The Burrow of Fairies Yawn! I open my drowsy eyes and I am panicking. “What in the world? Why am I here?” I think this is a dream, but when I pinch myself to see if I’m not really in a burrow, I yell, “Ow!” I know this isn’t a dream. I look around in […]

The Strangest Christmas Eve Ever It’s Christmas Eve, and I can’t sleep. Suddenly, I hear someone laughing and jingling bells outside my window. I creep to the window and glimpse outside of it. I can’t believe my eyes! Are they playing a joke on me? No, I am not seeing things! I see Santa and […]

Have you ever seen a huge horse? It seems that one giant horse was born in July. Her parents named her Sunny. She could talk, play, and even laugh! Sunny chuckled all day, combed her hair, and talked on the phone with her hooves. One day, though, her horse neighbors complained about how she was […]

Vada pav is a mouthwatering vegan Indian street food from Bombay.  Boiled spiced mashed potatoes are deep in a gram flour batter and deep fried until crisp and placed in a roll bread with chutney.  Vada pav also can be accompanied by some fried green chillies.  Vada pav can be served as a brunch, snack […]

Chana dal is a deep fried crunchy Indian snack made using soaked split Bengal Gram or Chana Dal.  Soaking chana dal with water and milk for about 4 hours or overnight and drying chana dal very well is the key secret to get the perfect crispiness.  Enjoy crunchy chana dal snack with a cup of […]

Ingredients to make dry potato bhaji are 3 large red potatoes boiled and cut into cubes, 1 TSP mustard seeds, few curry leaves, 1 TSP sesame seeds, 1/2 TSP turmeric powder, 1/4 TSP Kashmiri red chilli powder, add salt as per taste, juice of 1 lime, 2 TSP sunflower oil, and 1 TBSP coconut sugar. […]