BhavnaHara Lahsun in Hindi is Green Garlic Chives. If you don’t have the garlic chives, you can use just garlic in this recipe.
Tomato Chutney
Chutney is an excellent accompaniment to Indian meals, lunches, sandwiches and any other savory dish you like to add a bit of sweetness and spice to. This tomato chutney is fairly easy to make and can be served with Dosa, Idli, Vadas, Cutlets and more. In fact, you can you can replace tomato ketchup with this chutney. When I see fresh great looking tomatoes at the farmer’s market, the first thing, I think of is this chutney.
Masala Kakdi – Spicy Cucumber Salad
Typically, masala kakdi is made using wedges of cucumber with garlic, cumin, chilli and lime masala squeezed into them. During wedding, this is a must salad with Dal-Bhat. For the variations, you can use black …
Instant Lemon Lime Pickle
Pickles are must for Indian Thali. Lemon(Nimbu) pickle(achar) is very popular. This pickle can be hot or sweet and sour. Sometimes I like combination of both so I make sweet, sour and hot lemon pickle. …
Tikha Aam ka Achar – Hot Mango Pickle
Aam achar is prepared differently in many regions of India. This pickle is must with Indian meal called “Thali”. Variety of pickles are made from mango. Hot, sweet, and sour tasty pickles are made during …
How to make Garam Masala
Garam Masala is a special blend of spices. Lot of different garam maslas are used for variety of cooking. Here is the all purpose garam masala recipe you can start with. Little goes long way… …
Kachumber – Indian Salad
Kachumber is finely chopped vegetable salad seasoned with salt, cumin powder and sometimes red chilli powder is added. Recipe: Kachumber Ingredients 1 onion, finely chopped 1 cucumber, peeled and finely chopped 1-2 jalapeno chillies (optional, …
Schezwan Sauce
Sauces play vital role in Indo-chinese recipes. Learn basics from Bhavna’s kitchen. Schezwan sauce is very flavorful and easy to make at home. Once you know how to prepare sauce, you will be able to …
Carrot Pickle – Gajar ka Achar
This carrot pickle is quick and easy to prepare. Just mix ingredients and pickle is ready in no time. If you don’t have Split Mustard seeds, you can use ground fenugreek seeds(Methi) for this recipe. …
Homemade Yogurt
Making yogurt in your own home kitchen is very easy and fun. I have been making yogurt for years and I can feel the difference between store bought and homemade yogurt. Homemade yogurt taste much …