Recipes about Boost Happiness
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No-Fry Swahili Bhajia
Try these delicious and healthy yellow lentil baked bhajia from Mombasa
Candy Cane Beet & Carrot Kanji
Kanji is a refreshing, hydrating, probiotic Indian drink, packed with the goodness of carrot and beet. The most important ingredient is the winter sunlight!
Tomato Chokha
Colleen Taylor Sen, author of Feasts and Fasts: A History of Food in India, shares this recipe from Bihar, India. This simple recipe for chokha, a relish of grilled pulpy tomatoes is served as a breakfast dish with the plain flour flatbread sada roti.
Salted Lassi
Lassi is a hydrating energy drink, especially in the summer, that settles digestion and boosts electrolytes.
Moringa Adai
Fresh moringa leaves amp up the antioxidant quotient of this lentil-based cousin of the dosa in Rakesh Raghunathan’s recipe.
Multigrain Beet Roti
Make multigrain rotis — with a twist! Eeshaan Kashyap adds beet to the dough to up the fiber and micronutrient content.
Nimbu Nimki
Nimbu nimki is an intensely lemony pickle that works wonders for nausea and overall digestive health.
Upma Pesarattu
South Indian chef Rakesh Raghunathan gives a hearty twist to pesarattu with a upma filling.
Lazzat-E-Taam Ground Spice Mix
Grind the ingredients of Lazzat-E-Taam potli masala for an aromatic and flavorful spice blend.
Homestyle Mango Pickle
Bottle the mouth-puckering flavor and myriad health benefits of green, unripe mangoes in this classic Indian summer pickle.
Mango Ginger & Date Chhundo
A spin on the traditional Gujarati chhundo, this sweet and spicy condiment made of dates and mango ginger has great digestive benefits
Potato Pickle
Make an instant aloo ka achaar or Indian potato pickle in under 30 minutes.
Amritsari Langarwali Dal
Cookbook author and physician Nandita Iyer recreates the famous dal dish from the kitchen of gurdwaras, or Sikh temples of worship.
Miso-Sesame Dressing
This mineral-packed miso-sesame dressing takes only 5 minutes to make and goes with everything.
Aparajita Nice Cream
With no added sweetener, this naturally blue nice cream is a striking vegan dessert or a mood-lifting breakfast
Piña Amla Colada
This pineapple and amla drink makes for a great to have an alternative, non-alcoholic drink in hand.
Rava Dosa
Chef Rakesh Raghunathan shares the art of making a crisp, yogurt-infused rava dosa.
Spicy Mango & Bean Sprout Salad
This Thai-inspired spicy mango salad is sprinkled with the goodness of bean sprouts.
Chickpea & Sweet Potato Salad
This hearty salad is a meal in itself, with fiber-rich sweet potato and kala chana (black chickpeas) that pack a delicious a protein punch.
Pommes Ecrasées
A perfect go-to recipe for creamy, vegan mashed potatoes
Belizean Pickled Onions
This tangy, crunchy, and fiery red onion condiment from Belize brightens up sandwiches or salads
Cassava Coconut Curry
This rendition of cassava in a nutritious coconut milk curry is a specialty from Kerala
Garlic-Mustard Vinaigrette
This tangy and pungent dressing of mustard and garlic provides a hit of nutrition and a kick of flavor
Ajvar
A Serbian roasted eggplant and red pepper relish, Ajvar doubles up as a great pasta and pizza sauce
Melon, Radish & Fig Salad
This savory salad is packed with vitamins, antioxidants, and the probiotic power of yogurt
Talbinah
A barley pudding sweetened with honey, Talbinah is eaten during Ramadan around the world
Lucknowi Chaat Masala
Lucknowi chaat masala is a fragrant, savory spice blend and digestive used to season chaat
Shorbat Adas
Try Shorbat Adas, a classic Middle Eastern lentil soup around since biblical times
Misozuke Limes
This riff on preserved lemons uses the Japanese method of pickling food by burying it in miso.
Grilled Mushrooms in Herb Oil
This recipe works with any sort of mushroom
Sweet Potatoes & Fennel Gravy
This side of sweet potatoes and fennel make for a sublime accompaniment to all manner of autumn dishes.
Spelt Empanadas
Filled with a mixture of Brussels sprouts and apples, these empanadas are made with spelt, an alternative to wheat that creates a simpler, easier-to-work dough
Pineapple Ombol
During pineapple season, this sweet and tangy pineapple ombol chutney is on just about every table in Assam, India.
Beet Pachadi
This pachadi recipe combines the freshness of coconut with the tang of curd and the earthiness of beets
Makhana Kheer
As a faraal food, makhana recipes are popular during the Navaratri, Ekadashi, and Mahashivaratri upvas (fasting) in north India. Makhana kheer is perhaps the most famous iteration. It’s easy to make, tasty, and nutritious.
