Recipe: Bharli Vangi Bharli Vangi is Maharashtrian Style stuffed brinjals. This delicious dish is made by stuffing small brinjals with coconut, spices and roasted peanuts. Generally enjoyed with ro…| Mayuri's Jikoni
Recipe: Nectarine Quinoa Salad Nectarine Quinoa Salad is a gluten free, vegan, colourful, bright, packed with flavours and textures kind of summery salad. With a homemade fresh ginger salad dressing, this is one salad you don’t want to miss out on. Each spoonful or should I say forkful reminded me of the apple mangoes back home. Yes, I have added nectarine but they were super sweet and almost reminded me of mangoes. I like the bite that the cooked quinoa adds to the salad but I have also tr...| Mayuri's Jikoni
Recipe: Sama Pulao Sama Pulao is a simple, healthy, filling, one pot meal that is generally prepared during the Hindu Fasting Days like Navratri, Ekadashi, Ram Navmi, etc. Sama, samak chawal, moriyo, barnyard millet is widely used during fasting. Though the name has the word millet it is not a true millet. Actually it is a grass seed much like quinoa but smaller. How Come We Can Eat Barnyard Millet During Fasting And Not The Other Millets? Barnyard millet, sama is not a true millet. It is a v...| Mayuri's Jikoni
Recipe: Pineapple Salad Pineapple Salad with berries, coconut, fresh mint, with a drizzle of honey and some fresh orange juice makes a refreshing summery dessert salad. Enjoy it on its own or with…| Mayuri's Jikoni
Recipe: Peach Baked Oatmeal Peach Baked Oatmeal loaded with fresh juicy peach, flavoured with cinnamon and vanilla extract makes a perfect refined sugar free breakfast or brunch treat. And the best part is that you can make it for one or for a crowd. Did I mention that it is so easy to make this baked oatmeal? I enjoy it with a dollop of Greek Yogurt. Keeps me full for a long time. Peaches And Me Since we have moved to Canada, peaches has become what mangoes was for us in Kenya. Always look f...| Mayuri's Jikoni
Recipe: Orange Avocado Salad Orange Avocado Salad is a colourful, refreshing, full of flavour kind of summer salad. Enjoy it as side or as a light meal. What I like about this salad is the delicio…| Mayuri's Jikoni
Recipe: Walking Taco Walking Taco is a fun portable snack or meal option. Flavourful chili and toppings are added to a bag of tortilla chips rather than a taco. Walk around with the bag and enjoy taco. An absolutely easy way to serve a snack for picnics, movie nights, while watching your favourite sports match, etc. All you need is a bag of Fritos, Dorito, Tostitos or Takis. Add toppings of your choice and you have a filling snack or meal. Sharing Walking Taco With Sunday Funday This Sunday o...| Mayuri's Jikoni
RECIPE: Kenyan Style Corn Curry Kenyan Style Corn Coconut Curry is a creamy, spicy, delicious vegan curry. Corn cobs are cut into smaller pieces and cooked in a tomato and coconut based curry. The fun part of this curry is that after biting off the kernels you can use the corn to mop up the curry and suck it. To do that, the curry obviously has to be thick and not watery. Tender Yellow |White Pearls Rains or monsoon mean fresh corn in India while it appears in abundance during summer in C...| Mayuri's Jikoni
Recipe: Crispy Noodle Salad Crispy Noodle Salad is not only a filling nutritious light meal on its own but a dish which offers different flavours and textures. Quite easy to make, this salad is pre…| Mayuri's Jikoni
Recipe: Honeydew Sorbet Honeydew Sorbet is a light, refreshing, cooling, healthy summer time dessert. Pretty easy to make if you have frozen honeydew cubes in the freezer. Summer time is when I al…| Mayuri's Jikoni
What is Ugali? Ugali is like a porridge but much more dense made from white maize meal or maize flour. It is the staple diet of the indigenous people of East Africa. Also known as Nsima it is gener…| Mayuri's Jikoni