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Pulusu can be prepared with most vegetables like pumpkin, bhindi, potato, sweet potato, yam, drumsticks and even with eggs. It can even be prepared with a combination of veggies. Here are some more pulusu recipes on the blogBendakaya pulusuEgg pulusuGummadikaya pulusuFish pulusu Sorakaya pulusu is made with just the basic ingredients and no garam masala is used. Pulusu has a natural flavor of the veggie cooked in tangy, sweet and hot ingredients....

Sundal To make sundal, legumes, lentils or grains are first soaked and cooked until tender. Later they are added to a tempering made with ghee/ oil, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, urad dal, curry leaves, red chilies and hing. Lastly coconut the star ingredient is also added to the sundal. Sundal is also made in other South Indian states and is known by different names. Since this is mostly made for religious occasions, ingredients like onion and garlic are not used....

With several hundreds of street food options in Mumbai, your taste buds literally sing out of joy. Tawa pulao is one of the popular meal options that’s spicy, flavorsome and simply delicious. About Tawa Pulao Tawa pulao is a rice dish made with precooked basmati rice, onions, tomatoes, potatoes, peas, bell peppers, pav bhaji masala and coriander leaves. This rice dish is similar to a pilaf / pulao but is made on a large flat iron griddle known as tawa....

Chicken Kolhapuri Kolhapur, a city from the Southern Maharashtra in India, is well known and famous for a lot of things. While the Mahalakshmi Temple stands on top, the culinary delicacies representing the most flavorful & spiciest foods are equally well-known. The city is also popularly known for the Kusti (wrestling) & handicrafts. Misal Pav, Pandhara Rassa and Tambda Rassa are some of the dishes from this cuisine. Chicken kolhapuri along with Veg Kolhapuri , is mostly seen on the restaurant menus especially in the South Indian and Western Indian states....

To make a homemade khoya or khoa lot of patience and time is needed which I do not have. So I generally prefer to buy from the Indian stores. You can make a simple khoya burfi or make a choco burfi. Sweeteners like raw cane sugar too can be used like I did to make chocolate kaju katli and chocolate sandesh. Since i made the two layer chocolate burfi, i had to use sugar....

Coconut chutney is beyond easy to make! At home we make it at least 3 to 4 times a week since it is the perfect partner for all Indian dishes. My family loves a change each time, so over the years I have perfectioned making so many variations of coconut chutney which I have shared in this post. With spicy and nutty flavors, these will surely impress your entire family including kids!...

Coconut Milk Pulao I share the traditional Andhra style coconut milk pulao recipe in this post along with instructions to make it in a pot, pressure cooker and instant pot. In South India, locally grown aged regular rice is used to make this dish. However feel free to use any kind of rice that you have. Keeping the rice grains separate, grainy yet fully cooked is very important. So use only aged rice as this kind of rice cooks up perfectly to fluffy grains without turning sticky and mushy....

About Orange Cake There are numerous orange cake recipes popular across the world. Some make it with fresh orange juice, some with the whole oranges blended and incorporated into the batter. A simplest orange cake recipe has some juice and orange zest added to the basic cake batter. Both my recipes here are made the same way with orange juice and zest added to the batter. My recipes The first recipe is adapted from this Eggless Vanilla Cake, by replacing water with orange juice....

Gongura chicken is served with hot ghee and rice. It can also be served with roti or chapati. Gongura chicken is a very common dish in some regions of Andhra Pradesh and is consumed often. These leaves are also called as puntikura in some regions of Andhra & pulicha keerai in tamilnadu. It is a rich source of iron and few other essential nutrients. So it is widely used in Andhra cuisine to make various dishes....

Indians make plenty of dishes with raw green mangoes when they are in season. Apart from this mango rice, Mango Pickle, Mango Dal, Mango Chutney, Aam panna are some of the many ways to use green unripe mangoes. Mango Rice Mango rice is a popular summer dish commonly made in the Southern Indian states – Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It is a dish made primarily with rice, green unripe sour mangoes, herbs and spices....

There are many kinds of vegetarian biryani made. Most of them use vegetables & are one pot dishes. Since this paneer biryani is dum cooked, it turns out to be extremely flavorful & delicious. Paneer turns out super flavorful and remains soft as it is dum cooked. Vegetable biryani is one of the most made in my home as it is super quick to make. Sometimes I also add some paneer to the veggie biryani....

Like most other kids, mine too love anything with cheese. These cheese balls, cheese sandwich, pizza & Garlic cheese toast were their all-time favorites. Ever since they tasted this paneer cheese toast they are much in love with these and is their new super favorite. These not only make a great evening snack but also go so well in a meal with some warm comforting soup & veggie salad. Here are some soups you may pair if making these for a meal....

About Paneer Lababdar Paneer is the Indian name for non-melting Indian cheese and lababdar means a strong desire for something and surrender to it. Probably here it means a desire to indulge in the dish. So Paneer lababdar is a dish that you will desire to indulge in! A little research helped me figure out this. There are numerous popular Paneer recipes made in the households and restaurants. Paneer butter masala, paneer makhani, malai kofta are some of them....

In India we make halwa with a lot of things like vegetables, fruits, flour and even with nuts. Carrot halwa, atta halwa, suji halwa, moong dal halwa and badam halwa are some of the most popular varieties. Papaya halwa is not so common but you will get to see this made in many South Indian homes, especially those growing papaya in their backyard. My mom would make this on occasions with both ripe and raw papaya....

About Mint Rice This South Indian style mint rice is always a winner for its simplicity, taste and refreshing aroma. Both these recipes are a great way to use up any fresh mint leaves left behind in your refrigerator. Since mint leaves are the star in this pudina rice recipe, I have not used any other veggies. But if you prefer, you can add some mixed vegetables like potatoes, peas, carrots and beans....

I made these similar to this Nankhatai and they taste very delicious. These are not 100% healthy as there is sugar used in it. If making them for toddlers or kids, do use organic sugar or jaggery. There is about 1 tsp sugar and 1.25 tsp ghee in each biscuit. I have used ghee and it can be replaced with unsalted butter. More Ragi RecipesRagi ladooEggless ragi cakeRagi coconut cookies...

To make royyala iguru, i don’t use tomato or coconut. This is a dry curry made by stir frying the prawns along with garam masala, red chilli powder until just cooked. This goes well with plain rice or chapathi. You can make this anywhere from a dry version to a gravy. If you intend to make a dry curry, just evaporate all the gravy by cooking in an open pan....

In Tamil they are called as Javvarisi, in Telugu sagubiyyam, in Kannada sabakki and in Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi they are known as sabudana. Sabudana is a processed food and is a pure starch. They are not nutrient rich except for the high carbohydrates. They are very low in protein, vitamins & minerals. Hence they are combined with nutritious ingredients and cooked. In India sabudana is widely used as a fasting food as it boosts energy instantly....

Spinach Curry So some people just stir fry and then simmer with coconut milk or milk. A lot of people just cook chopped spinach with spices & lentils or legumes. Since palak is mild in flavors it turns out well however it is cooked. Most of these curries are mildly spiced as we don’t want the flavor of spices to dominate. So this spinach curry is different from the usual Indian curry preparations....

I thought of sharing it here during Navratri but somehow couldn’t do it. In the earlier days, these whole urad dal vada were made in some Telugu speaking homes and were considered to be healthy since they are high in protein, fiber and are fried in desi ghee. These were given to children and people recovering from sickness to provide a good amount of nutrition. Whole urad dal is said to be one of the lentils with highest protein content....