Raw food at its best – Guacamole. Pleasing to the eye and palate, this delightful Mexican classic is a quick versatile dish usually served as a dip/salsa or as a spread over sandwich or wraps.

I used the left over chopped mixed vegetables from the baked vegetable jalfrazi, to prepare Mexican rice. The recipe is by no means authentic. I liked the flavors of cumin, tomato sauce and worchestershire sauce mingle with the vegetables and rice. The recipe calls for cheese and cream which I avoided and served the cooked [...]

Last weekend, I had prepared a spicy-cheesy layered enchilada casserole for dinner with the left over corn tortillas used for preparing mexican tacos. I was inspired by this mexican lasagna and a chicken gravy enchilada casserole recipe and made an amalgamation of sorts using mixed vegetables and left over chicken curry which were all pretty [...]

My son, Nehal relishes his favorite Mexican snack – tacos and I set myself the task of preparing home made taco shells right from scratch using corn tortillas, loaded with a delicious paneer-vegetable-baked beans filling as a tea-time snack and use the left over tortillas to prepare enchilada casserole for dinner. The tacos I prepare [...]

Today I’m blogging three recipes – corn chips, tomato salsa and sour cream! At time, I get into those moods where I want to prepare dishes inspired by a cuisine different from the usual everyday food. So, during the weekend it was an all Mexican cuisine at home. Eating Mexican food felt comforting, flavorful on [...]

Over the weekend, I made some Mexican snacks – quesadillas, tacos, corn chips (nachos) with salsa and sour cream. Tacos and nachos are a regular at our home as Nehal enjoys them a lot. But I had never tried quesadilla and I’ve been wanting to prepare it at home, right from scratch and hence this [...]

Today, I made a Mexican inspired appetizer, Paneer fajita (fah-he-tah) which is very simple and tasty – just marinate, grill and eat! With the onset of summer, these fajitas make a great appetizer for barbecues or an evening tiffin for our kids, a great way to get them eat vegetables and remember, its a healthy [...]