I got bored with regular onion + tomato paste + cream based North Indian Gravies for Chapati. So one day I decided to make a kurma with coconut for the kids who hate Lauki in the form of Poriyal. Either I have to make kongu style Thatakottai surakkai kulambu or amma style sorakkai thayir pachadi…
North Indian Side Dishes
Paneer Butter Masala Restaurant Style Recipe
Paneer Butter Masala is a finger licking goodness with homemade Firm Paneer ( the paneer turns soft and perfect when it is cooked) which goes well with Roti, Naan and my kids like it with Idli and dosa as well. Whenever I make Paneer at home, the first and main purpose is making curry out…
Hara Moong Dal Tadka | Green Moong Dal Fry
I have a South Indian version of green moong dal curry/pasi paruppu kuzhambu using sambar powder that goes well with rice and tiffin varieties and here comes the North Indian style green moong dal curry/Hara Moong Dal Tadka that’s suits well for chapatti/roti and rice varieties. It has lot of names like Hari dal fry or…
Mushroom Tikka Masala | Spicy Kalan Kuzhambu Recipe
Punjabi Chole Masala | Chana Masala Recipe
I am making a post after 11 days gap, this is the first time I didn’t post anything for more than 10 days. Hope I will be back to routine soon. Coming to this Punjabi Chole Masala or Chana Masala, this curry is an excellent side dish for Bhatura and Chapati. Since i have stopped…
Hyderabadi Mirchi Ka Salan | Mirch Ka Salan | Spicy Capsicum Peas Curry
Mirchi Ka Salan is very popular dish in Hyderabad and they mostly use Bajji Chili/Banana Peppers for this curry. This spicy curry mostly accompanies with Hyderabadi biryani and it’s a top dish in their wedding menu. ‘Mirch’ the Hindi word means ‘Capsicum’ in English. Also Shimla, the hill place in India produces ‘Capsicum’ called ‘Shimla…
Dal Tadka | Nutritious Tadka Dhal For Rice and Chapathi
Today I am here with very comfort and nutritious dal that can be paired with roti/chapathi or rice. Also this dal goes well with South Indian Dosa Varieties. Dal tadka is a Punjabi dish and I have already posted dal fry with masala phulka this dal tadka varies from dal fry just in the making…
Kadhi Gole Recipe | Maharastrian Kadhi Gole
Kadhi Gole Recipe is a typical Maharashtrian dish. Kadhi is a very commen and popular dish in whole northern part of India. Its is specially eaten with rice and so called “Kadhi Chaval . There are different varieties of kadhi such as Gujrati kadhi , Mahrashtrian kadhi , Rajasthani kadhi , Punjabi kadhi etc according…
Potato Kurma Urulaikilangu Sambar for Idli and Dosa
During festival or family get together, the morning breakfast goes like this…Either upma or light tiffin (probably idli) with this Potato Kurma Urulaikilangu Sambar (we call it as sambar) is a routine during special events in our kongunadu surroundings. Weekly once this sambar is a must in most of the houses, such an authentic version :-). I still remember…
Malai Kofta Curry Malayi Kofta Gravy
Kofta curry was in my to do list for a long time. When Nupur challenged this malai kofta curry for Divya’s SNC this month, I have not waited long to try this curry…You can either deep fry or pan/shallow fry the koftas with less oil, here in stepwise pictures I have shown the pan fried koftas, by this…
Masala Phulka with Dal Fry | Soft Chapathi with simple dhal
Today I am here with classic Gujarati recipe, hot fulka/pulkas and simple dal fry which make healthy and complete/full filled dinner. Instead of masala phulka you can opt for plain version. And this dal is something similar to South Indian Uppu Paruppu with slight variations. So you can try that if you like to have tomato less version….
