Mixed Vegetables without Onion or Garlic
There's no load of cream or butter in this dish. Some healthy yogurt (plant based if vegan), a few slices of cashews and lots of veggies!
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Feb 3, 20216 min read
Matar ka Nimona
Fresh peas ground to a coarse paste and sautéed in cumin, ginger and tomatoes, soft boiled potatoes with lentil dumplings dunked in a stew!
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Jan 30, 20214 min read
Palak wale Chawal | Palak Pulao: Spinach Rice
I learnt to make this rice first from my sister, a pulao that's full of flavours, looks so green and smells umami!
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Jan 27, 20214 min read
Kadhai Gobhi: Cauliflower Stir Fried in a Wok
This dish is my way of making a rustic charred cauliflower that is tender yet holds its shape.
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Jan 25, 20214 min read
Ghar Wali Tur Dal: Pigeon Peas with a Simple Tempering
My earliest memories of food are associated with a bowl of hot yellow dal. A well-tempered dal is a meal in itself, and a joy ride of taste.
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Jan 25, 20215 min read
Sardiyon Wali Gajar Matar ki Sabzi: Winter Carrots and Peas
This amalgamation of carrots and peas is more than a mere dish. It's an exemplar of how families eat seasonal produce and enjoy it with love
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Jan 24, 20216 min read
Pahadi Aloo Gutke: Stir Fried Potatoes made in Uttarakhand Style
Many years later I married into a pahadi family and realized that the tempering in the quintessential aloo gutke is done with jakhya.
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Jan 4, 202112 min read
Kathal ki Biryani: Jackfruit Biryani
This recipe is a keeper. It brings together the Awadhi and Hyderbadi styles of making biryani, and is neither too spicy nor too bland.
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Nov 20, 202010 min read
Indori Poha
What sets the Indori poha apart from any other poha is the addition of sev or bhujiya and the typical poha masala.
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Sep 27, 20208 min read
Nabhe Wali Machli: Fish cooked with Lotus Roots in a Tangy Gravy
How beautifully the Kashmiri bibis added lotus roots to a summer fish curry of Nabha, something that's hardly known today.
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Sep 20, 20208 min read
Ram Rochak Tarkari: An Odiya Style Gravy of Mung Bean Dumplings, Eggplants and Potatoes
Ram Rochak Tarkari — potatoes and eggplants cooked in earthy and fragrant spices to form a thin gravy, topped with mung bean dumplings.
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Sep 11, 20209 min read
Shahi Paneer: Paneer cooked in Cashew Nuts and Tomato Gravy
Shahi Paneer bearing the insignia of Mughal cuisine, associates royalty with the use of nuts, saffron, yogurt, milk and cream in it.
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Aug 26, 20206 min read
Baingan Chokha | Baigana Poda: Smoky Mashed Eggplant
A chokha or poda is a much simpler affair, rather bland if not for the pungent mustard oil, and common in Odisha, West bengal, Bihar and UP.
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Aug 16, 20207 min read
Pav Bhaji
Jump to Recipe Print Recipe Food has always been the biggest and perhaps, the strongest source of nostalgia for me. There is a subtlety...
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Aug 5, 20203 min read
Bugha Chawal: Sindhi Style Rice with Caramelized Onions and Whole Spices
Drawing upon the caramelization of onions and the fragrance of whole spices, this tempered rice is a game changer in your mundane daily meal
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Jul 24, 20207 min read
Khumbi ki Biryani: Mushroom Biryani
This recipe is an aromatic blend of mushrooms (khumbi in Hindi) with long grained rice.
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Jul 21, 20204 min read
Vegan Saag Paneer: Tofu cooked with Kale, Spinach and Collard
This recipe is a vegan variation of the popular Indian dish, saag paneer.
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Jul 19, 20205 min read
Sai Bhaji: Greens and Lentils cooked in Sindhi style
Sai Bhaji is made of three key ingredients, greens, vegetables and lentils.
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Jul 11, 20204 min read
Kanda Batata Poha: Flattened Rice cooked with Potatoes and Onions
I can safely say that at least a hundred permutations and combinations of ingredients are possible to make a new kind of poha preparation.
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Jun 30, 20203 min read
Sweet Potato Stew
This sweet potato peanut stew is everything good I can wish on a busy day or days when I don't want to cook up a storm!
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