Category: North Indian

    • Surti Undhiyu – Seasonal Mixed Vegetables

      Surti Undhiyu – Seasonal Mixed Vegetables

      Undhiyu is a Gujarati mixed vegetable dish that is a regional specialty of Surat, India. The name of this dish comes from the Gujarati word “undhu”, which translates to upside down, since the dish is traditionally cooked upside down underground in earthen pots, termed “matlu”, which are fired from above.

    • Tawa Pav Bhaji Pulao

      Tawa Pav Bhaji Pulao

      Cooked rice is sauteed with vegetables and spiced with pav bhaji masala. Tawa pulao is popular Mumbai street food. All the pav bhaji stalls serves this delicious rice called tawa pulao.

    • Chole Biryani

      Chole Biryani

      This biryani recipe is my favorite as I can infuse all my favorite flavors in one dish.

    • Baked Samosa – Pressure Cooked Stuffing

      Baked Samosa – Pressure Cooked Stuffing

      I simply love to prepare Samosa these days as I have found the quickest & easiest way to make stuffing by using just one pressure cooker pot and bake the samosas instead of frying. Now, that’s called smart eating….right! Samosa with Chai is my favorite. We all love some traditional popular recipes but reluctant to…

    • Jeera Chawal – Cumin Flavored Rice

      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.

    • Pressure Cooked Chana Masala – Chole – Chickpea Curry

      Pressure Cooked Chana Masala – Chole – Chickpea Curry

      Chana Masala is our family favorite including kids. My kids wait for the Chole Puri day desperately.

    • 5 Ways Pav Bhaji

      5 Ways Pav Bhaji

      Pav Bhaji is the king of Mumbai street food. This is one dish that feeds millions of people around India on a daily basis.

    • Bafela Cabbage Muthia – Steamed Cabbage Dumplings

      Bafela Cabbage Muthia – Steamed Cabbage Dumplings

      Cabbage Muthia is my favorite tea time snack. I love even just as it is during light lunch or serve as a side with main meal. You can take muhias in the lunchbox as well. Muhia has one day of self life but can be refrigerated up to 3-5 days.

    • Cook Once Eat More Than Once

      Cook Once Eat More Than Once

      In this post, I am going to share how one can manage weekly meal planning. Healthy eating should be easier and stress-free. Meal prep is my biggest secret to consistently eating clean and feeling awesome. With meal prep, you can shop once, cook once, and eat clean all week. That’s where batch cooking comes in.…

    • Rajma Masala – Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker

      Rajma Masala – Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker

      Rajma chawal is one of the regulars at any punjabi house. A delicious and easy rajma masala recipe good to serve with naan, roti, chapathi, plain rice or Jeera rice. Red kidney beans are known as Rajma in Indian language and are used to make North Indian rajma masala, an onion tomato based gravy that…