Grains and Legumes

Fragrant Golden Rice with Rainbow Chard

Easy Perfect Jamacan Rice and Peas (Instant Pot)

Tomato Onion Cheddar Oothapams

Instant pot Sabzi Pollo – Herbed Persian Rice

Masuur Dal – Whole Brown Lentils and Meal Planning – Hack One

Easy Instant Pot Fried Rice

Channa Gajar Saag – Chard or Spinach with Chickpeas

Jowar Ki Kheer – Sorghum Pudding (Instant Pot)

Ragda Pattice _ Soul Food for the New Year

Apple Crisp and a reflective farewell

Quinoa Upma – Quinoa Breakfast Pilaf

Rawa Idli (Vegetable Semolina Cakes) – Instant Pot

Punjabi Lobia – Punjabi Style Black-Eyed Peas

Cholar Dal – Bengali Yellow Split Lentils with Toasted Coconut (Instant Pot)

Lime and Peanut Quinoa (Stove top or Instant Pot)

Intensely Flavorful Mushroom Pulao

Creamy Vegan Black Beans/Dal Makhani

Farmer’s Market Nasi Goreng (Instant Pot)

One Pot Pongal – South Indian Rice and Lentil Porridge

Smoky Garden Beans ( or Pinto)

Perfect Instant Pot Semolina/Rawa Upma

Minute Indian Tapioca Pudding – Sabudana Kheer

Flourless Chocolate Almond Cake

Meyer Lemon Spinach Ricotta Pasta and Ironic Iron Hoopla

Spice Chronicles is about inspired Cooking from a New York kitchen. It is an attempt to bring you fresh, clutter-free, vibrant, spice enhanced dishes with a touch of the Hudson Valley. Years ago, I was determined to ensure that family meals did not get into a boring rut to cater to the daily rigors of practical living – work, school, life as we know it.

This site is a personal effort at chronicling the recipes that I created. It also showcases our small commitment towards reducing our family carbon food print. There is more about me and how the family fits into the equation on this page and all about our little curry garden, here. Like most of the good cooks in my life, most notably my grandmother and mother, my cooking is very practical and approachable.