Howdy, everyone! How was your week? Hope it was good :) There’s really nothing great about Mondays, other than catching up on all weekend episodes of my favorite Tv series :P and folding laundry ? As you all now that my weekends are usually way too busy for me to watch new shows as they air, so Mondays is my binge-watching day and I catch-up on all my Tv serial episodes?...

What is Punjabi Chole? Punjabi Chole, Punjabi Chole Masala, or chole is a traditional and my favorite Indian recipe that my grandmother used to make all the time when I was growing up. Chole is chickpeas cooked in a spicy and flavorful gravy. The delicious gravy pairs well with basmati rice, jeera rice, naan and roti. Why make Punjabi Chole in the Instant Pot Of course my grandma didn’t have an Instant Pot....

Sharing is Caring ? PIN the recipe if you like it and follow us on Pinterest This post was originally published in Dec 2017 and has been refreshed with instructions for Instant Pot, new pictures and video instructions If you like Indian food, check out our amazing Instant Pot Indian Recipes. If you are new to the instant pot, check out our How to master Instant pot in 3 buttons post....

Ready in just 5 minutes, this Asian Dressing is infused with bold flavors of ginger-garlic & can be used as a dressing over salads or to marinade proteins. You are sure to fall in love with this dressing. Folks, welcome back to a brand new post on The Belly Rules The Mind, after a long hiatus. Oh, I missed you guys, I missed blogging. I spent the last few months in India with my family....

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Double Chocolate Bundt Cake Then we got really tired of it and I haven’t made Chocolate cake in a while. A few weeks ago when I made one for the blog and my decorating was a disaster…haha! Today I present to you a Double Chocolate Bundt Cake. Not very fancy looking, you can tell my decorating skills needs some work. But who doesn’t love a great tasting chocolate cake. It’s all in the taste, right!...

Making apple crisp in your pressure cooker is a game changer. Remember the Cinnamon Apples I shared a few weeks ago? Just make the sweet cinnamon apples and the crispy oats crumble, yes both individually in your pressure cooker and then just top the crumble on the apples. That’s it! No babysitting. No preheating the oven or baking for a long time. It’s all instant in the Instant Pot. I typically store the crumble and cinnamon apples individually and just whip up a warm comforting bowl in a jiffy, literally anytime I want....

These delicious & perfectly individually sized Gujiya bites are stuffed with dried fruits and nuts and are naturally sweetened. Yes no sugar added and loaded with good fat. Don’t worry the good fat won’t make you fat, when consumed in moderation. Diwali, the festival of lights is less than a week away. Apparently this year Diwali is just a day before Halloween. So apparently the great paradox is that back home in India, everybody celebrates the festival of lights while here in America, people celebrate Halloween....

Summer is here. Love the long & bright sunny days, which also means a lot of day time activities. For my family, summers are the busiest time of the year. There is so much going on, day trips to the museums, parks, pools, beaches, playdates and a lot of socializing. Phew!!! Ever since we moved from MD to NC, our social life has gotten so much more busier, in a good way though....

We love making recipes from scratch, because they taste so much better and always turn out to be economical. Instant Pot Rice, Homemade Yogurt, Strawberry Jam, Pineapple jam, Apple Chips, Plantain Chips are just some examples of how you can have healthy alternatives to store bought things and save money as well. So it was time to share how to cook dried beans from scratch in your Instant Pot perfectly everytime, After all we all use beans to make something or the other right?...

Hey there everyone! I can’t believe its last day of the school year out here in Virginia. Summer is one of my favorite times of the year and I bet it is yours too. ?‍♀ No alarm clocks, late nights, ice cream and popsicles. It’s just fun! But having to think about what to cook for lunch every day is not so much fun ..Right? So coming back to our recipe....

Aromatic, Fragrant, flavorful, spicy, delicious, and super tasty is how I will define this Instant Pot Vegetable Biryani Recipe. This Vegetable Biryani is perfect to serve as a main course meal or a side dish at get-togethers or potlucks. It’s studded with dry fruits, colorful veggies and super fragrant from aromatic whole spices. This Recipe will be a hit all year around and will have everyone clambering for more. Check out the video for this Instant pot Vegan Vegetable Biryani below!...

It’s almost Diwali (Festival of Lights)!!! It’s that time of the year when every Indian household is overstocked with dried fruits and nuts to serve guests. It’s not like we don’t have them year around, but this time of the year we kind of go overboard. Dried fruits and nuts are awesome for an edible gift exchange because of their longevity. I am not exaggerating when I say that, during this time of the year there is so much dried fruit and nut exchanged that it lasted us enough for the whole year....

Okra must be washed and wiped properly with some paper towels, then left to air dry for a short while. I usually cut them up and place them on some paper towel to dry out a bit. This recipe is a simple one where I cook the Okra with Chilli and Garlic. Once cooked it is delicious, it has a crisp, nutty flavour, provided that you cook it perfectly. Okra needs to be sautéed just until it’s cooked, if you overcook it then it can be mushy....

One Pot Lamb and Rice Don’t know about you but I’m always never up for slaving at the stove. My family thinks it’s my job to cook, don’t know where they get that idea. But if it’s what I am going to do for the rest of my life you bet I am going to make it easy…Lol! This morning I had an idea but I quickly tossed that out. I was going to make a Mince Pilaf but then I realised my kids are not fans of Pilaf or Biryani....

One Pot Paprika Lemon Chicken with Orzo I am hoping to create a whole list of one-pot dishes to make life easier this Winter. I really don’t have a lot of time to do all the stuff I want to so I have to find a way to make life easier. That’s my plan, to cook everything in 30 minutes or less or alternatively it goes into the oven. That way I don’t have to slave over a stove....

Peri-Peri Sauce African Birds Eye Chilli is what’s typically used for Peri-Peri Sauce. We have it growing in abundance in South Africa. Although I did add some green chilli just to “balance” the heat a little…don’t know if it did the trick…haha! My hubby is crazy about all this burny stuff. I can eat chilli but there’s a limit to how much heat I can handle. For him no amount of chilli is enough....

Protein packed Uttapam- This is a delicious, tempting recipe that can be enjoyed as a healthy breakfast or as a fulfilling lunch or dinner. These are thick, crispy pancakes prepared traditionally using a batter prepared with rice and lentil. We at The Belly Rules The Mind blog try to bring about a healthy twist to most traditional recipes and are doing it here as well. The batter used for making these Protein packed Uttapam is made using the combination of Quinoa and lentil....