This recipe doesn’t really need a lot of ingredients and you can just use your pantry staples. I haven’t made it spicy or hot but feel free to add in lots of ground pepper for that extra heat. You can experiment with some red chili powder or paprika for a spicier pasta soup. If making for dinner I usually roast some boiled eggs along with this soup. You can use vegetables like potato, corn, carrots, beans and peas....
It also goes well as a spread on your toasted bread, flatbreads and in your sandwiches & wraps. It is excellent to brighten up your meal by serving it on the side. About Peanut Chutney Peanut Chutney is also known as Palli Chutney and is a popular traditional condiment from the Andhra Cuisine. It is also known as Groundnut Chutney among the non-natives, while groundnut is just another term for peanuts....
Indian cuisine is diverse so a potato curry is made in so many ways. Each region has a different recipe & even every home has their own to make it. Some also make it in combination with other vegetables like peas, drumsticks, eggplants etc. About Potato Curry Potato is known as “Aloo” in Hindi. So basically any Indian curry made with potatoes is known as “Aloo curry”. Potatoes, sautéed onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, spices and herbs come together to make this delicious curry that is absolutely perfect for weeknight dinner....
Tehri Tehri is a vegetarian dish of North Indian origins but elsewhere in the Indian-subcontinent it is also made with meat. Minimally spiced, this dish is real big on flavors that comes from the fresh veggies & spices. Tehri is a close cousin of the popular biryani and pulao but tastes completely different from them. A biryani is a dish essentially layered, is heavy on whole & ground spices and uses yogurt to tenderize the meat....
If you are a South Indian, I am sure you would have come across this treat a lot of times in weddings, celebrations, religious occasions like puja, baby showers etc. But if you are new to this, you may be wondering what it is? About 7 cup burfi 7 cup burfi is a traditional South Indian sweet (fudge) made with 7 cups of ingredients like gram flour, sugar, ghee, milk, cardamom powder and coconut....
But what this Andhra chilli chicken or green chilli chicken is? A fiery hot chicken starter that is very very popular in Bangalore. Yes it has nothing to do with Andhra cuisine. But just a name given by restaurateurs and street vendors in Bangalore to denote that the chicken is fiery hot (hot foods are the star of Andhra cuisine). There are 2 versions of this chicken starter. The restaurant style one is just very simple....
I rarely make stuffed parathas as my younger one still doesn’t like the spiced stuffings. So this is not a stuffed beetroot paratha. However these taste good and I am sure will be loved by most kids. Some beetroots have a very strong flavor which is not liked by my fussy boys. To reduce that flavor I cooked them slightly before adding to the flour. But you can skip that and also use grated beetroots directly....
Why wait for a weekend takeout? Make these veggie burgers for dinner tonight!! All you need is vegetables, herbs, seasoning spices, burger buns & a few pantry staples. Customize it easily with what you have on hand or to suit your taste buds. About veggie burger My easy recipe will help you become a pro in making delicious homemade veggie burgers. When you need to feed the family & kids an exciting dinner, this veggie burger is a great choice....
Benefits of Cucumber Juice Most of the benefits of cucumber juice come from the fact that it’s made of…well, cucumbers. Cucumbers are full of vitamins C and K, as well as antioxidants, fiber, and several different kinds of minerals. All of these nutrients help keep your body working in tip-top shape. If you add other ingredients to the cucumber juice, then their nutritional value would be added to the cucumber juice as well....
This dates recipe can be used to make halwa or a soft set burfi or even a ladoo. It tastes very much like a mawa peda but with all the goodness of natural sweetener and no refined sugar. The taste of dates go unnoticed due to the fragrance of mawa. Mawa also known as khoya or khova are milk solids widely used to make desserts in Indian subcontinent. Due to its unique aroma & rich taste it is often used to make burfi, gulab jamun, peda and many sweets....
