I just finished eating the best leftover vegetable pulao! Pulao is an Indian rice dish flavored with spices and other ingredients. It differs from biryani in that the rice is cooked from start to finish with the other ingredients, whereas … Continue reading
I know I know, another dal recipe, but there are so many ways to make dal! This is a simple tadka dal using toor dal. Tadka just means frying spices in oil or butter/ghee. In this recipe, I cooked the … Continue reading
One of my favorite vegetables is bhindi or okra. Some people are off put by the slight sliminess of okra, but I love it! Okra is used a lot in Indian cooking and in the U.S. in the South. This … Continue reading
I decided to make us paneer kati rolls to use up leftover paneer and this time made homemade roomali roti! The recipe is posted here. The ingredients are almost the same as for the egg kati rolls, but this time … Continue reading
Roomali roti is super super thin roti (roomali means hankerchief). The first time I had them was at this place called Kabab Corner in Bangalore. They serve you out of your car and have the best paneer makhani with the … Continue reading
This is hands down one of my favorite Indian breakfasts. I made it for us last weekend and have been eating the leftovers all week! The first time I went to India I was new to eating Indian food 3 … Continue reading
Here is a simple potato dish that goes great with roti and yogurt. 2 teaspoons oil 1 teaspoon chana dal 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds 2 green chilis chopped 5-6 curry leaves 1 teaspoon turmeric 5 baby potatoes peeled and chopped … Continue reading
This toor dal with methi leaves is super simple and immensely satisfying. I have been wanting to try hariyali dal which has methi leaves, spinach and cilantro, but we didn’t have any spinach so I just made this dal with methi leaves. … Continue reading
I absolutely love cabbage! When my husband first made this for me, I could not get enough. It is so simple and doesn’t really sound very exciting, but for me it is the opposite: Yay cabbage! Anyways, this time I used … Continue reading
Paneer makhani is a mild Indian cheese cooked in a rich delicious buttery tomato gravy. Paneer makhani and yellow dal is basically what my husband, Tejas, and I get every time we go to a north Indian restaurant! Okra fry … Continue reading