Palak Soup (Spinach Soup) Soups are our favorite starters. Palak (spinach) is one of the healthiest leafy vegetable and should be part of your regular consumption. The Palak Soup or Spinach Soup is perfect for a healthy and warm drink during winters or even while enjoying rains. Palak and Popeye Here’s a little trivia regarding Spinach. Popeye the Sailor has…
Recipes from the great culinary tradition of India
Indian recipes.
Pyaji Mutton Recipe – Mutton Onion Curry Recipe
Pyaji Mutton We love mutton. Mutton is a perfect meat for Biryani and non-vegetarian curries. In India mutton has been part of the royal cuisines for ages. Whether its Laal Maas from Rajasthan, or Kosha Mangsho from West Bengal, Mutton Roghan Josh from Kashmir or Gilauti Kebab from Lucknow, the mutton preparations are essence of…
ALOO POHA RECIPE – Potato Poha or Batata Poha
Aloo Poha Recipe How much time do you spend every morning planning what to cook for breakfast? specially if you husband loves to eat, but wont say what he wants for breakfast? A little conversation that goes like this: You: What do you want for breakfast? Him : Anything.. You : I don’t have ingredients for “anything”….
Pistachio Chicken – A unique chicken recipe in Pistachio Gravy
Pistachio Chicken We have been in love with Pistachio last few days. It all started with Pistachio Kulfi (recipe coming up soon) , that we had a local restaurant. So what better than to prepare a fairly unique dish based on pistachio. This Pistachio chicken recipe is a rich, aromatic preparation of chicken in a thick pistachio based…
Cheela| How to make Besan ka Cheela or Chilla
CHEELA Besan cheela is a fantastic quick fix. It is very good for breakfast and can be served evening snacks too. It is soft like an omelette and hence also jokingly referred to as Vegetarian Omelette. It is a very versatile dish, you can add almost anything and make a new style of cheela. You can make Veggie Chilla, Onion…
How to make Poori
Poori Poori( or Puri) is a fried indian bread made from wheat or Maida flour and served with a side dish like Aloo sabji, or Chhole. In Bengal this is called Luchi, and generally made using refined all purpose flour ( maida). Pooris are a must have during festivals, and are part of breakfast in many homes. So…
Fried Aloo Sabji with Kadi Patta recipe – How to make Potato fries with Curry Leaves
Aloo bhujiya with Kadi Patta This Aloo sabji recipe is in the series of our Potato snack and side dishes. This is the fried potato style sabji. Check out our other Aloo dishes here. Curry leaves (Kadi Patta) are used in many dishes in India, Sri Lanka and neighboring countries. The leaves are fabulous seasoning used in southern and…
Dahi Bhalle or Dahi Vada
Dahi Bhalle or Dahi Vada Ingredients For Vada Urad dal or Moong dal – ½ cup Coriander leaves (chopped) – 1 tbsp Asafoetida – a pinch For Tamarind Chutney Tamarind(seedless) – ½ cup Water – 1 cup Dry red chilli – 1 Red chili powder – ¼ tsp Roasted cumin powder – ¼ tsp Dry…
