Veg Recipes Of India, Vegetarian Recipes of India, Indian Vegetarian Recipes

guacamole recipe- mexican avocado dip

guacamole is a favorite at home and also one of mine quick breakfast or dinner solutions when i am too tired or busy to make anything else. just making this famous mexican dip takes 5 minutes and there you go… have it with toast or any bread or make a [...]

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makki di roti

Breakfast & Snacks

the best accompaniment to sarson ka saag is makki di roti. although saag goes well with parathas too, but nothing can beat makki di roti. however, makki ki roti goes well with any saag, be it palak saag or bathua saag. makki di roti is the punjabi term for the [...]

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palak saag – spinach greens

Microwave Recipes

one punjabi delicacy combination i love in the winters is sarson da saag/mustard greens and makki di roti/unleavened maize flour bread. whilst our stay in delhi in the winters, we used to make both sarson da saag and makki di roti almost once a week at home. and it would [...]

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cheese biscuits

Breakfast & Snacks

cheese biscuits – a delightful warm savory snack to be had with a hot mug of coffee or tea. one of the best baked recipes, i have made. it was so good, we finished it in two days. it was our tea time snack and munch-in between snack. thanks to [...]

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tomato rasam

Regional Indian Cuisine

winters are still here for some time. and its comforting and warm to have a bowl of soup or dal in winters. one recipe i love to make whether its winters or summer or monsoons or any season, is tomato rasam. this tomato rasam is mom’s recipe and she has [...]

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orange kheer

Bengali Cuisine

oranges and milk…. do you like this combination?… some of us won’t like the combination of a citrus fruit with milk…. its a little weird for me too…. like having lemons with milk…. guess what it does to your imagination. yet lemons are more tart and sour than oranges. oranges [...]

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baked cauliflower recipe

International Cuisines

wanted to post this recipe of baked cauliflower from the last two days but just was not able to get time. some space and time today to add this quick and easy recipe of baked cauliflower. this is one dish that you can make when you are hungry and want [...]

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punjabi kadhi pakora recipe

Festival Recipes

wish a happy new year to everybody and i pray that this new year brings peace, wisdom and abundance in your life. i am finally posting a favorite recipe that was lying in the drafts for a month. a recipe that should have been an earlier post of mine… many [...]

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masala tea powder – indian chai spice blend mix

Beverages

indian chai/tea is a common beverage for us. we start our day with a blend of ginger-mint tea or ginger-cardamom tea. sometimes to make the chai more spiced, i do add cinnamon, cloves and fennel seeds. i love herbal teas and the indian masala chai is an all time loved [...]

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veg dhansak – a parsi traditional recipe

Lentils-Legumes-Dal Recipes

i know many folks who love dhansak. first time i had dhansak in my home science days and i must say that i loved it. dhansak is a traditional parsi recipe usually served with brown rice. it is a medley of lentils, vegetables, spices and meat. being a vegetarian i [...]

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gobi paratha

Breakfast & Snacks

honestly speaking, i had never had one of the famous paratha from punjab – gobi paratha ever before marriage. my mom never made it nor i had it at the restaurants. after marriage, i was treated to a different varieties of parathas for breakfast. this is how and where i [...]

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lauki ka halwa

Sweet Recipes

i know of three veggies which we at home often make halwa of – carrots, beetroot and bottle gourd. but to tell you a fact, i have also learnt how to make potato halwa during my home science days. anyways coming back to bottle gourd, also known as lauki in [...]

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chaat style aloo toast sandwich

Breakfast & Snacks

this chaat style aloo toast sandwich is not only an easy and yummy sandwich recipe but also a special recipe. for the first time i am posting a recipe which is contributed by a regular reader of this blog. i thank swetha tipparaju for sharing this easy & tasty recipe with [...]

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aloo bhatura

Breakfast & Snacks

being a punjabi food lover, chole bhature is one meal i can have anytime of the day. in my office, whenever they would have chole bhature in the menu, I would inevitably have it everytime. after eating the chole with bhature, i would be so full and satisfied, that i [...]

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avial recipe

Kerala Cuisine

here is another favorite recipe made from mix vegetables, coconut and curd – avial. avial is a traditional recipe of kerala and an essential dish of sadya. i recently came to know that avial was invented by Bhima – one of the five pandavas, during their exile. this is what [...]

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papdi chaat

Breakfast & Snacks

i remember having papdi chaat for the first time in a punjabi restaurant in mumbai (can’t remember the restaurant’s name). it was one of the best papdi chaat i had in mumbai. when living in delhi, i had papdi chaats often, but cannot forget the one i had in mumbai. [...]