If you are new to South Indian cuisine, then read on to know more What is Dosa? Dosa is a popular South Indian thin crepe made with fermented rice and lentil batter. History of dosa says that they were made using only rice but with the passage of time, people started to add urad dal / black lentils to give texture and taste. Dosas became very popular with the rise of udupi restaurants which serve the best dosa varieties – plain, set and masala dosa....
About Egg Toast Egg Toast is a simple dish of bread slices dipped in spiced egg & vegetable mixture and toasted to perfection. You are likely to find many different variations served as street food in Asian countries. In India, you will see street vendors making these Egg Toast all day long and they are fast selling that everyone has to queue up waiting for their turn. It is also served in school and college canteens....
About Horse Gram Horse gram is a small legume that has been cultivated from millennia past and was once among the staple food. Its English name is derived from its use as a source of rich fodder for horses and cattle since ancient times. Horse gram goes by many names Kollu in Tamil, Hurali in Kannada to Kulith in Hindi and Marathi. What ever be the name, you can’t deny that it’s a great source of iron, calcium, antioxidants, fiber and protein....
For the uninitiated, Vindaloo is a Goan dish that was derived from the Portuguese “Carne de Vinha D’alhos’ & tweaked by Goans to match the local taste buds. Carne de Vinha D’alhos translates to “meat marinated in wine-vinegar and garlic”. During the 15th Century, Portuguese sailors who were exploring India brought with them wooden barrels consisting of pork meat marinated in wine-vinegar and garlic. Since wine-vinegar was not available in India, Goans marinated their meat in coconut palm wine (toddy)....
Mango Smoothie The same goes for this Mango smoothie; the ingredients are yogurt, fresh mangoes, ripe bananas, peeled and deseeded oranges, and honey as an optional sweetener. Blend them according to the recipe instructions below, and enjoy. If you are a vegan you can use this homemade almond yogurt. While sweet enough to eat at the end of a meal, this mango smoothie also makes a great breakfast. There’s fiber and simple sugars from the whole fruits and honey to get your body going....
I had posted an oats burfi recipe last Diwali, so this time thought of sharing this laddu recipe too. This recipe is a no fail one and needs no string consistency, while the burfi can become powdery or may not set well, if one goes wrong with the string consistency. Do try this healthy Easy Diwali Sweet Recipe. I have used organic brown sugar cubes this time; you can use white sugar or brown sugar or even jaggery....
Indian Chinese cuisine has brought many innovative, unique, mouth-watering and delicious foods that are immensely popular not only in India but also across the world. Foods flavoured with schezwan sauce are one of the most loved. Dishes like Schezwan fried rice, schezwan noodles, schezwan paneer, schezwan chicken & a lot many are made using this sauce as the base. With unique citrus notes, schezwan sauce has a well-balanced taste of hot, pungent, tangy and mildy sweet flavors....
About Semiya Upma “Semiya” is a South Indian word meaning “vermicelli” & “upma” is a South Indian breakfast made with semolina & tempering ingredients. So semiya upma is a variation of the Rava upma. Upma is a popular traditional breakfast made with semolina, curry leaves, mustard seeds, lentils, ginger and peanuts. There are many variations of upma made with different ingredients like poha, sabudana, oats, millets and quinoa. Semiya upma is one such variation and made the same way as the rava upma....
About Sprouts Salad A sprouts salad can be made with many kinds of sprouts like mung bean sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, moth bean sprouts, horse gram, whole masoor (red lentils) and black chickpea (kala chana) sprouts. In this post I show how to make the sprouts salad with mung beans. If you want to make this salad with other kind of sprouts, read my pro tips section below where I detail the process....
I am sharing a simple andhra style beerakaya fry recipe that is called as beerakaya vepudu in telugu. This is one of those delicious stir fry that is an every day side dish eaten with rice & ghee. Each home has their own recipe to make this stir fry or vepudu. The recipe shared here is not a traditional version but it is the way I make at home for my family....
