Category: Indian Food

Festive Chicken Biriyani

Biriyani is flavored rice with a good amount of spices added with chicken or Mutton(Lamb), or Prawns, or Fish, or Eggs or vegetables. This kind of Chicken Biriyani is so special to me and I would like to call it festive time Biriyani. During Ramzan and Bakrid festival, I...

Quick & Easy Sambhar

I would call it an instant sambhar as the usual method takes a longer time. When I have surprise guests, simply I go for this recipe and only 5 minutes of manual time required. Sambhar is a Lentils curry with vegetables, which goes very well with  South Indian...

Jujuips – Jelly Candy

Jujuips is a very colorful and popular candy in India. Almost all children know it and they’re favorite too. I remember in my school days, Â my brother and I used to buy it in a nearby shop and enjoy it. It is also called Javvu Mittai. This is...

Sprinkled spices on Deep fried chicken

Ingredients: Oil – 250 ml  Chicken boneless – 500 gms, cut into medium pieces Ginger garlic paste – 1 Tsp Chilli powder – 1 Tsp Garam Masala –  1/2 Tsp Turmeric – 1/4 Tsp Orange food color – a pinch Salt for taste Curry leaves – 4 strands Onion...

Lentils Veggie Rice Porridge

Ingredients: Mixed vegetables – 1 Cup, cut into small pieces Rice – 3 Tsp Toor Dhal – 1 Tsp Moong dhal – 1 Tsp Turmeric – a pinch Cumin – 1/4 Tsp Salt for taste Clarified Butter – 1Tsp Tomato – 1 small for garnishing Method: 1. Wash Rice...

Poondu kuzhambu (Garlic Tamarind curry)

This Dish is familiar in the southern part of India. Poondu kuzhambu is a mouth-watering dish that is liked by almost anyone who wants to give a feast to their tongue. It contains sweetness and sourness  from tamarind and tomato, slight bitterness from fenugreek. The flavor and taste...

Mushroom & Chicken gravy, flavored with Herbs

Ingredients: Oil – 2 Tsp Fresh Corriander & Mint  leaves- 2 Tsp powdered in a mixer Onion – 1 small roughly chopped Tomato – 2 medium cut into pieces Green chilies – 2 nos Fresh cooking cream – 50 gms Salt for taste Small Button Mushroom – 100 gms...

Cauliflower Masala

Ingredients: Oil – 1Tsp Mustard – 1/2 Tsp Aniseed – 1/2 Tsp Cumin powder – 1/2 Tsp Turmeric – 1/4 Tsp Ginger garlic paste – 1/2 Tsp Curry leaves – 1 strand Cauliflower florets – 1 Cup Salt for taste Method: 1. Heat the Kadai and add oil. Add...

Rasagulla (Cheese Balls in Sugar Sirup)

Ingredients: Milk – 1 Litre ( whole milk ) Vinegar – 2 Tsp diluted with 5 Tsp of water Sugar – 1 Cup Rosewater – 1/2 Tsp Water – 4 Cups For variation: Orange color – A pinch Orange Essence – 1/2 Tsp Method: 1. Boil milk in a...

Broccoli Manchurian

Ingredients: For Sauce: Oil – 1 tsp Onion – 1 medium sized finely chopped Green chilies – 2 nos slit Garlic – 5 cloves finely chopped Soya sauce – 1 Tsp Tomato sauce – 2 Tsp Corn flour – 1 Tsp mixed with 5 Tsp of water Spring onions...

Quick Tamarind Rice

Tamarind Rice can be prepared instantly with Cooked rice and puliyogare ready mix available in the shop. OR the gravy can be prepared at home or store-bought when needed it can be mixed with Rice. But when you don’t have either one of the above, you can follow this...

Paal Paniyaram ( Fried batter balls in Coconut milk)

Ingredients Urad Dhal – 1 cup Rice – 1 cup Oil –  250 gms Coconut milk – 2 cups Sugar – 1/2 cup Cardamom – 3 pods ( in powder) Salt for taste Method: 1. Add water to Urad dhal and Rice and soak it for 2 hours. Grind...