A whole black gram dal/lentil cooked with a tomato tempering and garnished with cream.A very rich and creamy lentil curry. Without any doubt or questions ,this dish will get a unanimous nod for being the most ordered,most loved and most wanted vegetarian recipes of any restaurant or cooked at home. Be it festival dinners,lunches or any formal party /get together,Dal Makhani is for granted on the Menu. One may aptly call it a vegetarians Delight. Its definitely a dish with most repeat servings. Our planned servings are always double in quantity for this lovely creamy and delectable lentil curry, and…
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Oats and Corn Coconut Curry
Oats and corn dumplings with cottage cheese dipped into a lovely coconut curry infused with the aromatic essence of lime leaves. A healthy and extremely delicious curry best served with boiled rice.
Potato Curry/Vrat Ke Aloo
A no onion -no garlic recipe, vrat ke aloo is a simple curry made with boiled potatoes dipped and cooked in a tomato curry. No use of onion & garlic makes this curry very soft on your digestive system and is prepared mainly during the fasting periods. Its the same curry we make with our poori/fried wheat pastries. This recipe can go well with your poori ,kachori and all other occassions like pooja bhog etc. In India, all pooja / prayer meetings are held with a following lunch or dinner serving where no use of onion or garlic is common.This…
Khatta -Meetha Kaddu/ Sweet & Sour Pumpkin
Navratras are approaching and so the preparations are in full swing to celebrate the Festivities and relish the food to their best. Come October and the festivities begin.I just love this month.Its full of excitement,action,celebrations,happiness,birthdays and best of all feasting!!. Food preps go hand in hand with all other paraphernalia. And Food preparations are my favorite part. I learnt this recipe from my mother-in-law. I love this dish and hope you all too.Do try this khatta meetha kaddu. During,Fasting days we make it only with jeera and tomatoes. It gets its “khatta/sour” flavor from the tomatoes and meetha from sugar….
Kadhai Paneer- Restaurant Style
Ever wished of recreating the same delicious ,rich and lovely Kadhai paneer from your favorite restaurant in your Kitchen.Well! you can enjoy all those flavors on your own table. This recipe is very special and very simple to make. It truly replicates the flavors of kadhai paneer from one of your favorite restaurant.The lovely color of the gravy is just love at first sight .Its a rich gravy and so exotic in spite of its simple preparation.I make this when i have sudden guests for lunch or dinner and don’t have time to stand in the kitchen and cook for…
Aloo Wadiyan- A punjabi delicacy
Another one of our heirloom recipes. It’s a regular in our house. And what’s more interesting is the curry recipe can be replicated for a lot of different varieties. I’ll just tell you about the variations later in this post. This is my mother’s recipe and I believe she is the only one who can do complete justice to the intense flavors this curry has. I learnt it from her, and made it not exactly but I guess 9 on 10.My Father is a diehard fan of Aloo wadiyan.But of course how and what my mother makes.Now,he was visiting and…
Nadru Ke Kabab /Lotus Stem Kabab in Makhani Gravy
Nadru ‘Ke’ Kabab In Makhani gravy If you happen to know any person of Kashmiri Origin, then you probably have not only heard but relished this Delicacy before. This dish is mostly served as dry kebabs with chutney. I have tasted the Dry Kebabs on a formal occasion at a friend’s place and became a…
American Egg Chopsuey
American Egg Chopsuey recipe is a no-fail recipe of perfectly cooked vegetables and noodles. Make the authentic American chop suey at home with simple steps. Just as we wait for the Navratra to arrive. Can’t stop our taste buds to crave for some yummy food. Also Navratra, the menus go simple and without onion…
Healthy Spinach Quiche with wholewheat and no cheese
This is an old recipe. Now, this is no novelty and must have been prepared by many before mine and with many different versions.Mine again is cooked with whole wheat flour as most of my preparations are and was first made without any reference ,as a result of sheer boredom with the regular spinach meals.I…
Schezwan Beans
Ingredients: Green Beans – 500 gms chopped Oil – 1 tbsp For Sauce: Sesame Oil – 1 Tbsp Ginger – 1 Tbsp, minced Garlic – 1 Tbsp, minced Spring Onion – 1 (white part) finely chopped Chili Sauce – to taste