Cool homemade yogurt, flattened rice that needs no cooking, honey/jaggery and fresh fruit. A breakfast so healthy it’ll give you a palpable halo around your head. Presenting for you staple morning-time food from Bihar – dahi chura.
Spices & Herbs
Recipes that use herbs and spices as a key ingredient.
Khatta Meetha Papeeta: Sweet and Sour Green Papaya
What do you do when you peel a papaya and find that a lot of it is hard and green?
Try out my papaya rescue recipe – khatta-meetha papeeta, a light and flavorful accompaniment for an Indian meal. You could make khatta-meetha papeeta using green papaya or parts of a semi-ripe papaya.
Cabbage and Peanuts Stir Fry
A crunchy, nutty, leafy side dish for an Indian meal – cabbage and peanuts stir fry. This is just right for the day after gorging on pooja delicacies, when your tummy says "no more" to pooris and dum aloo. I had today cabbage and peanuts stir fry with a simple meal of tomato toor dal, mint raita and boiled rice.
Homemade Mushroom Soup
Creamy mushroom soup made at home – this is so much tastier, so much healthier than canned stuff. Simple ingredients, no fuss, very easy to make.
Tricolor Raita for Indian Independence Day
15th August is India’s Independence Day. What better way to celebrate than with a dish inspired by the colors of the Indian flag? Here’s an idea in saffron, white and green – a festive patriotic raita.
Dabba Chaukore Aur Paratha Gol? Bahut Nainsafi Hai!
Do you realize that if you stack round parathas in a square lunchbox, then even with the largest paratha size your lunchbox can accommodate you leave more than 20% of its surface space unused?
Does this “criminal wastage” bother you?
You can’t beat geometry. But you can pack parathas in your square lunchbox without an inch of space going waste. Let me show you how.