Raita is an Indian condiment made of yogurt and other various ingredients.This raita uses thinly sliced green chilis, toasted cumin and cilantro. The green chilis give it such a wonderful taste. If you are someone who can’t handle as much … Continue reading
Dhoklas are a Gujarati snack made of a fermented batter of rice and besan flour which is steamed and then cut into squares. Fermenting batter takes so long so I was excited when I found out about khaman dhoklas which … Continue reading
I’m in a phase it seems: slow cooking! It is just so nice to throw everything in the crock pot in the morning and come home to a delightful dinner with little preparation left. This recipe for rajma masala (kidney … Continue reading
This recipe is for my husband Tejas’s famous paneer tikka! He made it for a get together and it was a hit, as always. We don’t have a BBQ, so we used our big toaster oven and it worked nicely, but … Continue reading
I tried another fantastic recipe, Fiery Eggplant, from Anupy Singla’s The Indian Slow Cooker cookbook (Thank you again Meghna and Samit!). Slow cooking is great because you can throw everything in the crock pot in the morning and it is … Continue reading
This is a fantastic curry for Andhra style biryani. We served it at a get together with Andhra egg and vegetable biryani and onion raita. The recipe is adapted from Sailu’s Kitchen. 3 tablespoons oil 4 cloves 2 cardamom 2 pieces cinnamon … Continue reading
Four of my last five meals have been biryani! I think I am finally a bit tired of it :-). Tejas and I made Andhra style biryani recently and had a few people over and there are so many leftovers! Biryani … Continue reading
The other night I was going to be eating solo, so I was planning on just throwing something quick together, but then somehow I ended up making Mysore dosa with a new kind of sambhar! It started because I looked … Continue reading
Updated 3/30/14: I’ve updated this recipe a few times, adding more sambar powder, cumin seeds and coconut. Also canned crushed tomatoes are especially good in this! The only thing is that this recipe is not quite so quick as it … Continue reading
Last night I updated my recipe for channa bhatura a little, so thought I would re-post. Channa or chole bhatura is chick pea or garbanzo bean curry with big puffy fried bread. A while back, Tejas and I had channa bhatura … Continue reading