Bhel puri belongs to a class of Indian street foods popularly known as chaat. A chaat food hits every element of the taste (sweet, sour and tangy) with a melange of flavors & textures. Indians across the world love chaats and bhel puri is one of the most loved by kids and grownups alike. About Bhel Puri Bhel puri is a popular Mumbai street food where crispy puffed rice is tossed with sweet tamarind chutney, spicy green chutney, hot pungent garlic chutney, onions, tomatoes, roasted peanuts, sev and chaat masala....

Butter Chicken Butter chicken also known as Chicken Makhani is a classic Indian dish where grilled chicken (Tandoori chicken) is simmered in a spicy, aromatic, buttery and creamy tomato gravy. This lip-smacking and delicious dish is hugely popular among the Indian food lovers across the world. It is believed that Butter chicken was invented during 1930 to 1935, by Kundan Lal Gujral, the owner of a restaurant named Moti Mahal in Delhi, India....

Most of us love the chicken fried rice from Chinese restaurants & take outs. This detailed post will help you make the best chicken fried rice that is full of flavors & deliciousness. It is highly impossible to replicate the flavors of Chinese foods made in restaurants as they use a Chinese wok. Using a carbon steel wok on a large burner would typically emit a smoky aroma to the fried rice....

Ivy gourd is commonly used in Indian cuisine to make various dishes like stir fry, curry or chutney. This veggie is believed to be good for digestion and keeps stomach gases suppressed. We usually make a simple dondakaya vepudu or this dondakaya curry to go with plain rice and ghee. This dondakaya pachadi is another dish that I make when I am left with some ivy gourds. There are not many different ways to make this pachadi....

The way we cook the chana makes a lot of difference. Chickpeas must always be soaked well for at least 8 hrs in lot of water to prevent bloating and to enhance the absorption of the nutrients. Soaked chickpeas can also be frozen and used up whenever needed. They must be used up within a month else they lose the taste. Whenever needed rinse well, pressure cook them with very little water for 1 to 2 whistles or boil them till soft using a pinch of baking soda and turmeric....

Most people love to enjoy their idli with idli sambar & coconut chutney. But this podi is great to have if you have fussy kids at home. Preparation Dry roast red chilies till they turn crisp. Set this aside. Dry roast urad dal and chana dal on a medium flame till lightly golden and aromatic. Transfer these to the plate. I did them together. The red chilies didn’t crisp well this way....

About Masala Vada Masala means a mixture of spices & vada is a fried lentil snack. So masala vada translates to a fried snack made with lentils and spices. These are made by coarsely grinding soaked chana dal or bengal gram. Then spices, onions & herbs are added to the dough. This dough is then shaped to small disc or patties & deep fried. Massala vada is also known as chana dal vada in some parts of India....

Mayo Sandwich This is a simplest recipe for mayonnaise sandwich made with minimal ingredients like bread, vegetables, spices and herbs that are mostly pantry staples. These sandwiches are crunchy, creamy, flavor-packed and so delicious!! These can be made without a bread toaster, sandwich maker or an oven. The basic mayonnaise sandwiches served in a lot of cafes are made without toasting the bread. So if you don’t fancy the crisp toasted bread then you may just make the filling and spread it on the bread slices and serve....

In Indian cuisine, we cook many different kinds of lentils and in fact our everyday diet consists of lentils. Moong dal is one of them that is used regularly. If you are new to lentils you may be interested to know more About Moong Dal Moong Dal is the split version of whole mung beans also known as green gram, either with or without skin. The skinned version is known as yellow moong dal, yellow dal or yellow petite lentils....

It’s no secret that there a lot of delicious Indian street foods like Aloo tikki, Dahi vada, Bhel puri, vada pav and Batata vada, but Pav Bhaji is particularly unique for its intoxicating aroma. Probably, it’s hard for a lot of Indians to cross a Pav Bhaji place without surrendering to the temptation. Undeniably, it is the most loved street foods from Mumbai, India!! If you are new to Indian cuisine and wondering...

With a number of health benefits, pineapple juice offers a great number of reasons to enjoy it, whether it be a cold pressed juice or one that you create in your home blender. The result is something that will undoubtedly satisfy your taste buds and prove to be for the betterment of your overall well-being. Benefits of fresh pineapple juice Other than being really delicious to drink, pineapple juice offers some pretty amazing benefits:Helps boost immunityFights inflammationHelps to detoxify the bodyImproves visionPromotes healthy digestion...

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....

Veg Biryani Biryani is a celebratory dish popular in many countries. A traditional biryani has layers of marinated meat and fragrant rice, dum cooked with caramelized onions, spices, herbs and saffron-infused milk. Making a good biryani, especially the traditional method requires time and patience since it involves a series of steps like marination, cooking biryani gravy, parcooking rice, layering and lastly dum cooking. But the end results are worth the effort as every bite of it tastes super delicious with bursting flavors....

It can be enjoyed in so many ways. Serve it straight away or simply make lassi, chaas or yogurt smoothie. It can also be used in recipes that call for yogurt like raita, korma, curries or kadhi. Most of the times we use it for making raita & curry that don’t require heating yogurt, so the cultures are still alive. Almond yogurt also tastes great in your salads, sandwiches, wraps, burgers and dips....

Aloo translates to potatoes and Anday to eggs. Potato and eggs are a match made in the heaven, be it in a curry, biryani or in a bhurji (scramble), they taste delicious together. This recipe can be made to a dry dish or a gravy with salan. I make this potato egg curry just like any other Indian curry. So the recipe uses pantry staples likes spices, onions, tomatoes and herbs....

This healthy carrot milkshake tastes delicious and is one of the best summer coolers. Since kids like variety or change, i try making different smoothies or milkshakes and this is one of the most loved. To make this milkshake, i have not cooked or steamed the carrots. Just added it to boiling milk and switched off the stove. They get partially cooked when added to boiling milk. I have also used soaked almonds to add taste, nutrition and thickness....

We eat them for breakfast or a weekend brunch along with some chutney and sometimes even eat plain with some masala chai. These chana dosas are similar to the south India Adai and pesarattu which are made with green gram or mung beans. Most times I just make a veggie filling and skip making the chutney. I have shared the recipe to make the stuffing as well. The chana dosa batter can be used to make crispy thin dosa or uthappam and are absolutely tasty with wholesome goodness of ghee & vegetables too....

This chettinad egg curry has roughly been adapted from my chettinad chicken curry recipe on the blog. The curry isn’t very hot but is moderately spicy which makes the gravy very flavorful. Preparation Bring eggs to room temperature. Wash and boil them. Remove the shells and pierce them randomly with a fork few times. Set aside. We need to make fresh chettinad masala for this recipe. The key to making this chettinad spice powder is roasting them right without burning otherwise it will lend a bitter taste....

I had made crispy corn a few times before without using egg and then once with the egg. I found that getting a thicker crisp flour coating is easier with egg. To make this healthier you can also grill the sweet corn kernels in an oven. More on this in the recipe card below. The key to making good crispy corn is to pick & use corn kernels from the cob and not cut them with a knife....

I don’t prefer to cook elaborate meals during the weekends so often choose to prepare something quick yet delicious. This fish biryani is one of those that fits my choice. Like chicken or mutton, fish doesn’t need much resting time after the marination. All the steps just go sequentially without any waiting time, plus the fish gets cooked quickly. So it an express recipe that just takes about 45 minutes....