Kadhi is a popular yogurt & chickpea flour-based sauce all over India. Each state and region have their own ways of making kadhi. It is…
Other names are: Tindora, dondakaya, tendli, kovakkai. One of the benefits of the Tindora vegetable is that it helps lower blood sugar and is great…
Sabudana, also known as tapioca pearl or sago, is a starch extracted from the roots of tapioca and processed into pearl-like spears. Sabudana is gluten-free…
If you have a lot of spinach, this is the perfect recipe to utilize it. Also, it is a very easy recipe and needs very…
This is a very spicy side dish made with green chili paste cooked in plain yogurt (curd/dahi). This chutney is known as Santalya mirchya in…
Thalipeeth is a savory multi-grain flatbread popular in Western India, particularly Maharashtra. The flour for thalipeeth, called bhajanee, is prepared from roasted grains, legumes, and…
Cabbage curry can be made in many different ways. Once, I added frozen baby lima beans to it and my daughter loved it. So, I…
Ridge gourd (Dodka or Birakaya) has many health benefits. It is rich in essential components like dietary fiber, water content, vitamin A, vitamin C, iron,…
Khakra is a thin cracker/crisp roti common in the Gujarati cuisine of western India. It can be done starting from scratch and making it from…
Beetroot is a root vegetable also known as red beet, or just beet. It is a rich source of fiber, folate (vitamin B9), manganese, potassium,…
This is a very similar recipe to lemon rice. You can make the spiced mango mixture in bulk and refrigerate. It stays good for several…
This is the dry spice powder made with roasted peanuts. It stays good for 1-2 months. Ingredients: 2 cups raw peanuts 3-4 garlic cloves 1…
Lassi is a cooling and probiotic drink. It is made from curd or yogurt which has gut-friendly bacteria in it. There are many variations of…
Ingredients: 4 Potatoes 1 onion- medium-sized 4 Tomatoes 2-3 Garlic cloves Cilantro for garnishing Oil 1 tbs Salt Red chili powder ½ tsp ginger paste…
Chivda is a delicious, crunchy, and crispy Snack mix made with flattened rice (poha), puffed rice (murmura), and spices. You can easily find the poha…
Curry leaves=kadhi/kadi patta (Marathi)= Karivepaku (Telugu). Curry leaves are commonly used in Indian cooking. They are also commonly used in holistic medicine. Curry leaves are…
Tres Leches Cake is a very soft and moist cake. It is soaked with a 3-milk mixture. In Spanish, tres=3 and leches=milk. And it is…
Bhendi (Marathi)=Okra (American English) = Ladies finger (British English) =Bhindi (Hindi)=Bendakaya (Telugu). This is a very simple recipe made by stir-frying okra with Indian spices…
Bagara baingan is a popular side dish for BIRYANI from the Hyderabadi cuisine. Bagara means tempering. Baingan=eggplant=vangi=vankaya. Bagara Baingan is made from deep-fried eggplant/ baingan. The base…
It is also called ambat goad amti (in Marathi) and pappulapulusu in Telugu. It is an Indian dish made with tamarind pulp, jaggery, lentils, and…