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Recipes for Indian snacks to go with your evening tea.

Mixed Vegetable Pakoras

10 Apr

Mixed Vegetable Pakoras

What do you do with an assortment of vegetables when the clock says snack-time? Make mixed vegetable pakoras, if you ask me. This pakora recipe does not demand exactness; take the broad template and switch around the veggies and/or quantities as you wish.

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Masoor Dal Pakodi: Red Lentil Fritters

27 Oct

Fried Masoor Dal Fritters

Masoor dal pakodi – with red lentil as starring ingredient, this crunchy snack-time goodie also doubles up as a curry dumpling (badi). Learn how to make these delicious fritters.

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Make Vegetable Momos at Home

11 Apr

Vegetable Momos with Chutney

Momos seemed like exotic restaurant-only food to me for a long time, till a friend taught me how easy it is to make them at home. All you need is to figure out a way to steam the momos. The good news is: you don’t need fancy equipment for it; an idli stand and an Indian pressure cooker do the job perfectly.

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Kachche Kele ke Kebab: Raw Banana Kebab

30 Oct

Kachche Kele ke Kebab - Raw Banana Kebab

Avengers: Infinity War famously declared "We Will Deep Fry Your Kebab". This kachche kele ke kebab recipe duly follows that memo.

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Pan-Roasted Spicy Sweet Potatoes

19 Oct

Pan-Roasted Spicy Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potato’s starchy sweetness plays off the robust flavors of sookhi sabzi masala in this recipe. The spices make this dish taste so exotic, you can hardly tell that putting this together was so easy.

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Yellow Moong Dal Sundal

6 Apr

Moong Dal Sundal Recipe

Not too long ago, the mention of sundal outside of south India would be met with quizzical stares. Times are changing – this simple boiled legume dish is gaining traction far and wide for its health benefits, compatibility with special diets (vegan/Jain), and ease of making.

Sundal can be made with various types of legumes – chickpeas or peanuts for example. This recipe uses a very light and easily digested legume: yellow moong dal.

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Green Gram Sundal: Coconutty Whole Moong Bean

6 Aug

Green Gram Sundal

Sundal is a simple legume preparation from south India – a style of cooking in which boiled legumes are tempered with spiced oil and fresh coconut. The sattvic ingredient profile of sundal makes it a popular prasadam (i.e. blessed by the Gods) dish. During the nine days of Navarathri, south Indian homes traditionally offer sundal to their guests, prepared with a different legume each day.

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