Pithla / Chickpea flour (Besan ) Curry

Pithla / Chickpea flour (Besan ) Curry

Pithla / Chickpea flour (Besan ) Curry is traditional recipe from Maharashtra made with Chickpea flour or Besan. The chickpea flour is cooked with oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, ginger garlic, green chili, curry leaves , spices, yogurt and water till it becomes semi solid. The gluten free pithla is best when served straight from … Read more

Zucchini Raita

Zucchini Raita

Zucchini Raita is a quick recipe made by cooking zucchini in oil with cumin seeds, curry leaves, green chili, crushed roasted peanuts. . Yogurt is then added to the cooked zucchini, mixed and served chilled with the dish of your choice such as roti, thepla, rice, pulao, or can be served as an accompaniment with … Read more

Garlic Mint Naan Using Yeast

Garlic Mint Naan Using Yeast

Garlic Mint Naan Using Yeast is a leavened flatbread made without tandoor at home using a flat pan and flame and is flavored with garlic, mint and seeds. Yeast is used to leavened the dough and gives a soft texture to the naan . This restaurant style naan can be served with curry or dal … Read more

Garam Poha Nashta/ Poha Hot Snacks (Fritters)

Garam Poha Nashta/ Poha Hot Snacks (Fritters)

Garam Poha Nashta/ Poha Hot Snacks (Fritters) is a very delicious , non fried, crisp, hot snack made quickly with poha , semolina, yogurt and vegetables. It is easy to make and needs the ingredients that are easily available at home. It can be enjoyed as breakfast, afterschoolsnack or evening tea time snack and can … Read more

Dhana Lahsan Bajri Rotla / Coriander Garlic Pearl Millet Flat Bread

Dhana Lahsan Bajri Rotla / Coriander Garlic Pearl Millet Flat Bread

Dhana Lahsan Bajri Rotla / Coriander Garlic Pearl Millet Flat Bread is a unleavened flavored flatbread made with Pearl millet flour and a paste made with coriander, garlic and green chili. It is served hot with baigan bharta or sev tameta or curry. It can also be enjoyed with pickle or yogurt or jaggery and … Read more

Ringan Nu Raitu / Baigan Ka Raita/ Spiced Eggplant Yogurt Dip

Ringan Nu Raitu / Baigan Ka Raita/ Spiced Eggplant Yogurt Dip

Ringan Nu Raitu / Baigan Ka Raita/ Spiced Eggplant Yogurt Dip is a traditional yogurt dip made with steamed and mashed eggplant and yogurt with spices. A tempering made of oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, red chili powder adds flavor to the dip and the floating oil in the top makes it more appetizing and … Read more

Bajra Jowar Dhebra / Pearl Millet Sorghum Flatbread

Bajra Jowar Dhebra / Pearl Millet Sorghum Flatbread

Bajra Jowar Dhebra / Pearl Millet Sorghum Flatbread is a traditional flat bread made in Gujarat with combination of bajra, jowar and wheat flour. It is spiced with ginger garlic, pickle masala, sugar, yogurt and salt. Curd and sugar gives dhebra the sour and sweet taste and curd gives softness to the dhebra. Pickle masala … Read more

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

Eggless Tiramisu Cake

Eggless Tiramisu Cake

Eggless Tiramisu Cake is a popular coffee rich Italian dessert served in a cake form. The eggless vanilla sponge is soaked with coffee syrup and layered and covered with irresistible creamy whipped mascarpone cheese and cream mixture. The cake is dusted with cocoa powder and is refrigerated and served chilled. This indulgent cake is moist, … Read more

Eggless Rasmalai Cake

Eggless Rasmalai Cake

Eggless Rasmalai Cake is an extraordinary eggless rich cake made by using traditional Indian sweet rasmalai. It is a fusion recipe where cake is flavored with tradional Indian spices such as cardamom and saffron. It is assembled with a layer of rasmalai and cardamom saffron flavored whipped cream and the cake sponge is soaked with … Read more

Guar Ma Dhokli / Spiced Wheat Sheets In Cluster Beans

Guar Ma Dhokli / Spiced Wheat Sheets In Cluster Beans

Guar Ma Dhokli / Spiced Wheat Sheets In Cluster Beans is a popular dish made in Gujarat by cooking cluster beans with spiced flat wheat flour sheets. It has curry / soup like conistency and can be served as a one meal dish for lunch or dinner. Some people also prefer to eat it along … Read more

Kapuriya / Steamed Rice And Lentils

Kapuriya / Steamed Rice And Lentil

Kapuriya / Steamed Rice And Lentils is a very healthy Gujarati dish that is made by using the coarse flour of rice and mixed lentils. Here the flour along with ginger chili paste, salt , oil is cooked in the equal amount on boiling water and half quantity of yogurt till all the moisture is … Read more

Nankhatai/ Eggless Indian Shortbread Cookies

Nankhatai/ Eggless Indian Shortbread Cookies

Nankhatai/Eggless Indian Shortbread Cookies are melt in mouth traditional Indian eggless cookies made using all purpose flour (maida), chickpea flour (besan), semolina (sooji), sugar and ghee (clarified butter. They are flavored with cardamom powder. They can be enjoyed with a cup of hot tea or coffee and can be stored for 15 days at room … Read more

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

Spinach Feta Gozleme

Spinach Feta Gozleme

Spinach Feta Gozleme is a veg variant of Gozleme (stuffed Turkish flatbread) where a thin sheet of unleavened dough made of flour, salt and water is rolled and filled with toppings made of spinach, and feta cheese. This is then cooked on a griddle with oil or butter and served. It is a popular Turkish … Read more

Moongwadi Ki Kadhi

Moongwadi ki kadhi

Moongwadi ki kadhi is a spicy and tasty curry made by cooking moong wadi (dried moong dal nuggets/dumplings) in sour yogurt, curry leaves and spices. It is a popular variation of kadhi cooked in states of Rajasthan and Gujarat in India. Since moogwadi are ready to cook, this kadhi is very quick and easy to … Read more

Zucchini Muthia / Steamed Zucchini Dumplings

Zucchini Muthia / Steamed Zucchini Dumplings

Zucchini Muthia / Steamed Zucchini Dumplings is a healthy staple Gujarati dish made with cooking zucchini with handva flour or kanki korma flour (flour made by grinding rice and lentils together). The flour is mixed with zucchini , spices, oil and yogurt and shaped into logs and steamed. The steamed logs is then cooled and … Read more