Vella Pola is a cherished Ramadan staple in many Malabar households. Soft, spongy, and incredibly light, this steamed rice cake is perfect for Suhoor, providing a comforting meal that’s easy on the stomach yet keeps you satisfied. Traditionally served with coconut milk and sugar, or mashed bananas for an extra touch of sweetness, Vella PolaRead more
Crispy Chicken Skewers
Crispy Chicken Skewers are flavorful, marinated chicken strips threaded onto skewers, coated in a crunchy breadcrumb and cornflake mixture, and deep-fried until golden brown. They’re crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside, and perfect for iftar or as a kid-friendly snack. Ramadan is here, and for many of us, it’s a time of reflection,Read more
Warbat – Crispy Arabic Dessert with Cream Filling
Crispy Buttery Phyllo Pastry filled soaked in fragrant sugar syrup and served with thick cream and pistachios. Super easy, super delicious. If you’re looking for the perfect dessert to enjoy during Ramadan, this Warbat is the ultimate treat! It’s a classic Arabic dessert made with delicate layers of phyllo pastry filled with cream and soakedRead more
Spicy Penne Pasta
Indulge in the bold flavors of Spicy Penne Pasta—a perfect blend of creamy, spicy sauce, aromatic Parmesan cheese, and tender, flavorful chicken. Each bite bursts with a medley of spices, creating a dish that’s irresistibly rich and satisfying. A guaranteed crowd-pleaser for pasta lovers.
Chicken Rice Bowl
This Chicken Rice Bowl is a hearty and flavorful dish that’s perfect for a quick, satisfying meal. It features tender, marinated chicken thighs, perfectly seasoned rice cooked in chicken stock, and a refreshing salad for balance. Topped with a creamy white sauce, spicy hot sauce, and a touch of sweetness from pomegranate seeds, this bowlRead more
Nando’s Style Peri Peri Chicken Sandwich
If you’re a fan of bold, spicy flavors, this Nando’s style peri-peri chicken sandwich will be a treat for you! Inspired by the famous Nando’s peri-peri sauce, this sandwich is packed with flavor and heat, making it the perfect meal for spice lovers. The chicken is marinated with a blend of spices, shallow fried toRead more
Double Layered Tender Coconut Pudding
Double Layer Tender Coconut Pudding is a refreshing and easy-to-make dessert with a light coconut water layer and a creamy coconut milk layer, perfect for hot summer days. I am a big fan of agar-set puddings with that delightful jelly texture, especially when the flavor is tender coconut or anything coconut-related. I made this puddingRead more
Ginger Garlic Paste
This easy-to-make Ginger Garlic Paste stays fresh without changing color for about a month when stored in the fridge. It’s a versatile ingredient that can enhance the flavor of curries, rice dishes, and many other recipes.
Instant Kulfi Pudding
Instant Kulfi Pudding is a no-cooking, no-fuss dessert that will impress your guests with minimal effort. The rich, velvety texture combined with the crunch of nuts makes it a delightful treat that captures the essence of traditional kulfi. Looking for an instant kulfi pudding for your last-minute dessert preparation? This creamy pudding with nuts andRead more
Freej Swaileh Style Cream Corn Soup
Looking to recreate the flavors of Kuwait’s beloved Freej Swaileh restaurant in your own kitchen? This restaurant-style chicken corn soup is the perfect recipe to try. Known for its creamy texture, savory chicken, and sweet corn, this soup is a flavorful delight that’s sure to become a favorite in your household. This delicious chicken cornRead more
Softest White Loaf Bread
This white bread recipe will be a classic and will be a keeper for you all. This bread is so soft, fluffy and very light. Everybody will think you got this bread from a bakery. Today, I’m excited to share a recipe that has become a staple in my home: super soft homemade white bread.Read more
Chicken Fajita Wraps
Spiced chicken fajita wrapped inside mini tortillas with chilli mayo and butter toasted is the best dinner or lunch you can make within 30 minutes time. The chicken turned out incredibly delicious and juicy and the flavor is just too good to be true. These flavorful chicken filling can be used as a sandwich filling,Read more
Chocolate Filled Pappa Roti/ Coffee buns
Papa Roti buns, also known as Mexican coffee buns, are exceptionally soft buns characterized by their tantalizing aroma. When you take a bite into the warm bun, you’re greeted with a satisfying crunch from the sweet, caramelized coffee topping that melts like butter in your mouth. Traditionally, Papa Roti buns have a warm, slightly saltyRead more
Ethatha’s Paalada Payasam
Palada Payasam is a classic Kerala-style pudding made from milk and sugar, with its highlight being the palada or rice chips. My sister’s (ethatha) version of this beloved dessert is quick and instant, using rice palada, coconut milk, and condensed milk. The result is so deliciously creamy and sweet that you won’t be able toRead more
Chicken Chukka
A flavorful, spicy, and easy to prepare dry chicken recipe that goes amazingly well with chapathi, porota or even rice.
