Paneer Makhani | Pan fried paneer in a fragrant, smooth and creamy tomato and cashew gravy. Paneer Makhani, also known as Paneer Butter Masala, Paneer Makahanwala and Butter Paneer is one dish that you'll find on almost every Indian restaurant menu. Paneer Makhani is a richly fragrant sauce made with spices, cream, onion, tomato and served with Indian cheese, paneer. It's a dish often served at weddings, parties and restaurants. Contrary to popular belief, heavy, butter laden dishes are not the norm for everyday Indian food. In fact, growing up my Mom made these creamy dishes only once in a while. Similarly, I made this dish for the first time when my parents came to visit me … [Read more...]
Holi Family Photoshoot
Holi Family Photoshoot | Celebrating Holi, the festival of color with a family photoshoot with color smoke bombs and Holi ke raang. Earlier this week we decided to play Holi at home. We knew a cold front was coming and decided to pre-pone the festivities. Throughout the last few weeks we've been celebrating Holi by doing crafts, reading books and decorating cookies. In India you step out and it's everywhere, you can't help but feel festive during holidays. Street corners are buzzing and food stalls are serving up festival favorites. Since it's not like that here, I try and make extra efforts at home to feel like a festival is approaching. Through our conversations, foods, … [Read more...]
Mother Daughter Holi Style
Mother Daughter Holi Style | A classic white and pink look created with basic pieces. Twinning with my little one for Holi! A Daughter is just a little girl who grows up to be your best friend. Sharing another Mother Daughter style post with you all, but this time with my little one! Holi is near and we are busy celebrating, making colorful snacks, dressing up and playing Holi (stay tuned for a fun post on that!) Blame it on the Bollywood in me but nothing says Holi style to me like a simple white suit and colorful dupatta. As you know from this and this post, I often mix and match my Indian clothes. I love pairing basics with different tops, bottoms and dupattas for a varied … [Read more...]
Holi Sugar Cookies
Holi Sugar Cookies | Sugar cookies decorated with colorful royal icing. #Makeitcolorful this Holi with festive ideas for your family. As Spring nears, Indian households eagerly prepare for the most colorful festival of the year, Holi. Holi, the spring harvest festival celebrated all throughout India is also known as “The Festival of Colors”. On the eve of the festival stories of a son's victory of being protected by the gods when his father wanted to harm him and evil being destroyed are celebrated with bonfires, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil. Celebrations continue the next day with parties of throwing beautiful vibrant colored powder and water at each other. It's a joyous … [Read more...]
Making Time For Yourself
Making time for yourself as a Mom can sometimes seem like an impossible feat at times. It's a challenge to let ourselves slow down. It seems there is always something that needs doing, always someone who needs our attention. Most of us need "me time'" but we convince ourselves that we don't or can't. Only after motherhood did I realize the importance of taking time out for myself. Tending to a little one, with an around the clock on-demand schedule made it very convincing to take time out for myself to recharge. Now that Little Mirchi is an independent, busy toddler, I still carve out time for myself and find myself more alert, refreshed, patient and content. Whether it's having a cup … [Read more...]
Toka Box | March Holi Box
Toka Box | A cultural treat in a monthly subscription box, March's theme - Holi! As you all know, I'm always finding fun ways to infuse culture and learning in Little Mirchi's everyday. Toka Box, formally known as IMC Treasure Box is a monthly subscription box that’s filled with curated children’s books, arts or crafts and a kid friendly recipe that makes learning fun. Each Toka Box subtly builds life skills from patience to problem-solving and incorporates academic themes such as reading, math, history, science and the arts. The boxes come tailored for two different age groups. The “Toka Junior” is for ages 3-5 and “Toka Explorer” for ages 5-8. I chose to review the Junior box as … [Read more...]
A Clean House with bObsweep
A review on the bObi Classic, the robotic vacuum by bObsweep that's helping clean our house these days. As a Mom and Wife there are a dozen things I'd rather do than spend my time cleaning small messes and spills. However in a house with a toddler and constant visitors, crumbs and messes are bound to happen. And while I get great gratification from organizing (I'm sure you've realized this while watching my Instagram stories), it's so nice to get a break from mundane tasks like sweeping and vacuuming. Our floors are mostly wood with the exception of a large high pile rug in the living room. While building our house everyone warned us about the maintenance of dark wood but we … [Read more...]
Friday Favorites | Toddler Shoes for Girls
Sharing my favorite toddler shoes for girls on this week's Friday Favorites. A girl can never have too many shoes! I always find myself eyeing new styles and seasoned favorites for my little one while shopping for her wardrobe. Since we live in the North East she has a good mix of warm and cold weather shoes. Some of our essentials include sneakers, jelly sandals, boots and soft house slippers. This year Little Mirchi had a growth spurt and her shoe size changed twice towards the end of summer, which resulted in some serious shoe shopping come winter time (we are not complaining)! Here are some of my top picks when it comes to toddler shoes for girls, a few for play, swim, dress up and … [Read more...]
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Bouquet
Chocolate Covered Strawberry Bouquet | Chocolate Covered Strawberries topped with crushed pistachios and rose petals wrapped in an indulgent bouquet. Put 'Eat Chocolate' at the top of your list of things to do today. That way, at least you'll get one thing done. Chocolate, strawberries and flowers go hand in hand, why not combine them to make a beautiful edible bouquet for your love. The strawberries can be as simple or intricate as you please. You can use a variety of chocolates and toppings for a more gourmet selection. I chose semi sweet chocolate to dip the strawberries in and topped them with roasted crushed pistachios and edible dried rose petals. The great thing about … [Read more...]
Homemade Face Masks
I'm a huge believer in natural remedies. From simple cold remedies to homemade face masks, I believe in going the natural route. When it comes to skin care, I've always followed the mantra of "less is more", less chemicals and more ingredients that are unprocessed/unaltered. In my medicine cabinet you'll find less of the latest beauty rages and more essential oils, rose water and simple cold creams. Winter weather can be harsh on our skin. Snow and wind make our cheeks and nose ache while indoor heating systems leave us dry and itchy. And while it's not always easy to make time for a spa treatment, some of our best treatments can be made right within our kitchen. Keep reading for five … [Read more...]
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