On one of my first blog posts back in the day, I tried a recipe for misal pav with a spicy gravy that used sprouted moth beans. I didn’t have moth beans, so I used mung instead. I have seen moth … Continue reading
How To Sprout Mung Beans
Category Archives: Indian Recipes
Yogurt Chutney
This yogurt chutney goes amazing with rasam vada. It is a little sweet and tempered with urad dal, mustard seeds, green chilis and curry leaves. It is so addictive! 1 cup yogurt (thin out a little if thick) 2-3 teaspoons sugar … Continue reading
Batata Rassa (Marathi Potatoes in a Wet Gravy)
I have had this recipe for batata rassa, potatoes in a wet gravy, in my “to try” items for quite a while now. I used the recipe just as an idea, adding onions and tomato, and changing the order and … Continue reading
Palak Paneer (Spinach w/ Cottage Cheese)
I think saag paneer (greens w/ cottage cheese) or palak paneer (spinach w/ cottage cheese) was one of the first Indian dishes I had ever heard of. Maybe that and samosas. I can’t actually remember having it for the first … Continue reading
Tomato Sev Curry
I am finally posting the tomato sev curry that we had with onion and potato subji a few weeks ago. They go so well together! The first time my husband made tomato sev curry, I was skeptical. Curry made with … Continue reading
Potato & Onion Subji
I mentioned this on a post not too long ago, but I’ll mention it again :-). The last night on our last trip to India we had this amazing dinner of tomato sev curry and potato onion subji. It was … Continue reading
Urad Dal Vada (Lentil Fritters)
Vadas are South Indian fried fritters that can be made with gram flour (chickpea flour), potato, urad dal, etc. For rasam vada, a wonderful dish of rasam (a sour and spicy soup) served over vada, urad dal is ground and … Continue reading
Rasam (South Indian Tangy Soup)
Rasam is a South Indian soup that is tangy and spicy. It can be served over rice (rasam rice), as part of a traditional South Indian meal, as rasam vada (fried urad dal fritters with rasam poured over), or just … Continue reading
Jowar Roti
On my last night in Bangalore back in November, we had an amazing home meal. Onion and potato subji, tomatoey sev curry, kadhi, and bajra (millet flour) roti. By this time, we had gone to every restaurant on my list … Continue reading
Pea & Tomato Curry w/ Kasoori Methi
This awesome curry is kind of a cross between methi malai mutter (peas with methi leaves) and this other simple pea and tomato dish that we like. It combines a rich tomato gravy with cream and methi leaves. In this case, I used … Continue reading