Paneer, sauted mushrooms and spinach cooked and served in a rich and creamy delectable curry of cashew ,tomatoes and cream with some wonderful spices to add the exotic flavors to this rich gravy dish. Surely a party dish. Can be served with any Indian bread- chapati, tandoori roti, parantha, rumali roti or any other fermented or non fermented bread.Also tastes best with cinnamon and cumin Rice infused with the aroma of star anise and green cardamom. This dish will surely leave a wonderful aftertaste which just forces you to come back for another relish. Make this rich and creamy Delight…
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Lunch Box Option /Kids Tiffin Idea 4- Made under 15 minutes.
My Sunny boy keeps me on my toes as far as his tiffin is concerned.The menu should be rolling and fresh and interesting. And i keep looking for making it a healthy collaboration.So what did we do this time? This time it was his favorite corn and my favorite Oats. When your son refuses to take oats in breakfast,you just hide it under a yummy delicious cover. And what better cover then his no.1 choice Corn.So i made oats and corn with the goodness of paneer open sandwich.With of course a snack ,as his school has two breaks and mommy…
Samak Ke Kabab- Fasting Recipe
Samak Rice Kebab are kebabs made from samak rice/sama rice as they are called. Samak rice are soaked in water for a few hours and then mashed with potatoes and stuffed with paneer..It can be totally customized. You may even mash the paneer together with potatoes and rice. I made these with a stuffing of paneer and dry fruits and they came our super delicious.You can deep fry them.But i prefer shallow frying/ pan frying them with little oil,as i like to eat less oily food during Navratri. But its completely your choice.If you are deep frying them i suggest…
Pumpkin and kuttu singhare ke Appe
Gluten Free and Vegan Fating meal option. Appe made from pumpkin along with buckwheat flour and water-chestnut flour. A healthy substitute to the fried fasting recipes.They are light on the tummy and do not make you feel bloated at all.I tried them for the first time this year and instantly fell in love with them.Can be eaten in supper or a morning snack if you do.Super healthy as they have pumpkin.A perfect Fall recipe and can be eaten at as a halloween party appetisers .You may just substitute the flours with our regular all purpose flour or rice flours and…
Tomato Chilli Dip
A simple yet extremely flavorful,little spicy and tangy Dip perfect to be served with the Navratri Pumpkin tortilla chips and Appe. If you are not fasting then enjoy this dip with any Tortilla chips of your choice.A perfect dip for a party snack.
Pumpkin Tortilla Chips: with waterchestnut flour and buckwheat flour
Baked Tortillas made from pumpkin pulp and buckwheat and water-chestnut flour. An apt recipe for fasting and a very healthy tortillas chips recipe which can be eaten with another flour substitute for other occassions as well. Notes:
Dal Makhani/ Makhani Dal- 30 minutes Meal
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…
Tomato Onion Chutney-Dosa/Idli Chutney-Restaurant style
South Indian Food is incomplete without chutneys /sauces.Be it Dosa ,Idli or any other dish,a chutney just makes it complete. South Indian cuisine has always been in my ‘A’ list ,whenever we go eating out or a weekend treat at home.A home made Dosa batter or Idli batter and the lovely coconut chutney and red tomato onion chutney is always on the table.I wonder why i didn’t post this recipe before . Am a die hard fan of this sauce/chutney and may miss cooking this one at home if am being a little lazy,but do not miss this at any…
Methi Aloo -30 Minute Meal recipe
I love winters. The most beautiful time of the year.Not only because the weather is nice, but also the wonderful fruits and veggie choices available. The trips to the supermarket are a pleasure as everything is so colorful and vibrant. The endless choices in savory and desserts just make a very happy me. Methi/ Fenugreek in particular is my favorite. Methi thepla, methi ka parantha, methi aloo, methi malai matar, methi ki roti, Methi and makki ki roti…the list is endless. Luckily my kids are also fond of the list of options here.Hence this is a constant in our winter…
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…