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,…
North Indian Cuisine
Rajma Masala Recipe, Punjabi Rajma Masala Curry Recipe
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)
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…
Ragda Patties Recipe (Home Made Ragda Pattice Chaat)
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…
How To Make Garlic Naan Recipe on Tawa| Garlic Naan Recipe
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 (Without Yogurt)
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…
Masala Fada Khichdi Recipe, Daliya Khichdi (Broken Wheat Khichdi)
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, How to make Sev Spring Onion Curry
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…
Fada Lapsi Recipe (Gujarati Daliya Lapsi)
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…
Khajur Imli Chutney Recipe (Sweet Dates Tamarind Chutney)
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, How to make Besan Simla Mirch Recipe
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…
Chocolate Kheer Recipe
Chocolate Kheer Recipe – Kheer is the classic Indian dessert that is often cooked during festivals or special occasions. It is in true sense the dessert cooked in almost all the parts of Indian subcontinent. There are many different varieties of kheer. The classic kheer recipe consists of milk, sugar and boiled rice. However there…
Baingan Palita Recipe, Ringan Palita| Baingan Katri
Baingan Palita / Ringan Palita Recipe – Baingan palita also known as Baingan Katri is a simple dish made from aubergine/egg plant. Before I dig deeper into this recipe, I have a confession to make. This is NOT my recipe. This is my lovely mum-in-laws recipe. She is a great lady and a great cook….
Mix Dal Fry Recipe, How to make Mix Dal Fry Punjabi version
Mix Dal fry recipe (Punjabi Style): Lentils or daals are considered to be one of staple food of Indian cuisine. Whatever region you belong to, you’ll have at least one local dish prepared from lentil or dal. It is considered to be great in protein and for vegetarians often dal is one of few protein…
Jeera Rice Recipe, Cumin Rice | How to make Jeera Rice
Jeera Rice Recipe – Yes, you heard it right: “Jeera Rice”. Its one of the simplest, easiest yet most ordered rice dish in an Indian restaurant. Jeera Rice is very common side dish eaten along with different lentil preparations like dal fry, dal palak, mix dal fry, dal tadka or even south indian rasam and sambar. I have seen Jeera rice served as…
Aloo Gobi Matar Recipe, How to make Aloo Gobi Matar Sabzi
Aloo Gobi Matar Recipe – Indian cooking is so versatile yet so simple. Contrary to the western belief, Indian cooking is not at all complicated if you learn few tricks and if you are accustomed to the basics of Indian food. Everyday almost every Indian family cooks a balanced diet which is rich in all the necessary & essential nutrition. The sabzi…
Gujarati Kadhi Recipe | How to make Gujarati Kadhi Recipe
Gujarati Kadhi Recipe – Kadhi is a famous North Indian dish that resembles to soup. It is basically a dish with thick or thin gravy made from gram flour and yogurt/buttermilk. This is an easy gujarati kadhi recipe. Gujarati kadhi differs from other North Indian variations like Punjabi kadhi, Maharashtrian Kadhi, Rajasthani kadhi etc. It is sweeter…
Potato Green Beans Sabzi Recipe – How to make potato green beans curry
Potato and Green Beans sabzi is yet another simple curry recipe that you can prepare in no time at your home. I make this curry quite often and we love it. The vegetables are simple and easily available; potatoes and french green beans. This curry is very popular in India and is part of the daily diet. The…
Rice and Sweet Corn Bites | How to make sweetcorn rice bites
Rice and Sweetcorn bites are one of my favorite tea time snack. These crispy little mouthwatering bites are full of flavors and are perfect for a tea party 🙂 I had some left over rice from yesterday evening. The quantity was not enough to make mexican fried rice or lemon rice so finally I ended up using the…
Open Cheese Veg Tawa Sandwich recipe – Tawa Sandwich recipe
Open Cheese Veg Tawa Sandwich is one of my favorite snack dish. I just love the flavor of cheese on tawa sandwich. A tawa sandwich is an Indian version of grill sandwich which is prepared on a tawa/pan instead of grilled. This version of tawa sandwich is open instead of close i.e. we haven’t put…