Chana Dal Khichdi | Spiced Lentil Rice is a rice dish made with good basmati rice and split gram lentil ,evenly spiced with whole and ground spiced.A delicious and light meal . Chana dal Khichdi, a traditional routine Punjabi dish. A frequent preparation in any Punjabi household. Made from best quality rice and…
cumin seed jeera
Aloo choliya recipe | Fresh green chickpeas curry recipe
Aloo Choliya | Choliya Aloo | Punjabi Aloo choliya | Fresh green chickpeas curry ,a rich curry from northern India, with authentic Punjabi flavors.A curry made with potatoes and fresh green chickpeas.This is a winter dish as in northern India fresh green peas are available in the market for a short time.Green chickpeas are freshly…
Kala chana masala ashtami prasad recipe
Kala chana masala ashtami prasad recipe: Kala chana or Ashtami Prasad is a simple recipe of Black peas/Kala chana made dry ,pan roasted along with spices .Its made on the eighth day of Navratri fasting .Ashtami/Navmi pooja as popularly know in most parts of the country is marked by the closure of 9 days of Navratri…
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….
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…