Chai-Spiced Pumpkin Pie
Smooth, creamy pumpkin pie spiced like masala chai with cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, cloves and a pinch of black pepper. Easy with a store-bought crust and best made a day ahead.
By Diet
Vegetarian
Easy Homemade Stuffing
Classic bread stuffing with onion, celery, sage and thyme, baked in a dish until soft inside and crisp on top. Make-ahead friendly and easy to make vegetarian.
Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Fluffy, creamy mashed Yukon Gold potatoes with garlic simmered right in the pot, butter and warm milk. Ready in about 35 minutes.
10-Minute Masala Makhana
Masala makhana is a light, crunchy snack made by roasting fox nuts (lotus seeds) and tossing them with ghee and spices. It replaces deep-fried snacks on the Diwali…
10-Minute Cornflakes Chivda
Cornflakes chivda gives you the crunch of a Diwali snack tin without roasting poha: plain cornflakes are already crisp, so they only need a quick toss with peanuts,…
No-Cook Date and Nut Ladoo
These date and nut ladoo need no stove and no added sugar: soft dates and toasted nuts are blitzed together and rolled. They take about 10 minutes, keep for two weeks in…
20-Minute Rava Coconut Ladoo
Rava coconut ladoo are a quick stand-in for besan ladoo: semolina takes about 6 minutes to roast instead of 25, and coconut keeps them soft and fragrant. From pan to…
Quick Paneer Kalakand
Kalakand is a soft, grainy milk cake that traditionally takes hours of simmering milk. This quick version uses…
15-Minute Milk Powder Barfi
Milk powder barfi tastes like a classic khoya barfi but skips the hours of reducing milk. Milk powder, ghee, milk and sugar come together in one pan in about 10 minutes,…
Roasted Poha Chivda
Poha chivda is the savoury half of the Diwali snack tin: thin flattened rice roasted until crisp, then tossed with peanuts, curry leaves, coconut and a little sugar.…