Puri Bhaji

Puri Bhaji

Puri Bhaji is a traditional Indian breakfast comprising of bhaji and puri. Bhaji is made with boiled potatoes cooked with fresh spices – ginger, green chili, coriander and puri is a deep fried puffed flat bread made with whole wheat flour. Though served as a breakfast dish in many restaurants and food joints but it … Read more

Healthy Vegetable Fried Brown Rice

Healthy Vegetable Fried Brown Rice

Healthy Vegetable Fried Brown Rice is a quick, easy, vegan, gluten free and delicious fried rice cooked with brown rice and lots of vegetables. Brown rice makes it high in fibre and low in GI. Different veggies increases the nutritional level of rice. This rice is a one meal dish and is perfect for healthy … Read more

Koshimbir / Maharashtrian Style Salad

Koshimbir / Maharashtrian Style Salad

Koshimbir / Maharashtrian Style Salad is a refreshing salad made in Maharastrian household. A tempering made by crackling mustard seeds, green chili, curry leaves and asafoetida in hot oil gives a unique taste to the salad. The mouthwatering aroma from asafoetida, and green chili is released when the hot tempering is poured on the salad. … Read more

Khaman Ni Chutney

Khaman Ni Chutney

Khaman Ni Chutney is a chutney or dip made by grinding fresh coriander with khaman pieces. Green chili , lemon juice, and sugar balances the taste of the chutney making it spicy, sweet and sour. It is very delicious and is served with khaman by the snack shops.

Khatta Dhokla Using Idli Rava

Khatta Dhokla Using Idli Rava

Khatta Dhokla Using Idli Rava is soft and sour steamed dhokla made using idli rava (cream of rice) and different lentils (toor dal – pigeon pea, chana dal -bengal gram, urad dal – black gram). The idli rava and different lentils are soaked, ground into a batter, fermented and then steamed. Sour yogurt is added … Read more

Masala Dosa

Masala Dosa

Masala Dosa is a popular dish from South India, which is found in menu of many restaurants and is found in many countries too . It is made by stuffing dosa (a thin crepe made from fermented rice and lentil batter) with a mixture made from potato, onion, curry leaves, chili, mustard seeds and spices. … Read more

Simple Moong Dal

Simple Moong Dal

Simple Moong Dal is an easy , quick to make Indian dal made with split yellow moong beans. It is made with the tempering made with ghee, garlic, green chili and curry leaves. Served with rice or roti simple moong dal is a comforting weeknight food and is easy to digest. It can be either … Read more

Vateli Chana Dal Na Khaman

Vateli Chana Dal Na Khaman

Vateli Chana Dal Na Khaman is a popular Gujarati non fried snack made by steaming the fermented batter made by soaking and crushing the chana dal. A tempering made of oil, mustard seeds, asafoetida, chilies enhances the flavor of the khaman. It is served with hot cup of tea or coffee as a popular snack … Read more

Sev Khamani

Sev Khamani

Sev Khamani is a popular, non fried, delectable Gujarati snack made with Bengal gram (chana dal). It is soft and grainy in texture with a flavorful taste that is balanced of spice, sour and sweet taste from green chili, lemon juice and sugar. It is served with sev (fried gram flour vermicelli) and pomegranate that … Read more

Quick Vegetable Rice Pulao

Quick Vegetable Rice Pulao

Quick Vegetable Rice Pulao is a very healthy, mildly spiced, simple, quick and easy to cook dish cooked in pressure cooker. It is a one pot dish and can be cooked quickly for a quick lunch or dinner. It can be enjoyed with yogurt, Gujarati kadhi, papad and salad. The pulao can be packed for … Read more

Less Oil Makai Vada (Corn Fritters)

Less Oil Makai Vada (Corn Fritters)

Less Oil Makai Vada (Corn Fritters) is made by grinding fresh corn kernels with coriander, ginger and chili together. It is cooked in appe pan or paniyaram pan with less oil. It can be enjoyed with hot tea or coffee and serve ketchup or chutney as a accompaniment.

Dhana Lahsan Jowar Rotla / Coriander Garlic Sorghum Flat Bread

Dhana Lahsan Jowar Rotla / Coriander Garlic Sorghum Flat Bread

Dhana Lahsan Jowar Rotla / Coriander Garlic Sorghum Flat Bread is a unleavened flatbread made with sorghum flour and a paste made with coriander, garlic and green chili. It is served hot with baigan bharta or curry. It can also be enjoyed with pickle or yogurt or jaggery and ghee or gujarati kadhi or dal. … Read more

Green Veg Palak (Spinach) Rice With Boondi Raita

Green Veg Palak (Spinach) Rice With Boondi Raita

Green Veg Palak (Spinach) Rice With Boondi Raita is a very healthy and nutritious rice dish that is made green with use of fresh spinach, coriander and mint paste alongwith the addition of vegetables such as carrot, different colour capsicum, broccoli, peas, corn, potato to make it more colourful. It is cooked using dry whole … Read more

Vateli Mixed Dal Zucchini Handvo / Savoury Zucchini Mixed Lentil Cake

Vateli Mixed Dal Zucchini Handvo / Savoury Zucchini Mixed Lentil Cake

Vateli Mixed Dal Zucchini Handvo / Savoury Zucchini Mixed Lentil Cake is a traditional, healthy and nutritious savoury cake from Gujarati cuisine and is made by soaking, grinding and fermenting rice and mixed lentils. Zucchini and spices are added and the mixture is then baked till golden. Not only zucchini is healthy but it also … Read more

Mini Sabudana Khichdi

Mini Sabudana Khichdi

Mini Sabudana Khichdi /Sago Khichdi is a dish made by stir frying soaked mini sabudana/sago or tapioca pearl along with potatoes and crushed peanuts. It uses very less spices and yet is full of flavors. Usually the sabudana khichdi is eaten during fasting/upwaas/vraat. It is gluten free and replace ghee with oil to make it … Read more

Kathiyawadi Toor Dal / Pigeon Pea Dal

Kathiyawadi Toor Dal / Pigeon Pea Dal

Kathiyawadi Toor Dal / Pigeon Pea Dal is a made with split pigeon pea (toor dal). The dal is tempered with whole spices such as cloves, cinnamon, pepper corn, star anise. Jaggery, tomato and lemon juice balances sweet and sour taste of the dal. Peanuts are added to get the crunch in dal. The dal … Read more

Simple Toor Dal/Phodni Cha Varan/ Arhar Ki Dal

Simple Toor Dal/Phodni Cha Varan/ Arhar Ki Dal

Simple Toor Dal/Phodni Cha Varan/ Arhar Ki Dal is a tasty, quick and easy to make dal. It can be made in 15 minutes and is made by tempering toor dal/arhar dal/split pigeon peas with garlic, curry leaves, and green chili. It is a very simple recipe for beginners and is vegan. Skip asafoetida to … Read more