All Indian food recipes
Drum roll please … for the very orange, the very buttery – Butttttterr Chickennnn!!!! This is that one Indian curry you don’t grow out of. You loved it when you were little and you love it still. If you were like me, you would want to pass that love on to your little ones as…
I pick up my phone and I dial “mom” just to hear her repeat the recipe once more. I just have to get it right. No other recipe for this will do. None other than my mother’s version of the Indian cottage cheese – “paneer” with bell peppers in a perfect blend of flavours from…
India has its own variant of the Chinese stir-fried noodles “Chau-mieng” which is very popularly known as “Chowmein” in India. The dish is a highly sought after street food, as a side to the very famous Indian “momos” (usually eaten together as a pair). Every child in India knows and loves this dish! It is…
The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach and maybe that is why a lot of us ladies will be making chocolates and everything sweet for our beloved ones for Valentine’s day. But the way to MY man’s heart if through his stomach is not with chocolates nor cookies but with “desi treats”…
Ever heard anyone say that they are yearning for something “Chatpata”. Well if you have, here is a dish to satisfy just that craving. Chatpata is an Indian word used to describe a dish flavoured with a blend of Indian spices and lots of lime juice. This is a much-loved, street style snack. The kind…
No cuisine is entirely complete with out a relish to enhance the flavours of the cuisine itself. Like pickled ginger is to Japanese cuisines and horseradish to English cuisines, chutney is to Indian cuisines. To start off an entire week of teatime recipes, I just can’t go on without first introducing to you the Mint…
I have a soft spot for croquettes from all parts of the world, be it Italian rice croquettes or crabmeat croquettes from Japan. Every country seem to have a version of their own and my favourite is “Aloo Tikki”; the Indian version. It is a simple, slightly crispy potato – based croquette with spices that…
One of the most sought after Indian vegetarian dish is on the menu today. Kadhai Paneer is an exotic recipe of stir frying cottage cheese with the combination of fresh vegetables, Indian aromatics and spices. Before I got married, this was a regular on the menu at lunch. I was quite hesitant to make this…
There is no compromising when it comes to the nutritional values of anything that you add onto a child’s plate. Here is a dish to easily spawn out when you are doing some last – minute cooking, keeping “healthy” in mind. An indian- based curry with lots of tomatoes, onions, masalas and boiled eggs. Indian…
Aubergine or Eggplant is a large, purple and versatile vegetable used in many native cuisines around the world; Indian, Iranian, French and more. It is a great meat substitute due to its texture and flesh. Full of fibre and other health-giving properties, it is a great choice of food for toddlers as well as a…