Puliyogare/Tamarind Rice

So here I am again with one of the famous rice recipe from Southern India. Tamarind rice is also known as Pulihora is tangy, mild spicy, flavorful rice tempered with roasted peanuts, lentils and few other ingredients. This rice dish is a staple of all South Indian festivals and also most often served as a…

Palak Aloo Curry/ Spicy Pureed Spinach with Potatoes

I have half box of palak leaves left which we get from Costco and it was getting expire after a day and I was wondering how to utilize it as I was our of paneer/cottage cheese as well ;), then I remembered my maternal grandmother used to make delicious palak aloo gravy. I tried her…

Turmeric Lemon Rice

Lemon rice is a one pot meal, easy, flavorful, vibrant and ready in 15 mins is a popular rice dish from Southern part of India. People in every part of India eat a lot of rice and temper it with different types of seasoning and ingredients. Every region, infact I must say every home have…

Rajma Masala/Red Kidney Beans Curry-Indian Style

Oh my love for Rajma curry…I love this curry since childhood.Rajma masala is a very popular curry from Punjab, India. Rajma masala is a protein rich curry, best enjoyed with hot chapatis or steamed rice. Though combo of Rajma-Rice is very famous throughout restaurants and dhaba’s in North but I somehow relish this curry more…

Mangodi Aloo Sabzi/Moong Dal Nuggets Curry

Mangori/Bari are sun-dried small lentil cakes or nuggets. These are prepared by soaking, grinding lentils and then few spices are added into it to give taste and flavors. My mom and mom-in-law both prepares fresh batches of mangodi at home every summers. Mangodi aloo is a speciality of Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh. This dish is…

Mutter Paneer/Indian Cottage Cheese & Green Peas Curry Recipe

Mutter paneer is one of the popular and toothsome paneer gravy from North India. Paneer and green peas are simmered in spicy and creamy onion-tomato gravy with few other Indian spices. There are many variations we can bring in this dish and the recipe I am sharing is my favorite. The color and creamy texture…

Chana Masala/ Garbanzo Beans-Indian Curry Recipe

A delicious, protein pack and full of flavors, chana masala recipe from Punjabi cuisine is popular all over the Indian and even outside India ;). A spicy and enticing curry is prepared from Chole/Chickpea/Garbanzo beans, onion, tomatoes and few Indian spices and best enjoyed with Bhatura (deep-fried puffed Indian bread) but also goes well with…

Egg Dum Biryani Recipe

Egg dum biryani is one of the famous Indian one pot meal rice delicacy. We Indians are in love with this spicy, mildly fragrant rice dish. It is a complete meal in itself prepared with rice, egg/veggies/chicken/mutton along with raw and dry Indian spices cooked together to get this irresistible aromatic dish. It goes well…

Lauki Kofta/Opo Squash Dumplings in Curry

Ahhh again comes a vegetable which is generally not a popular one in mostly household because of its bland taste, but today I will share the recipe to make one of the best Indian curry out of it-Lauki Kofta Curry. It is made with deep-fried koftas/spicy dumplings made with grated lauki, gram flour along with few…

Egg Masala/Egg Roast-Indian Style

Pure bliss for connoisseurs of spicy Indian food, I had this dish for the first time in a Kerala cuisine restaurant near to my office back in Bangalore, India and since then this dish became one of my favorites. I have learned this recipe from one of my friend from Kerala and definitely with my…

Palak Paneer/Indian Cottage Cheese in Spinach Gravy

Palak paneer, a bright, delicious, vibrant and of-course healthy North Indian dish. It is also one of the popular Indian paneer recipe along with Paneer(Cottage Cheese) Butter Masala/Paneer Makhani, Kadai Paneer, Paneer bhurji. Palak paneer is made with soft paneer/cottage cheese cooked and simmered in a  smooth spinach gravy with few spices. Palak paneer goes…