb. The …

I love to use home-made masala’s in my recipes, as it lends its own unique taste and aroma to the dish. I regularly use my mom’s Garam Masala ,  also prepare my own Roasted Cumin powder and Coriander Masala Powder at home. I used to buy Sambar and Rasam Masala, but was always in search …

A step-by-step guide on how to Sprout Mung beans at home without any special equipment. 

We often like to munch on that fried noodles given at a restaurant. Sometimes it so happens that instead of having the soup or rice or noodles we love to eat the fried noodles. Yes at least I do. I either make it at one go and store in an air tight container or simply …