Category: Basics
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Jeera Chawal – Cumin Flavored Rice
Jeera rice or Zeera rice or Jeera Pulao is an Indian dish consisting of rice and cumin seeds. This rice dish is known as “Zeera rice” in Pakistan. It is a popular dish in North India, an everyday rice dish. It is easy to prepare, unlike a biryani.
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Why Invest in Kitchen Utensils are Important
If you ask me, How important are the right kitchen tools? I will say, the most important as I don’t want to just spend lot of time in the kitchen figuring out how will I cook this or that, how will I manage to cut veggies, fruits, how will I prepare the big batch of…
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Kadhi Masala Paste
Many healthy ingredients go into this Kadhi Masala paste, such as fresh turmeric roots, ginger root, mango ginger root and so on. I always have to have the paste ready as Kadhi is our staple recipe to go in our everyday meal menu.
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Bombay Jeera Aloo
Jeera Aloo is a typical vegetarian Indian dish which is often served as a side dish and normally goes well with hot puris, chapatti, roti or dal. Its main ingredients are potatoes, cumin seeds and Indian spices. I love to prepare this often as it requires very few basic ingredients: 2 tsp cumin seeds 2¾…
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Homemade Rotis Chapati- Science, Tips & Tricks
Roti has been my the most favorite bread ever since I started eating solid food. My mother shared the memory of Roti with me, when I was a child, I used to be around in the kitchen while my mother making Roti. And we all siblings loved to eat roti while she is still making.…
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Oven Baked Okra – Bhindi Sabzi
When people think of okra (also known as “ladies’ fingers”), they often think of a slimy, difficult-to-eat vegetable and so tend to avoid it. While okra is somewhat slimy in texture, those that know how to properly prepare okra think of it as a vegetable that is to be celebrated and enjoyed.
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Dry Sabzis in Pressure Cooker
Vegetables are part of my everyday diet. Our family lunch/dinner always have one veg dish to go with our complete meal. Our Gujarati thali sometimes have more than one fresh vegetable sabji. We love dry sabjis with our Gujarati Kadhi or Daal and Roti.
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Garlic Chili Chutney
If you are a garlic and chili lover, this chutney can accompany anything. Lahsun or Lasun ki chutney is hutney to be served with any type of roti or paratha. Rajasthani or Marwari Lehsun ki Chutney is very spicy and fiery chutney prepared by grinding garlic, chilli powder, cumin seeds and coriander powder. The most…
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Electric Cooker Recipes
Pressure cooking is getting popular with new inventions and safety features. Pressure cooking is only a few hundred years old, and it only really became popular for home use in the last century. When I was a child, using first-generation pressure cookers was still considered a bit dangerous.
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Pressure Cooker Recipes
Pressure cooking is getting popular with new inventions and safety features. Pressure cooking is only a few hundred years old, and it only really became popular for home use in the last century.
