Gajar sambharo recipe or carrot sambharo – A crunchy Gujarati warm salad made by stir-frying carrot and green chilies in mustard. Carrot sambharo also known as “gajar no sambharo” in Gujarati language is a quick and easy side dish prepared by quickly stir frying carrot and green chilies. Carrot Sambharo Video Recipe on Youtube I have uploaded video…
Gujarati Cuisine
Dry Aloo Bhindi Recipe, How to make Aloo Bhindi Fry Recipe
Dry Aloo Bhindi Recipe or aloo bhindi fry – A tasty Indian sabji of potato and okra cooked in dry indian spices. A quick indian dry sabji made from bhindi and potato. All time favorite and the most comforting sabji recipe that goes so well with phulkas/chappati. Bhindi is really all time favorite in my home….
Gujarati Thepla Recipe, How to make Sada Thepla
Authentic Gujarati thepla recipe with step by step pictures – What’s for breakfast? theplaas 🙂 In an average Gujarati home this dish is made on every alternate morning. Thepla is made by mixing indian dry spices like turmeric, red chili powder etc in wheat flour and fried on tawa. This is known as sada thepla or…
Farali Sukhi Bhaji (Dry Potato Sabji for Fasting), How to make falahari bhaji
Farali Sukhi Bhaji (Dry Potato Sabji for Fasting) – A tasty dry potato curry made during fasting or vrat for festivals such as navaratri, maha shivratri, ekadashi, janmashtami, or shravan maas upwas. I am sharing this recipe of farali sukhi bhaji as it is commonly referred to in Gujarat. This dish is a must in our home when any…
Jowar Vada Recipe (Desai Vada), How to make Jowar Vada
Jowar vada recipe with step by step photos– A crispy sorghum (milo) fritters. Jowar also known as jolad / sorghum / milo belongs to the millet family. It is also known as white millet. The other known member of millet family is Black millet or bajri which is highly used in Indian cuisine especially in western states of Gujarat…
Aloo Cabbage Sabzi Recipe (Dry Potato Cabbage Sabji)
Aloo cabbage sabzi recipe (dry potato cabbage curry) – A delicious homely dry curry of cabbage and potato best served for lunch with phulkas. I can make this sabzi even in my dreams 🙂 Cos I make it every week. Seriously the cabbage is favorite vegetable in our home and its on menu quite often. My…
Rajgira Paratha Recipe For Vrat Fasting (Farali Recipe)
Rajgira paratha recipe for fasting or vrat – A healthy gluten free recipe of amaranth flour and mashed potato parathas served during fasting in festivals such as navaratri. Rajgira or amaranth flour is not what we usually eat in our daily diet. Rajgira is made from amaranth grains which are comparable to rice and maize. This flour is unique in…
Instant Red Chilli Pickle Recipe, Lal Mirch Achaar Recipe
Instant red chilli pickle recipe or recipe of lal mirch ka achaar – step by step: A quick n easy recipe of red chilli pickle with mustard and fennel seeds. Pickles also known as achaar, athanu etc are great condiments in Indian cuisine. You will find them almost in all states from north to south….
Variyali Sharbat Recipe (Saunf Sharbat), Step by Step
Variyali sharbat recipe or saunf sharbat – Summer is on its way and the mercury has already started its northward journey in many parts of India. The afternoons are specially hot and one needs to be extra cautious while going out in sun during afternoon. It’s a common scene where girls tie duppatta all over their head and…
Aloo Sabzi Recipe for Vrat/Fast, Farali Alu Sabji
Aloo sabzi recipe for vrat or fasting – Step by step: Today I am sharing a very easy farali recipe or vrat ki recipe of aloo sabzi. In my home we make this sabzi almost always during fasting. My hubby loves this aloo sabzi so it is must in my menu 🙂 I made this aloo sabji a…
Gujiya Recipe, Mawa Gujiya Recipe (Holi/Diwali Recipe)
Gujiya Recipe or mawa/khoya gujia recipe – Step by step – A festival without sweet is not possible in India. We Indians love our festivals and also the sweets served during festive season. Let it be holi, diwali, uttrayan/makarsankranti or even maha shivratri; sweets makes integral part of indian culture. Gajar halwa, churma ladoo or gehu ke…
Moong Dal Vada Recipe, How to make Moong Dal Vada
Moong dal vada recipe – Here is an easy recipe of moong dal vada that you can make in no time with some pre-preparation. Who don’t love these fried fitters or pakoras on a cold rainy day or winter evening. These vadas are prepared during any day and can be enjoyed along with a hot cup…
Masala Singdana Recipe, Masala Peanuts for Fasting
Masala singdana or spicy peanuts is a simple dish that has been cooked in my home since many decades now. My mom used to cook this recipe every now and then when we used to observe fasting or vrat. Especially on Saturday when my dad used to fast. Since these recipes are cooked almost every…
Daliya Chikki Recipe, How to make Dalia chikki recipe
Daliya Chikki Recipe – Yesterday I published the recipe of delicious Til chikki. A crunchy sweet treat made from sesame seed and jaggery. Today I am back with another delicious chikki recipe made from roasted gram or daliya – daliya chikki. As I wrote in the last post this these chikkis are made together during the festival of Uttarayan…
Til Chikki Recipe, Tal Chikki or TilGul Recipe
Til chikki recipe or tilgul recipe – As the festival of kite known as Uttarayan is nearing, in almost all Gujarati home they start making delicious sweet from jaggery known as Chikki. These crispy sweet treat is usually made from jaggery and sometime sugar and is mixed with sesame seed, peanuts, dry fruits etc. A lot of varieties…
Baingan Papdi Recipe, Recipe of Papdi Baingan Sabzi
Baingan Papdi Recipe is something that is not fancy and probably you will never make when you have guests at home. No you wont get this sabzi in restaurant or thelas. But you will do find this sabzi cooked in a normal Gujarati house hold. This normal home cooked food is simple to make and easy…
Gujarati Pad Wali Roti, Recipe of Layered Chapati
Gujarati Pad Wali Roti Recipe Step by step – Rotis are heart of Indian cuisines if the curries are Soul. Not to forget rice which complements the curries & daals. Rotis or other Indian flat-bread like phulka, chappati, paratha, naan etc are cooked almost daily in any Indian household. Among all the flat-breads the roti / chappati…
Gujarati Toor Dal Recipe, How to make Gujarati Toor Dal
Gujarati Toor Dal Recipe with step by step photos – Let me show you today a simple and delicious dal recipe of toor / tuvar dal (pigeon pea lentil). The toor dal is cooked in almost all the Indian homes and with great different variations. The recipe that I am sharing today is close to my heart…
Churma Ladoo Recipe, How to make Churma Laddu
Churma Ladoo Recipe (wheat laddu with jaggery) – Here comes an Indian sweet or dessert recipe which is famous in both Rajasthan and Gujarat. Churma laddu is a delicious sweet specially served in the form of prasad on various auspicious occasions. Ganesh Chaturthi is incomplete without Lord Ganesh’s favourite Churma Laddus. The word “Laddu” might have its origin…
Masala Puri Recipe, Wheat Masala Puri For Snack
Gujarati Masala Puri Recipe – During festive season like Diwali or Holi we always try to make sweets and snacks at home. Homemade snacks has its own flavour and is different from readymade ones available in market. The fun of making dishes like fried pooris, namkeen, maida poori, salted boondi, home made sev etc is…