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Welcome everyone
My name is Bhavna, I am Author, Recipe Developer, Editor, Photographer and the brain behind my website. I cook easy, simple, healthy and delicious food. You will also find many plant based/vegetarian, gluten-free, nut free and vegan dishes. I am from Mumbai, living in Canada for past 20 years. I am a professional working in Finance in a multinational firm. I love to cook but I
also love to travel and been to many countries. The best experience was to see Northern lights in -40 degree middle of the night standing on frozen lake, nothing can beat it! My another hobby is oil painting, my house is decorated with all my paintings. The reason I started food blog is because my daughter didn’t want to remember my recipe and she wanted me to write it down for her. I always loved cooking and I realized that everyone loves my food so I decided to create recipes with proper measurement so I can write it. I create my own recipes, take pictures and update my website, learned all during this process. I enjoy posting traditional, western and fusion recipes. I enjoy experimenting with spices which are traditionally not used in Indian cooking. I am also very passionate about making my own spice blends, it makes a huge difference in the flavours. When my grandson born, I wrote Katlu recipe which we feed to new mom, it is my most viewed recipe. Every single day I see someone is searching for this recipe and brings them to my post. Many people appreciated and messaged me personally, I was so touched by huge response!! Another dish Leftover Rice Fritter which my mom used to prepare all the time while growing up, has 2nd highest views. I like to share some tricks and tips on my website, I wrote a post on How to easily break very hard jaggery and I got a huge response. I can not miss to mention Churma Ladoo, it’s my dad’s recipe we all enjoy eating. He is in late eighties and still enjoy preparing it. This is all possible because of the great response from you all, it keeps me motivated to continue to bring something new on the table. Looking forward to hearing from you!!
Operating as usual
These sabudana vada are lip-smacking, very crispy outside and soft and airy inside. These are highly addictive; it never feels enough even after eating so many.... so make more 😀
http://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2022/04/05/sabudana-vada-patties/
How do you store tomatoes? Where do you live?
Whom would you go with?
Indian buffet at Toronto, Canada
Recently I visited a newly open Daal Roti restaurant in Vaughan (near Vaughan mills mall). They had so many varieties of veg and non veg dishes. The food was excellent. Staff was courteous. We had a great time!!
Pina Colada
Temperature is rising, it's perfect time to serve this very refreshing drink. Whip this up in less than 10 minutes. Prepare it for your family or for next gathering, everyone will love it.
http://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2022/04/02/pina-colada/
Raw mangoes are in the grocery stores. It’s time to prepare pickle and and store for the whole year.
So many fresh and seasonal pickles in one album. Do try and let me know which one is your favourite?
Spicy, tangy, juicy pickles - all pickle recipe in this album. Each picture has a link to the recipe
Are you fan of Gujarati food like Undhiyu, patra, dhokla, khandvi, kadhi? Then this one is for you.
Who doesn't like Gujarati cuisine?
Gujarati dishes enhances one's pellet with sweet, sour, spicy aromatic flavours. Sharing some of my all time favourites with you all.
Collard Green Patra
Can't find patra (arbi) leaves in your grocery store? Try this patra recipe. It will change your life. Shhhh... keep this a secret no one need to know and they won't figure out . You can use the same recipe to make patra using arbi leaves.
https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2022/03/17/collard-green-patra/
Happy Holi!
Non fried dahi bhalla for holi!
Don't want to eat fried food? No problem!
Try these soft & spongy delicious non-fried dahi vada. Healthy food should not be boring.
https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2015/06/06/dahi-vadabhalla/
Quickest way to make puran poli
Do you know you can make stuffing *puran) from boiled daal in literally 5-6 mins? Do check out the recipe.
Quickest Puran Poli
Sharing my quick Puran poli recipe. It takes around 6 minutes to make puran (stuffing)...yes you heard it right!
https://bhavnasfoodjourneys.wordpress.com/2015/11/10/puranpoli/
Healthy lunch platter
Very easy to prepare no onion garlic or any root vegetable lunch from my kitchen
I served delicious methi papad sabji with crispy oats bhakhari, tadka khichdi and lemon pickle
Recipes:
Methi papad sabji https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2016/06/07/methi-papad-sabji/
Oats bhakahri https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2019/12/13/gluten-free-oats-bhakhari-roti/
Vaghareli khichdi https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2019/06/14/gujarati-khichdi/
Lemon pickle https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2020/05/06/lemon-pickle/
Who doesn't like Gujarati cuisine?
