Gujarati Kadhi is a dish made with chickpea flour (besan) and yogurt(dahi). It is balanced with sour and sweet taste and is little spicy. It is made within 20 minutes and is served hot with plain rice, khichdi, puran poli, pulav or plain chapati.
Tuvar Ma Dhokli is a one-pot dish made from sukhi or dry tuvar. The tuvar is cooked and simmered with whole wheat flour sheet (dhokli) along with spices. It is Indian Pasta cooked in spicy gravy. It can be served hot with bhakri, thepla or rice or can be had as a single dish.
Plain moong dal Khichdi is prepared by pressure cooking moong dal, tuvar dal, and rice along with turmeric powder, asafoetida, salt and water. It is the very healthy and nutritious dish and can be enjoyed by babies as their first solid food to the aged. It is a one pot comfort meal to have on … Read more
Less oil handvo flour palak vada is made using spinach and handvo flour. It is made with less oil in a paniyaram /appe pan. Handvo flour is the mixed flour made with roasting rice, tuvar dal (pigeon peas), chana dal (gram), urad dal (split black gram). The mix of flour and the spices added gives … Read more
Palak Dal/spinach Lentil Curry is a curry cooked with lentils – pigeon pea (tuvar/arhaar dal), split bengal gram (chana dal), split green gram (moong dal without skin) and loaded with healthy spinach leaves. The tempering made with fresh green chili, ginger garlic paste along with whole spices enhances the flavor of the dal. It can … Read more
Onion Rava Dosa is a popular variety of South Indian dosa with semolina (rava) as the key ingredient in addition to rice flour and all-purpose flour. The batter is made thin like buttermilk and there is no need for fermentation like the normal rice dosa. It is instant and can be made quickly on demand.
A quick side dish or a warm salad served as an accompaniment to Gujarati meal. Carrot and capsicum are stir-fried and lightly cooked along with spices.
Sooji Paniyaram is a very tasty breakfast or snack where the batter is cooked in a special pan known as “paniyaram pan”. The batter is made from semolina, rice flour, carrot , coriander , curry leaves and is flavored with ginger, green chili , salt and cumin seeds. It is then cooked in the pan … Read more
A traditional dal cooked using various dal and spices, and served as restaurant style by pouring hot tadka or tempering made with oil, ghee, garlic and red chili powder. It is served hot with roti, paratha, jeera rice or steamed rice, onions, pickle and pappadum.
A very soft idli made with moong sprouts, spinach and semolina. It is very high in fibre and very nutritious. It is perfect as a snack, breakfast or kids lunch box.
A hot and spicy treat for people who love to eat spicy food. The baby potatoes are cooked along with lots of garlic and red chili paste. It is a popular dish of Kathiyawada ( Saurashra). It can be served with roti, rice or can be eaten plain as side dish along with some fried … Read more
A wholewheat flatbread made by stuffing spicy mixture made from fresh tuvar( green pigeon peas), peas and potatoes. It is then roasted till brown on both sides.
Puneri Misal is a popular street food from Pune, Maharashtra. The ingredients of the misal include – usal, poha, diced potato, chopped onions, chopped coriander, farsan and spicy tari/kat/rasa. The ingredients are assembled in multiple layers in the bowl and served with bun or pav.
This dish is made using small brinjals and potatoes. They are stuffed with the mixture prepared with onion, coconut, peanuts, regular spices and has a unique flavor of nigella seeds (kalonji) and are pan cooked with oil.
A very quick and easy recipe for making instant soft idlis. It is a good alternative for those who want to avoid rice and fermented food.
A very healthy snack made with pumpkin and the mixture of rice and lentil flour.
A traditional North Indian Cuisine dish made by using Chickpeas. Chickpeas are soaked overnight and cooked till soft. They are then simmered in a tangy onion-tomato gravy with all the Indian spices and served hot with bhatura, naan or paratha.
A traditional chutney made in the villages of Saurashtra by pounding coriander, garlic ,green chili and peanuts in mortar pestle. The chutney is then tempered with hot oil and asafoetida.
A dish made with gram flour dumplings in spicy gravy.
A very tasty Gujarati traditional recipe similar to Undhiyu (Mix winter vegetable) made from the vegetables available in winter Surati Papdi (padded kidney beans or lablab beans), ratalu (violet/purple yam), shakkariya (sweet potato)
