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Capsicum Curry This capsicum curry is a simple one pot dish where bell peppers are simmered in a flavorsome masala gravy made with onions, tomatoes, peanuts, sesame seeds, desiccated coconut and aromatic spices. With so many good and nutritious ingredients going into it, this capsicum curry tastes super delicious with a burst of spicy and tangy flavors. This recipe is roughly adapted from a North Karnataka capsicum peanut stir fry and Hyderabadi mirchi ka salan which is usually made as an accompaniment to Biryani....

About Cheese Dosa Cheese dosa is a popular South Indian rice & lentil crepe topped with sauce or curry, crunchy veggies, fresh herbs and plenty of cheese. It is a savory crepe made with the traditional dosa batter, onions, green chili, coriander leaves and tomato or hot sauce. This savory crepe version is popular in restaurants in India and Singapore. It is also a popular street food. I once visited an eatery in Tamil Nadu that boasted of 27 dosa varieties including chocolate and Manchurian dosa....

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....

This hyderabadi egg biryani may be a good addition to your party or weekend menu. Yes, its very easy and even a beginner can make this without difficulty. We love eggs in any form and I most often find ways to simplify my dinner with eggs. Egg curry, egg bhurji, omelette are most often there for the dinner. Sometimes I also make a simple quick one pot egg biryani for our dinner....

Indian kheer, Levantine meghli & Thai coconut rice pudding are some of the traditional puddings. Some recipes use ingredients like egg, flour or even coconut milk for a unique flavor & texture. The recipe I am sharing here uses no fancy ingredients and is made just with 4 pantry staples – Rice, milk, cinnamon & sweetener. The best part about this instant pot rice pudding is that it is prepared in just 2 steps....

About Jalebi Jalebi is a spiral shaped crisp & juicy sweet made with all-purpose flour, gram flour and sugar syrup. Also known as jilapi, jilipi & zalebia, this is made by first preparing a batter which is later fermented to acquire a unique fermented flavor. The batter is then poured to spirals or concentric circles in the hot oil. They are fried until crisp and then immersed in sugar syrup. These crisp fried sugar coated jalebis are truly addictive and delicious....

Since lemon chicken is a fusion food it pairs well with Indo chinese foods like veg fried rice, schezwan fried rice, veg noodles, egg fried rice, egg noodles or hakka noodles. It can also be served with any rice dishes like jeera rice, peas pulao, or with plain rice and rasam. I haven’t used lemon zest since i did not have. If you like the flavor you can add a pinch of the powdered zest towards the end....

During Ganesh Chaturthi apart from the traditional coconut jaggery stuffed ones, many different kinds of modaks are made. If you love to try some thing new give these a try and I am sure they will be a hit. You can find the traditional Modak Recipe here. I had made malai ladoo, a couple of times before using condensed milk and paneer. These turn out great they way too and can be made quickly under 15 mins....

These oats idli are good only if paired with a real good chutney or a tiffin sambar. You know what I mean! No compromises with the sides, so you will love these as much as the hotel style Rava idlis. I have been making oats idli for few years now and have experimented a lot. The recipe shared here has been giving me good results consistently. If you are a newbie and wondering what these are?...

About Onion Chutney Onion Chutney is a Indian chutney variety made with onions as the main ingredient. Various spices like dried red chilies, ginger, garlic, cumin seeds are used to add flavor and heat. Herbs like curry leaves and coriander leaves are used to add some freshness to the onion chutney. Depending on the region ingredients like lentils or peanuts are also added to impart a nutty aroma. Spicy Onion chutney is an everyday food made in many South Indian homes and restaurants....

These are also popular on the street carts, shops, cafes and restaurants. Most households also make these often. We make pakoras with so many different ingredients like just with onions, just with lentils, with paneer, with bread etc. So these palak pakoda are one of the kind and they turn out crisp, addictive and delicious. These spinach pakoras are a great way to use up any excess spinach that’s in your fridge....

Each region makes curry in a different style with different locally grown or available ingredients. Different ingredients like coconut, coconut milk, kokum, tamarind, red chilies, whole spices, poppy seeds etc are used depending on the region. This prawn curry is made with the most basic ingredients that most of us have in the pantry. It never fails to surprise me & my guests at how superb it tastes every time....

In this post I share how to make sunnadalu 2 ways – with sugar and with jaggery. Sunnundalu Traditionally Sunnundalu are made with black urad dal, i.e whole urad with the skin intact. These are roasted on a medium heat until super aromatic and the dal inside turns golden. Later they are cooled down and passed through a stone mill/grinder (thiragali) to split and separate most of the husk. A small portion of the husk is still stuck to the urad dal and this adds more fiber and flavor to the ladoos....

Thandai If you are new to this drink and wondering what is thandai? Thandai is a popular North Indian drink made with cooling spices, seeds, nuts, rose petals and milk. The word Thanda translates to cool in Hindi. This beverage is believed to be a coolant as most of the ingredients used have a cooling effect on the body. Hence the name thandai. This beverage is made by soaking and blending all of the ingredients to a paste....

About Turmeric Milk Turmeric Milk is a traditional Indian beverage made by mixing turmeric root and crushed long pepper known as pipli into hot or warm full fat milk. Also known as Haldi doodh, it is an age old ayurvedic remedy used to treat cold, congestion, cough, wounds, and other ailments. The main compound in turmeric is curcumin. Piperine, the compound found in long pepper was believed to enhance the bioavailability of curcumin in turmeric....

About Besan Ladoo Besan ladoo are aromatic and delicious traditional North Indian sweet balls made with gram flour, ghee, powdered sugar & cardamoms. Besan is the Hindi word for gram flour and ladoo are ball shaped sweet delights from Indian cuisine. These Besan ke laddu are made by slow roasting gram flour in ghee until it turns aromatic and golden in color. This nutty mixture is cooled down and then mixed with powdered cardamoms and sugar....

The recipe shared here is much similar to this mutton keema. You can also use this recipe to make boiled egg keema or soya keema. I have used homemade chicken mince so it is not fine. If using ready minced meat or machine minced meat the texture will be more fine. This chicken keema is easy to make, tastes delicious and can be used in so many other ways. It can be used as a stuffing in your samosas, sandwiches, wraps, kathi rolls, parathas etc....

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....

About Moringa Leaves Drumstick leaves are said to normalize the blood sugars and are recommended to be used regularly. Though we had drumstick trees in our backyard, my mom never used these leaves to prepare any dishes. It was only the drumsticks that were more often used. We started using these only after I moved to Singapore. Moringa leaves can be used in so many ways. One of the best & easiest ways I chose is to make a stir fry along with a vegetable like potato or cauliflower or sweet potato....

Chicken Roast Chicken roast is one of the popular dishes made in various cultures, across the world and you are likely to find a zillion versions of the dish. There is whole chicken roast, chicken leg roast, Thigh roast etc. This recipe of chicken roast is made with whole cut-up chicken that is bone-in. However you may use chicken legs, thighs or even bone-less cut chicken. As the name suggests this is a dry dish meaning there is no sauce or gravy but it has a lot of aromatic and delicious semi-dry masala that coats the chicken....