Swedish Glögg
Warm spices, red wine, and bourbon make this traditional Nordic Christmas drink a favorite in our home during the holiday season.
Quick and Easy Butter Chicken
This recipe is inspired by Mallika Basu’s recipe. This is not a low-fat recipe but it is simple and is as close in taste to the Delhi-style butter chicken as it gets while cooking at home. You can make the chicken in advance and prepare the sauce before serving. Alternatively, you can find my Low…
Low-fat Date and Almond Cake
This is the easiest, whole wheat, zero-refined sugar or artificial-sweetener cake you will find, and it is also extremely low-fat. It comes together quickly and is perfect for a light dessert or a mid-day snack.
Pear, Pistachio, Chocolate Chunk Cake
Studded with pistachios, chunks of pears and chocolate, and flecks of orange zest, everything about this cake is plain perfect. This is my go to Christmas cake recipe. The flavor combinations are unique and absolutely delightful. I first came across this combination here and then modified the recipe to make it lower fat by subbing out half…
Khajoor Mewa Burfi (Date & Nut Fudge)
A naturally sweetened dessert, with no added fat or sugar, this khajoor mewa burfi is an easy to make crowd pleaser! The recipe was inspired from this recipe over at myheartbeets and another one found in Mallika Basu’s book Masala.
Dark Chocolate and Nuts Burfi with a Hint of Ghost Pepper and Sea Salt
When your garden produces a ton of ghost peppers, you are bound to have some unconventional experiments in your kitchen. This dark chocolate and nuts burfi is the result of one such successful experiment.
Besan Burfi (Chickpea Flour Fudge)
This Besan Barfi is my go to for when my heart craves some Indian dessert indulgence. The combination of cardamom with chickpea flour is to die for! This can easily be made into besan laddoo (fudge balls) if you have the patience to stir it on the stove for a little longer so it dries…
White Chocolate and Nuts Burfi
White chocolate and nuts burfi is an easy and quick Indian flavored dessert.
Chicken Shawarma with Serrano-Garlic Yogurt Sauce
I’m a big fan of authentic chicken shawarma — a classic middle eastern style street food. Traditionally, to make shawarma, meat is cut into thin slices, stacked, and roasted on a slowly-turning vertical rotisserie. But, at home, in the absence of a vertical rotisserie, I use skewers and the grill. This recipe is very quick…