Gujarati dishes enhances one's pellet with sweet, sour, spicy aromatic flavours. Sharing some of my all time favourites with you all.
LET’S PLAY….
What is the famous dish from your city? Someone else will guess the name of that city.
Famous Gujarati Dishes
https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/tag/gujarati/
Showcasing some of the Gujarati dishes from my kitchen. Lot more to come...
Watch this space for the updates
Who doesn't like Gujarati cuisine?
Gujarati dishes enhances one's pellet with sweet, sour, spicy aromatic flavours. Sharing some of my all time favourites with you all.
Who is coming to share this? 😀
My heart and soul in one plate
I am Gujarati from Mumbai so you can imagine how close this to my heart 🧡
This plate has fafda gathia, papaya khaman, kadhi, BEST vada pav, misal with chivda
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Recipes:
Fafda https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2015/09/05/fafda-gathia/
Papaya khaman https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2016/12/02/green-papaya-salad/
Batata vada https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2015/06/20/vada-pav/
Misal https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2019/04/26/spicy-misal/
Soul satisfying desi meal
Very simple healthy no onion no garlic plate. Vadi papad sabji, bajri roti, mango pickle and green chilies in the plate.
Recipes...
Vadi papad sabji https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2022/03/11/vadi-papad-sabji/
Bajri Roti video: https://youtu.be/q_0ow0h8EIw
Written recipe: https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2020/12/04/jowar-bajri-roti/
Instant mango pickle https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2017/08/18/instant-grapes-and-mango-pickle/
It’s snowing again ❄️
Vadi Papad Sabji
My all time favourite sabji. This sabji is very easy to prepare using home made lobia vadi and ingredients from the pantry. Whenever I am out of fresh veggies, this is something I love to cook. It's cooked in literally 10-15 minutes. I make chola (lobia) vadi during summer and store it for whole year. This is no onion no garlic recipe.
http://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2022/03/11/vadi-papad-sabji/
My Food Journey Through India - Part 1
Showcasing my food journey during my recent visit to India. If you ever visit India, you will be amazed by the hospitality, food, culture and historic sites. Sharing some of the glimpse of the food I got to enjoy.
Do watch out for part 2.
Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/jADLTNX6IwY
Three different pastas with same recipe. Very easy recipe with simple ingredients.
Sometimes I crave for pasta. Depending on what I have in my fridge, I make variety of pasta. It literally takes 15-20 mins to prepare this one pot meal. I also grow sweet basil and oregano in a pot. Using fresh herbs add so much flavour. Do try!
Recipe: https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2022/03/08/pasta-with-exotic-vegetables/
Bonus recipe: https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2018/03/02/dos-and-donts-of-cooking-pasta/
Which one would you try?
Do you know you can remove coconut water without even breaking it? Yes, no hammer used in making this video. Remember how many times you have wasted coconut water while breaking, not anymore!!
Check out the easiest trick, the hack anyone can use.
I have posted written tips and trick on how to easily remove coconut from shell https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2021/06/02/how-to-easily-remove-coconut-from-shell-and-make-dried-coconut/
YouTube https://youtu.be/Y2sL6pBwCGQ
Vangi bath (eggplant rice) and sambar (lentil soup) accompanied by papad and nimbu achaar (lemon pickle). Delicious healthy lunch 😋😋
Looking for recipes?
Vangi bath https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2021/06/04/vangi-bath/
Sambar https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2015/05/01/lentil-soup/
Pickle https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2020/05/06/lemon-pickle/
Mysore Masala Dosa
I have used red chutney premix for this dosa. Do check out the recipe.
Dosa recipe https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2016/03/25/mysore-masala-dosa/
Red chutney premix https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2020/10/09/red-chutney-premix-for-mysore-masala/
Chana urad dal chutney https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2021/05/24/chana-urad-dal-chutney/
Lentil (Toor Dal) Rasam https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2020/04/03/lentil-toor-dal-rasam/
2 Ingredient Dry Methi Muthia in Air Fryer
This is the quickest muthia prepared using 2 ingredients. I use these methi muthia when I make Gujarati undhiyu (mix vegetable). To prepare muthia at home is a bit lengthy process and need many ingredients. I don't always find methi leaves easily here in Toronto. I figured out the quickest and easiest way to prepare at home in less than 30 mins
http://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2022/03/04/quickest-dry-methi-muthia-in-air-fryer/
Most famous street food combo from aamchi Mumbai ❤️
Batata vada, usal, green chutney and garlic chutney.
