Category: Indian vegetarian

Rajma Chawal

Soul food, comfort food, rajma chawal and kachumber. All in the same breath I have made rajma a zillion times from this recipe unfortunately cannot credit anyone as it was written years before in my recipe notebook This time went the no soak way and cooked the beans directly in the cooker. Took close to …

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Aloo Pohe Vade

VADE VADE VADE CUTLESS CUTLESS CUTLESS If u have travelled by train (which we did a lot of) you know what those words mean and how your heart starts thumping waiting for the first sight of the oily delicious deep fried balls of joy. I lived in Goa for a bit and travelled back to …

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Appey

A healthy breakfast option. Appeys. The person who invented the Appey pan is a pure genius. It takes minimal oil and has multiple uses. I have made poha vada, sabudana vada, koftas, etc in an appey pan. The original appey recipe is a bit time consuming as like idlis, we need to soak, grind and …

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Tawa paneer masala

Today was a momentous day as I delivered my very first catering order. Cooking has always been a passion though I treated it like a hobby. The past six months, I have seen my learning graph rising and my interests in cooking developing multifold. I did think that in the future, I would take a …

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Mushroom Hara Dhania

One day I asked hubby, lunch pe kya banau. He says kuch light hi banana. Hmpf. Now what to do. Can’t think of making simple sabzi. Then remembered a wonderful recipe by a foodie chef – Jaspreet Nirula. It’s the most aromatic flavoursome dish ever. So lunch was simple dal roti and the awesome Mushroom Hara Dhania. …

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Wholewheat Jackfruit fritters

I absolutely adore ripe Jackfruit. I know there are mixed feelings about this fruit but I am its biggest fan. I just wait for the season to gorge on them. Recently I found some at the supermarket and immediately bought it. Enjoyed about half of it till I thought, i should try to make something …

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Fluffy Idlis with Sambhar and coconut chutney

Busting some myths – The South Indian is not always a Madraasi. We have 5 states. Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu – The South Indian women are only clad in heavy Kanjivaram sarees with gajra on her oily hair. Check my profile pick as the myth buster here – The South Indian …

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Mangalorean Bhindi Curry & Beans Upkari

Before marriage, most of our home cooked meals were always saars, resaas and upkaris. That in translation means coconut based curries or dry veggies. Post marriage, being married to a Pahadi, I cook south indian simple food only occasionally. Today’s lunch was a tangy Bhindi curry in a spiced coconut gravy with some steamed rice. …

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Pindi Chhole on mini Laccha Parathas

I have been making Chhole since years and they always turn out wonderful. Spicy, tangy and I thought it can’t get better than this. Well it just did. I recently read an article how dried lentils like chickpeas, rajma , beans, etc don’t need to be soaked before cooking. So went ahead and straight away …

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Hyderabadi Dum Baingan and Tomato Saar

An amalgamation of simple home cooked South Indian dishes. Hyderabadi baingan and Mangalorean tomato saar served with steamed rice. The Baingan is spicy and tangy with a pickle like flavour to it. The recipe is courtesy veg recipes of India and I am a big fan of Dassana’s cooking. The tomato saar is my moms …

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