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Sambar: Lentils Cooked with Vegetables and Typical Spices in a South-Indian Style

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Dec 21, 202110 min read

Sambar: Lentils Cooked with Vegetables and Typical Spices in a South-Indian Style

An easy guide to make sambar powder and a generic sambar at home!

Coriander Mint Chutney, and a Formula to make Green Chutneys

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Nov 13, 20215 min read

Coriander Mint Chutney, and a Formula to make Green Chutneys

A delicious and easy recipe to make a typical North-Indian green chutney along with a guide to variate the recipe and make herb chutneys

Rajma Chawal: Red Kidney Beans served with Rice

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Sep 10, 20219 min read

Rajma Chawal: Red Kidney Beans served with Rice

A homelike Punjabi style preparation of red kidney beans along with a few morsels of history and memories!

Bottle Gourd — 4 ways: Chana Dal Lauki, Sorakaya Paalu Koora, Chorakaa Pulissery, Sookhi Lauki Sabzi

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Jul 12, 202114 min read

Bottle Gourd — 4 ways: Chana Dal Lauki, Sorakaya Paalu Koora, Chorakaa Pulissery, Sookhi Lauki Sabzi

Four easy ways to prepare delicious dishes with bottle gourd.

Poda Pitha: Burnt-Base Rice Cake from Odisha

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Jul 10, 20219 min read

Poda Pitha: Burnt-Base Rice Cake from Odisha

A rice cake from Odisha that lies at the heart of its ancient history and continues to be made and served in homes and temples.

Kasrod ka Achaar: Indian Style Fiddlehead Fern Pickle

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Jun 12, 202110 min read

Kasrod ka Achaar: Indian Style Fiddlehead Fern Pickle

This fiddlehead pickle fermented in coats of mustard is a facet of Jammu's Dogra community's food proficiency sealed in many bottles.

Dalma: An Odia Style Preparation of Lentils with Vegetables — 2 Ways

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May 18, 202110 min read

Dalma: An Odia Style Preparation of Lentils with Vegetables — 2 Ways

Odisha's quintessential preparation of lentils with vegetables is ancient, and food of the gods and people alike.

Chorchori | Charchari: A Bengali Style of Cooking Mixed Vegetables

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Mar 29, 202111 min read

Chorchori | Charchari: A Bengali Style of Cooking Mixed Vegetables

At its core, a chorchori is a minimally spiced Bengali mix veg dish which is extremely flexible in terms of ingredients.

Saag Chole: Greens cooked with Chickpeas

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Mar 23, 20218 min read

Saag Chole: Greens cooked with Chickpeas

To mixed greens, Auntie would add boiled chickpeas and let the mixture slowly cook to a thick consistency. The tadka was typically Punjabi.

Gajar ka Halwa: Carrots with Milk made into a sweet concoction

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Feb 13, 20216 min read

Gajar ka Halwa: Carrots with Milk made into a sweet concoction

For me, winter is synonymous with gajar ka halwa, an Indian confection made of grated carrots cooked in slowly simmering milk.

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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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Oct 6, 20209 min read

Blueberry Lemon Cake

The story of blueberry is in many ways the story of the Indigenous people of North America.

Nabhe Wali Machli: Fish cooked with Lotus Roots in a Tangy Gravy

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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.

Ram Rochak Tarkari: An Odiya Style Gravy of Mung Bean Dumplings, Eggplants and Potatoes

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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.

Shahi Paneer: Paneer cooked in Cashew Nuts and Tomato Gravy

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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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May 9, 20203 min read

Dhaba Style Dal Fry

If you have ever taken a road trip in India and haven't eaten dal fry at a dhaba on a highway, your journey is incomplete.

Chole: Chickpeas cooked in Punjabi style

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Apr 26, 20209 min read

Chole: Chickpeas cooked in Punjabi style

Chole from west Punjab or the present-day Pakistan, which found its home in Delhi after India's partition in 1947, makes a hearty meal.