‘Tandoori’ means cooking in tandoor – clay or metal oven that is used for baking or cooking. This is a very popular style of Indian cooking used mainly for starter recipes – tandoori aloo/potato, tandoori paneer/cottage cheese etc. Traditionally, all tandoori recipes use a secret tandoor masala , which is a blend of different dry […]
Rajma or Kidney beans is a very healthy food that is widely used across the world cuisines. Mainly used in the form of black beans in Mexican recipes, I use it in my quesadilla, burrito and even in wraps and rolls. It is a very fibre-rich and cholesterol-lowering bean variety and in India, it is […]
Chutney is a perfect combination with idly or dosa. Being a South Indian, I come from a household where idly and dosa is almost made atleast once a week. So, there are several chutneys that are made at home, namely, tomato chutney, mint chutney, peanut chutney, coriander chutney, sesame seed chutney and several other fusion […]
Aloo Jeera is a very basic and quick-to-make curry perfect for lunch-box and busy days. It can be made in a jiffy and goes well with plain rice and even roti. I especially love it with curd rice. Aummmmmm…!!!! wow I am drooling 🙂 🙂 Serves: 2 Preparation time: 15 mins Cooking time: 10 […]
Whenever I have some baby corn at home, I try to make different starters using it. Be it manchurian, 65 or any tandoori version. I love starter recipes. They add a natural specialty to any boring and mundane meal and give that extra kick especially when there are guests at home. Today, I am sharing […]
When we prepare any bland rice dish like vegetable pulao, jeera rice or coconut rice, we usually want to have it with some spicy gravy on the side. We prefer something simple to make yet hot and flavorful. Well, here I am sharing my basic masala gravy that I always have at hand. When I […]
I was browsing through my recipes and I realised that I haven’t added many potato recipes that I often prepare. So, I thought I would start with the basics and most commonly prepared recipes in every Indian household. The first one that came to mind was Aloo Mutter (Potato and Green peas curry). I am […]
Today’s lunch special was home-made cauliflower manchurian with vegetable fried rice. Both came out well and the manchurian was really yummy. The crust was slightly crispy and the flavors were just perfect. I already posted one recipe for cauliflower 65 earlier, so I thought I would share this recipe as well. Happy weekend friends!! […]
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