Pav Bhaji Rice
This recipe comes from my good friend Krishna’s kitchen. This is a one pot dish but you can pair it with any raita or papad if you feel like. Ingredients • Finely Diced Green Pepper – ½ cup • Finely Diced Tomatoes – 1 cup • Boiled Green Peas – ½ cup • Asafetida – pinch • Ginger paste – ½ tsp • Bay leaf – 1 • Shah zeera (or...
Stuffed Paneer Masala
Ingredients •350 gms paneer, cut into 2-in x ½ -in rectangular shapes Filling ingredients: • ¼ Tsp garam masasla •½ Tsp amchur powder (dry mango powder) •½ Tsp cumin powder •¼ Tsp yellow asafetida powder Coating batter ingredients: •¼ C all purpose flour (maida) •¼ C corn flour/cornstarch •¼ Tsp turmeric powder •¼ Tsp...
Green beans in Yogurt-Poppy Seed Sauce
These beans can be cooked quite some time before needed and the final cooking completed just before serving. They are warmed in a velvety yogurt sauce made rich with pureed white poppy seeds or cashews. Preparation time (after assembling ingredients): 10 minutes Cooking time: 5 minutes Ingredients • White poppy seeds or chopped cashews – 3...
Chopped Spinach in Smooth Yogurt
This richly marled yogurt salad is nutritious and very delicious, Blanched chopped spinach is combined with minced fresh herbs, fresh lemon juice, lemon zest and white pepper. You could use a mixture of greens instead of spinach –mustard greens, chard, watercress, kale or collards –each combination varying the taste. Preparation time (after assembling ingredients): 15 minutes Ingredients •...
Fried Okra in Smooth Yogurt
Chilled yogurt salads are popular throughout India, and in Gujarati homes they are served with almost every summer lunch. This became one of my favorite dishes from the first time I tasted its delightful combination of textures and flavors. Though the ingredients can be prepared ahead of time, the salad is assembled just before serving. Crunchy fried okra is added to a toasted chickpea flour and yogurt sauce. The creamy...