I made vada using appe pan so it’s healthy too.
Who want to join me?😀
Recipes:
Batata vada https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2015/06/20/vada-pav/
Misal https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2019/04/26/spicy-misal/
Green chutney https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2015/04/05/garlic-coriander-chutney/
Dry garlic chutney https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2015/03/10/dry-garlic-chutney/
Vrat (farali) thali
This super delicious farali thali includes rajgira/amaranth paratha, aloo sabji in yogurt sauce, khaman kakdi (cucumber salad), sama chawal (barnyard millet) dhokla and anjeer rolls and fruit for dessert.
Recipes:
Rajgira/Amaranth Paratha https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2019/08/09/rajgira-amaranth-paratha/
Aloo sabji https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2019/08/16/farali-aloo-sabji/
Khaman Kakdi https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2020/06/02/khaman-kakdi-farali-salad/
Sama/barnyard Millet Dhokla https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2017/03/31/samabarnyard-millet-dhokla/
Vrat (farali) thali
This super delicious farali thali includes rajgira/amaranth paratha, aloo sabji in yogurt sauce, khaman kakdi (cucumber salad), sama chawal (barnyard millet) dhokla and anjeer rolls and fruit for dessert.
Recipes:
Rajgira/Amaranth Paratha https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2019/08/09/rajgira-amaranth-paratha/
Aloo sabji https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2019/08/16/farali-aloo-sabji/
Khaman Kakdi https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2020/06/02/khaman-kakdi-farali-salad/
Sama/barnyard Millet Dhokla https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2017/03/31/samabarnyard-millet-dhokla/
Which one is your favourite farali (vrat) food?
You can try few recipes on the day of Maha Shivratri. They are easy, healthy and delicious.
Compilation of Hindu Fasting dishes.
These are special dishes which can be eaten during Hindu fasting.
Click on each picture to see the recipe link.
Heavy snowstorm
Delicious weekend Gujarati thali platter (gluten free)
Thali includes eggplant (baingan) fry , Gujarati sweet sour lentils (toor) daal, stir fry raw papaya, lemon pickle, soft jowar roti and rice. This meal can be easily vegan if you skip ghee on top of roti.
Recipes:
Eggplant/baingan fry https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2016/01/13/baingan-fry/
Gujarati daal https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2016/04/19/gujarati-daal/
Raw papaya stir fry https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2016/12/02/green-papaya-salad/
Jowar roti https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2021/11/12/softest-jowar-roti/
Lemon pickle https://bhavnasfoodjourney.com/2020/05/06/lemon-pickle/
Toronto, ON
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Welcome everyone
My name is Bhavna, I am Author, Recipe Developer, Editor, Photographer and the brain behind this website. I cook easy, simple, healthy and delicious food. You will also find many plant based/vegetarian, gluten-free, nut free and vegan dishes.
I am from Mumbai, living in Canada for past 20 years. I am a professional working in Finance in a multinational firm. As much as I love to cook, I also love to travel and been to many countries. The best experience was to see Northern lights in -40 degree middle of the night standing on frozen lake, nothing can beat it! My another hobby is oil painting, my house is decorated with all my paintings.
The reason I started food blog is because my daughter didn’t want to remember my recipe and she wanted me to write it down for her. She encouraged me to start a blog. I always loved cooking and I realized that everyone loves my food so I decided to create recipes with proper measurement so I can write it. I create my own recipes, take pictures and update my website, learned all during this process. I enjoy posting traditional, western and fusion recipes. I enjoy experimenting with spices which are traditionally not used in Indian cooking. I am also very passionate about making my own spice blends, it makes a huge difference in the flavours.
When my grandson born, I wrote Katlu recipe which we feed to new mom, it is my most viewed recipe. Every single day I see someone is searching for this recipe and brings them to my post. Many people appreciated and messaged me personally, I was so touched by huge response!! Another dish Leftover Rice Fritter which my mom used to prepare all the time while growing up, has 2nd highest views. I like to share some tricks and tips on my website, I wrote a post on How to easily break very hard jaggery and I got a huge response. I can not miss to mention Churma Ladoo, it’s my dad’s recipe we all enjoy eating. He is in late eighties and still enjoy preparing it.
This is all possible because of the great response from you all, it keeps me motivated to continue to bring something new on the table. Looking forward to hearing from you!!