Spicy Chicken Dumplings with Chilli Oil
Dumplings with Umami flavored spicy chicken filling served with flavor packed chilli oil. There is also a recipe for homemade dumpling wrapper which turns out amazingly good everytime. Recipe fully inspired from mywanderinghome
2 Ingredient Naan-Perfect Soft Naan
Soft homemade Naan bread with just two basic ingredients. Easy and delicious Naan everytime. Today, I’m thrilled to share with you a game-changing recipe for two-ingredient perfect naan (excluding the salt) that will elevate your homemade bread game to new heights. With just two simple ingredients and minimal effort, you’ll achieve naan with a heavenlyRead more
Perfect White Chocolate WAFFLES
Get ready to upgrade your breakfast game with these Perfect White Chocolate Waffles! They’re crispy on the outside, soft and chewy inside, with pockets of creamy white chocolate that melt in your mouth. This recipe is super simple, making it a total win for any morning. Dive into these golden beauties that balance the perfectRead more
Butter Chicken Sandwich Bake with Homemade Fluffy Buns
Flavor packed butter chicken stuffed inside homemade soft and fluffy bread. These turn out super yummy and addictive. Perfect for a get together or for feeding a crowd!! Flavor packed butter chicken stuffed inside homemade soft and fluffy bread. These turn out super yummy and addictive. Perfect for a get together or for feeding aRead more
Instant Rasmalai Flavored Milk Cake
The most popular Milk Cake/ Tres leches made the easy way with store bought pound cake, homemade milk mixture and topped with a lightly sweet mascarpone cream. The most popular Milk Cake/ Tres leches made the easy way with store bought pound cake, homemade milk mixture and topped with a lightly sweet mascarpone cream.
Korean Chicken Bao Bun
Super soft, pillowy steamed buns with a spicy Korean chicken filling. Have you ever tried bao buns? These pillowy soft buns are simply A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. These are fluffy buns with succulent pieces of chicken popcorn coated with sweet and spicy sauce, adorned with crisp veggies like cabbage and onions and garnished with sesame seeds and freshRead more
Mini Sweet Samosas/ Samboosak
Mini bite sized samosas with cream cheese filling, sweetened with thick rose flavored sugar syrup. A sweet dish is always a lovely addition to any meal. Even though they’re served and enjoyed all year round, sweet treats have been one of the major highlights of Ramadan. Be it suhur, iftar or after dinner, we willRead more
Malai Chicken Paratha
A crisp and delicious paratha box with a creamy and rich malai chicken filling. If you love paratha and also creamy malai chicken curry or malai kebab, this one is definitely for you. I actually combined three recipes for this: Malai Chicken, Malai Chicken Kebab and Paratha. I was too happy with the outcome. CrispRead more
Ramadan Series: Iftar Plan for 30 days
I am planning to post iftar ideas everyday for 30 days inshaa Allah. I’ll try to post three recipe links which is already there in the blog every night, so planning iftar would be eaaier for you the next day. So, here is the first one. DAY 1: Kozhiada/ Chicken Pockets Znoud-el-Sit Mango Ginger Lemonade
Chicken Bread Roulade
A baked bread roll with a white sauce chicken filling. The garlic butter which is generously brushed on the bread roulade gives an amazing buttery, garlic bread taste to it. Ramadan 2020 is almost here. But we have to undergo enforced separation at a time when socializing is encouraged. This holiest month is a timeRead more
Pakistani Lachha Paratha
Soft and flaky parathas (flat bread) with lots of layers. This is a Pakistani style paratha which is more on the soft side. Lachha Paratha is somewhat similar to our Kerala malabar paratha but this is more of a dense type bread. But it is very soft and I love thick, soft parathas. Reminds me of the parathaRead more
Coconut Creme Caramel (eggless, no bake)
A melt in your mouth, fresh, light, creamy, easy to impress, no bake, eggless Coconut Creme Caramel that is perfect during any season of the year. Would you believe me if I say that this is the first dessert recipe using agar in my blog? Yeah, it is. I had lots of epic fail storiesRead more
Cannelloni Bread Bake
Bread roll with a flavorful chicken filling that is smothered with a cream cheese sauce and baked with loads of mozzarella cheese on top. This resembles cannelloni bake as the bread roll looks like the cylindrical canneloni pasta when baked and out of the oven. Today I am doing a food bloggers collaboration with 4Read more
Cauliflower Sauce Pasta Bake
A healthy pasta bake with a creamy cauliflower sauce. As my son is getting older, with more of an opinion on what he will eat and what he doesn’t want to eat, I am trying to incorporate veggies into his diet in different ways. One of Hamad’s favorite meals is pasta with white sauce. ButRead more
Fried Buns Chicken Sandwich
Mini chicken sandwiches in homemade fried buns with a saucy, spicy chicken filling. Perfect treat for your children and adults alike. I made this delicious mini sandwiches for my kiddos last week and it turned out great. I wanted to make mini bite sized sandwiches and also wanted something crunchy. So I combined two recipesRead more
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Super easy melty, yummy chocolate chip awesomeness right out of the oven. If you are lazy to make individual cookies, these Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars will be the right choice for you. Life in the time of lockdown is not easy. The amount of stress and anxiety everybody is going through at this time isRead more
Semolina Cake
A very simple cake made with semolina and few other ingredients which will be easily available in your pantry. This is a super moist and delicious cake with an amazing texture. Today I have a moist cake recipe for you. This is a cake which my mom makes for us. My mom used to bakeRead more