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eggless chocolate mousse

Easy Recipes

finally a chocolate recipe…. after a long long time. this time an eggless chocolate mousse recipe. i like chocolate mousse… but without eggs. the thought of raw eggs in a regular mousse, just makes me not to have it. i do prefer eggs in cakes, but no eggs for me [...]

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sev puri recipe

Breakfast & Snacks

sev puri… a street snack of mumbai…. and my all time favorite mumbai street food and chaat recipe. in fact, coming to think of it… all the chaat recipes are my all time favorites sev puri is easy to make and just a few things have to be made before hand [...]

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aloo moongre ki sabzi – radish pods & potatoes sabzi

No Onion No Garlic Recipes

whilst, having a short visit to my parent’s house, i saw the radish pods in the farmer’s market… i remember buying them many times in the delhi farmers’ markets. i love them for their radishy taste, flavor and aroma. so without even a second thought, i bought the radish pods. i wanted [...]

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medu vada recipe

Breakfast & Snacks

i love all south indian snacks and back with mom and dad, i am having a good time to have my favorite south indian breakfast tiffin snacks like dosa, rava dosa, appams and of course my top favorite medu vada. medu vada is one snack i loved as a kid [...]

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mathri recipe

Breakfast & Snacks

the mathris, i had made on karwa chauth, as i was not able to find these in the shops close to our place. we usually break the karwa chauth fast with mathris. so i made these indian spiced salty crackers laced with ajwain and peppercorns at home. mathris are popular [...]

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mint chutney for tandoori recipes

Easy Recipes

this is the same mint chutney recipe that is served in restaurants with tandoori snacks like kebabs and tikkas, be it veg or non veg. i made this mint chutney when i made paneer tikka. i am somewhat late in posting this recipe. wanted to post this recipe and the mathri [...]

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paneer tikka

Paneer Recipes

wishing all my dear readers a happy and prosperous diwali. may this diwali bring love, laughter and light in your life. since diwali is just after a day, i thought of sharing this paneer tikka recipe… yes, it one of those recipes that you can make on any special or festive occasion. [...]

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ensaladilla rusa – spanish salad

Easy Recipes

after a silent and quite karwa chauth, today my next post is about spanish salad recipe - ensaladilla rusa. actually was planning to post the recipe of mathris which i made on karwa chauth. but have no time at all to work on the post and step by step photos of [...]

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karwa chauth recipes

Festival Recipes

karwa chauth is around the corner… so i would like to share some recipes already on my website, that we have just before we fast… before sunrise… enjoy making the recipes and having them so that you are able to fast the whole day……… we usually have gobhi paratha or [...]

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restaurant style kadai paneer

Easy Recipes

how many times we want to create restaurant style food at homes and wish we could do that. being a vegetarian, i have also wanted to create the restaurant style paneer dishes and the dal frys and dal tadkas at home and i have been fairly successful in it. one such recipe [...]

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spanish rice – arroz mexicana

International Cuisines

easy to make spanish rice is one of my favorite recipes. its simple like the portuguese tomato rice, but more flavorful and little spicy, and the method of cooking the rice is also different. by the way, its really mexican rice but known as spanish rice. in mexico it is [...]

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rajma masala

Easy Recipes

one of the regulars at any punjabi house…. rajma masala or rajma chawal. everybody’s favorite and specially if made by their moms. the recipe that i am posting here is another one of mom in law’s. its her special recipe and it is special in one more sense … its [...]

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portuguese tomato rice – arroz de tomate

Easy Recipes

this recipe of portuguese tomato rice is dedicated to a few of my portuguese friends. simple and easy to make and still delicious. goes well with mung bean sprouts salad or vegetable salad. very similar to the spanish rice recipe, except for the method of cooking… which i will post soon. its a [...]

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kaddu ki sabzi

Punjabi Recipes

here again another of navratri recipes which is a favorite at home: kaddu ki sabzi. kaddu is the hindi word for pumpkin. and this recipe only has pumpkin, pumpkin and pumpkin in it so a must try for all pumpkin lovers. the recipe is another wonder from my mother in [...]

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cucumber raita – kheere ka raita

Milk Products

yet another very simple and easy side dish to be made in the fasting season. cucumber raita or kheere ka raita is simple, quick and a lovely dish to be had with samvat rice accompanied with aloo chaat or jeera aloo or any other vrat recipe. as far the list [...]

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