Smoked Salsa
This versatile sauce is delicious, nutritious, and it works as well as the base for chili or curry as it does as a salsa.
Sweet Potato “Som Tam”
The popular Northern Thai dish som tam is bright, crunchy, and sweet-sour-spicy. This salad takes advantage of raw sweet potatoes’ texture, similar to green papaya.
Chathu Rai
This popular dish from Odisha in eastern India involves cooking mushrooms in a hot, pungent, and tangy mustard gravy
Tapenade
Tapenade combines some of Provence’s most intense flavors in one gorgeous spread: fruity olives, tangy capers, and sharp garlic.
Okra & Kokum Stir-fry
The star of this Goan stir-fry recipe is kokum, a souring agent found in Goan and Maharashtrian kitchens.
Herb-Roasted Carrots with Zhug
Carrot tops tend to get cut off and discarded, which is a shame; these frilly fronds, especially when they are young, are wonderful in this zhug.
Grilled Marinated Tofu
Grilling tofu for this recipe adds a lot of smoky depth to its flavor, but you can also cook it in a pan, in a toaster oven, or under a broiler.
Coconut, Ginger & Turmeric Soup
A soothing coconut soup spiced with zesty ginger and earthy turmeric — perfect to keep the winter blues away.
Spicy Almonds
These spicy almonds make a great addition to a cheese board or salad. Increase the paprika in the recipe if you want them spicier.
Garlic Confit
Make this recipe for deeply flavorful, meltingly tender garlic.
Vegetable Broth
Use this vegetable broth for all of your soups and stews. Make a batch and keep it in the freezer for whenever you need it.
Mahua Walnut Muffins
Dried mahua flowers are great natural sweeteners and make for a lovely addition to muffins and cakes.
Kalyana Manga
Whip up a bowl of an instant mango pickle that is the highlight of South Indian wedding feasts.
Ful
Fava bean stew, ful (also known as ful medames) is popular as both a breakfast staple and a dinner entrée in the Middle East. Hole-in-the-wall restaurants serve the best kinds, as they slow-cook the stew the traditional way over embers all night (and day).
Creamy Broccoli & Coconut Soup
This broccoli soup gets its creaminess from coconut milk and a vegan version of a soubise sauce, made with softened onions. It’s full-flavored, with dried herbs, seeds, and spices.
Cashew Purée
This cashew purée recipe from Akhtar Nawab can be made in advance; it adds richness to soups, stews, rice dishes, and more.
Salad in a Jar
As JL Fields explains in this recipe, for a great salad in a jar it’s all about how you layer the ingredients. No soggy salads!
Mixed Berry Cobbler
This recipe for a vegan Mixed Berry Cobbler, topped with a pomegranate syrup, is a great way to use any fruit on hand, fresh or frozen.
Tamarind BBQ Oyster Mushrooms
Chef Shenarri Freeman's Tamarind BBQ Oyster Mushrooms are a showstopper for a vegan dinner party.
Wedge Salad with Mushroom Bacon
For chef Shenarri Freeman's wedge salad, the standouts are the vegan ranch dressing and the vegan shiitake “bacon,” which you can prepare ahead of time.
Pickled Watermelon Rind
These watermelon rinds are simmered for just a few minutes, steeped with relatively low sugar, and infused with ginger, makrut lime leaf, and chile.
Melon Basil Granita
For this granita, pick the ripest melons — the juicier, the better. Add basil for its herbal-sweet aroma and a little maple syrup to make it dessert-worthy.
Little Gems & Cucumber Salad
Crisp, bright, and tangy, this salad piles green on green on green. The dressing is a riff on a green goddess dressing, a California classic.
Pasta alla "Puttanesca Bianca"
This dish arose when I was craving penne alla puttanesca but had no tomatoes. I took the remaining ingredients and made a simple pasta salad, served hot.
One Jar of Apricot Easy Jam
If you have a handful of apricots, a little sugar, and a lemon, you’ve got the makings of casual jam.
Tiger Nut Coconut Crumb Muffins
Sun dried and ground into flour, tiger nuts are gluten-free nutritional powerhouses. They have a sweet, earthy, butterscotch-like flavor.
Summer Fruit Salad
Watermelon, cherries, and Sungold tomatoes are some of summer's first signs. Combine them in a salad for a spectrum of bright-sweet-tart fruit flavor.
Ragi & Banana Breakfast Drink
Ragi, or finger millet, is gluten-free and known for its dietary benefits. Served warm, this drink makes for a nourishing winter breakfast.