Buttery Buttery Melt in Your Mouth Kind of Cookies Ingredients: 1 Cup plain flour 1/3rd Cup oil 1/3rd Cup powdered sugar 1/4th Teaspoon baking powder 1/4th Teaspoon cardamom powder Pistachio Powder for garnish (optional) Method: Preheat oven to 190 degrees C Line oven tray with aluminum foil Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl Add oil (little at a time) to form a soft dough Take a small portion of dough in your palm and press it to form a small disc Make a plus (+) sign on top

If you have UTI symptoms Cranberries might be able to bring you some comfort. A simple home remedy is eating a few Cranberries. Keeping dried Cranberries at hand in your pantry is a good idea.

Ingredients: 1 1/2 Cup plain flour 1/2 powdered sugar 3/4 Cup melted unsalted butter (at room temperature) 1/2 Cup chocolate chips 1 teaspoon vanilla essence Method: In a bowl mix butter and sugar to a pale yellow creamy texture Add rest of the ingredients and make a soft dough Refrigerate for 8-10 minutes Preheat oven to 180 degree C Line oven tray with aluminum foil. Do not grease it. Make 12 small balls and flatten each ball in your palms Place all these small cookie

To keep your kitchen or oven odour free heat some cinnamon sticks along with star anise. Put a pan on low flame and put these two spices in it. Let these spices get hot and slightly roasted for 5-7 minutes and then switch off the flame. The hot aroma will refresh the air. And yes you can reuse these same pieces again and again.

Sindhi Style Aloo Bhindi (Potato and Okra) Ingredients: 20 bhindi (ladies fingers/okra) 1 medium size potato 1 medium size onion 5-6 garlic pods 1/2 teaspoon ginger paste 1 medium size tomato 1 tablespoon coriander powder 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon chili powder Salt to taste 4 tablespoons oil Method: Wash and clean bhindis, cut top and bottom and slit in the middle of each one. Wash and peel potato and cut in 1 cm. rounds. Peel and fine chop onion. Peel garlic.

Ingredients: 3 Ripe banana’s 1/2 Cup vegetable oil 2 eggs 1/4 Teaspoon vanilla essence 1/2 Cup sugar 1 2/3 Cup all purpose flour 1/2 Teaspoon baking soda 1 Teaspoon baking powder A pinch of salt Chocolate chips (lots of them!) Chopped nuts (optional) Method: Preheat oven to 189 degree Celsius and Line the Muffin tray with liners Peel the bananas and mash them nicely. Add in the eggs one by one and whisk nicely. Add vanilla essence and sugar and whisk well Mix all dry ingre

Ingredients: 1 Cup plain flour (Maida) 1/2 Cup unsalted butter at room temperature 1/2 Cup desiccated coconut 1/2 Cup sugar (powdered) 1 pinch salt or as per taste 1 Teaspoon water Method: Put all dry ingredients in a bowl Mix in butter Bring together this mixture with few drops of water Make small balls out of this dough. It will yield approximately 10-12 balls. Flatten each ball between your palms to a disc shape. With the help of a toothpick either poke tiny holes in th

Its All In the Ears If you suffer from headaches due to sinus, keep your ears wax free using ear drops.

Ingredients: Urad dal (without skin) - 1/2 Cup Ajwain seeds 1/4 Teaspoon Ginger, garlic, green chili paste -1 Tablespoon Fresh green coriander- 1 Tablespoon - chopped Onion - 1 Tablespoon - finely chopped Salt to taste Oil to deep fry Method: Pick wash and soak dal for at least 6 hours Rinse and drain all water from dal Now put dal in a grinder and grind to a smooth thick paste. To make smooth paste, 1-2 teaspoon water can be added while grinding. Add rest of the ingredients