Simple and easy to cook vegetarian recipes
Roasted Masala Papad – Masala papad is a great appetizer often served as starter/side dish in restaurants. Its basically a deep-fried papadum topped with freshly cut tomatoes, onions and drizzled with red chili powder and salt. Whenever I go out to a restaurant for dinner with my family we always order a masala papad. By the time main course is...
Tawa Pulao Recipe (tava pulav): So you love Pav bhaji but are not a great fan of having it with plain-flour (maida) based pav! You can have your bhaji with rice instead. This is how they serve a very well known street food dish called Tawa pulao on streets of Mumbai. Pulao also known as Pilaf,...
Rajma Masala Sabzi (Red kidney bean curry) – Rajma masala or red kidney bean curry is the famous Punjabi main course dish that is loved across length and breadth of India. You get this sabzi in all the Punjabi dhabas or restaurants. Here is a simpler version of rajma masala that I often cook at home. The gravy...
Potato Spring Onion Curry Recipe (Aloo Hara Pyaz Sabzi) – Here is a quick and easy recipe of Indian sabzi made from potato and spring onion. Popularly known as aloo hara pyaz ki sabzi. This is an easy potato spring onion curry (aloo hara pyaz sabzi) as it takes minutes to prepare. All you need is...
Home Made Ragda Patties Recipe (Chaat recipe) – Ragda patties although counted as Indian street food is actually a complete meal in itself. Not only it is famous in streets as chaat recipe (thela ragda pattice) but this tasty dish is also served as dinner in many homes. Like other Indian street food recipes like home made pani...
Garlic naan recipe on Tawa – Naan is one of the most ordered Indian bread in an Indian restaurant. Usually this soft tasty Indian bread is cooked in tandoor oven, a hot clay oven used to cook tandoori dishes. Often the temperature reaches to 500 degree in tandoor ovens making it difficult to adopt the naan recipe at home. Lot...
Sweet corn masala curry recipe is a mildly spicy Indian curry of boiled sweet corn kernels tossed in creamy tomato & onion gravy. Unlike regular sweet corn curries, this curry does not have yogurt or curd. Sometime back I had published a recipe of corn ki sabzi which had yogurt in the gravy. This is a...
White Dhokla Recipe (Gujarati Idra Dhokla) – A while back I published a recipe of Sandwich dhokla which is a tasty delicious fluffy savory from western state of Gujarati, India made from rice and black gram flour. Sandwich dhokla is similar to white dhokla or Idra dhokla as the batter used in both dishes are exactly same. White dhokla also...
Masala Fada Khichdi (Daliya Khichdi) is one of the khichdi recipe that I often cook at home. Generally khichdi is a rice and lentil dish but here I have used broken wheat (fada) along with yellow moong dal to prepare this dish. Checkout my other recipe of Gujarati khichdi which is a traditional rice and lentil dish. The...
Sev Pyaz ki Sabzi recipe – This is an easy curry recipe of spring onion. Not always we get chance to cook with spring onions also known as hari pyaaz in Indian recipes. Mostly it is used in Indochinese dishes but often we do use this nutritious ingredient. With spring onion I had experimented once...
Sabudana Khichdi Recipe – There are so many different variation of khichdi recipes that are cooked in India. Khichdi is a comfort dish that usually is cooked with rice and lentils. But the word khichdi is not just confined to rice & lentils, there are so many other ingredients that are often used to make...
Rasawala Bateta nu Shaak literary means potato curry with gravy. This curry is very well known in Northern and Western India especially in the state of Gujarat where it is served in good occasions / weddings. Also this curry is often prepared in any Gujarati house hold. This sabji is often served in Gujarati thalis in restaurants....
Fada lapsi recipe (Gujarati Daliya Lapsi): Lapsi is a dessert/sweet dish famous in western Indian especially in state of Gujarat. It is often made during festivals like navaratri, janmasthmi, diwali, dhanteras etc. Also this sweet dish is cooked when moving into new home or during days like grah shanti. This recipe was served as a dessert dish during my...
Farali Kadhi (Vrat ki Kadhi): Here is a quick and easy version of Kadhi that can be served for fasts. Fasting also known as Vrat has many health benefits. Once a while cleansing the body by fasting is a natural way of de-toxicating and helps in improving several bodily functions. The idea is to avoid...
Moriya Khichdi (Vrat ki Khichdi) – Indian barnyard millet, also known as moriya, varai, samo, bhagar or “vrat ke chawal” are tiny grains from millet family that are commonly consumed during fasting days like navaratri fasting or ekadashi fasting. Fasting is an integral part of Hinduism (or for that case any other religion). Individual following different religious...
Muthia Dhokla Recipe (Dudhi Muthia): Muthia dhokla is yet another variation of traditional Gujarati Dhoklas that I often prepare at home. Muthia dhokla are steamed or fried dumplings made from boiled rice, grated bottle gourd (lauki) and a mix of five flours. Out of so many different varieties like khatta dhokla, sandwich dhokla, white dhokla (idra dhokla) but I love...
Khajur Imli Chutney Recipe (Dates Tamarind Chutney) – Here is a quick and easy recipe of one of the most loved Indian chutney “Khajur Imli Chutney“. This chutney recipe is used in almost all chaat or Indian street food recipes. The tangy sweet & sour taste goes really well with all chaats. Check out some of...
Besan Shimla Mirch ki Sabji – A simple mouthwatering preparation of bell pepper (shimla mirch) along with some roasted gram flour and other Indian spices. This unique tasty capsicum recipe is easy to make and takes minutes to prepare. Besan shimla mirch sabji (aka. Besan wali shimlamirch) is served as side dish along with other Indian curries...
Khatta Dhokla Recipe (Gujarati Khatiya Dhokla) – An all time favorite Gujarati baking dish is dhokla. Nothing beats this savory spicy cake made from lentils and rice. The soft and fluffy dhoklas are king of Gujarati cuisine. There are many varieties of dhoklas prepared in Gujarat. Check out other tasty dishes like Handvo recipe, Sandwich Idra recipe,...
Butter Bean Curry (Vaal Nu Shaak) – Butter bean also known as Lima bean is one of the ingredient not often used in Indian cooking. I haven’t seen many recipes made from this tasty protein rich legumes. Actually I didn’t even know how to cook this butter bean curry. This recipe is from my mum-in-law. She told...