About SecondRecipe
Hi, I'm Bhavana, a recipe developer and long-time IT professional turned food creator. Together with my husband Gaurav, I run SecondRecipe.com, where I share vegetarian recipes I cook and test at home, with a special focus on Indian food and air-fryer recipes.
How It All Started
After working in IT for over 15 years, I found myself drawn more to flavours than frameworks. Cooking, writing, and photography became my creative outlet. When friends and family kept asking for recipes, we realised it was time to share them with the world. That's how Second Recipe began - a space to document what we cook, eat, and love.
Why "Second Recipe"?
Because every dish evolves. The first time you follow our recipe, it's ours. The second time, it's yours - personalised to your taste, pantry, and memories. Each recipe is like a painting; some prefer more spice, others more colour. You'll always make your own version, and that's what we love most about food.
What You'll Find Here
SecondRecipe is a vegetarian food blog with a special focus on:
- Indian air-fryer recipes for snacks, everyday meals and sweets
- Traditional Indian recipes, including dishes we grew up eating
- Sindhi recipes that are part of our family and community food traditions
- Vegetarian everyday cooking with practical tips, substitutions and tested timings
You'll find both traditional methods and newer ways of cooking, especially with the air fryer, while keeping the recipes practical for a home kitchen.
How I Test Recipes
I cook the recipes I publish in my home kitchen and note the ingredient quantities, timings and small details that can change the result. For air-fryer recipes, I test the method in the air fryer rather than simply converting an oven recipe. Gaurav and our family often taste the recipes too, and I update instructions when a step needs to be clearer or more useful.
Food binds us as a family; it's where love, culture, and connection come together. That personal connection is a big part of why I continue documenting these recipes.
Featured Recipes
These collections are a good place to start exploring SecondRecipe:
- Air Fryer Indian Recipes
- Air Fryer Indian Snacks
- Air Fryer Indian Sweets and Desserts
- Sindhi Recipes
A Tribute to Tradition
Second Recipe also pays homage to our Sindhi roots - recipes that travelled across cities and continents yet kept our community connected through flavour. Each one carries nostalgia and home-cooked warmth.
A Note from Me
As a mum, I know how useful it is to have recipes that are practical on busy days. Through this site, I want to show that home cooking doesn't need to be complicated. I enjoy keeping traditional flavours while also using tools such as the air fryer when they make a recipe easier or more convenient.
Thank you for being here - cook our recipes with love and share them with those who make life meaningful.
- Bhavana
Founder, SecondRecipe.com
