Dal fry is a very tasty North Indian lentil recipe prepared with tuvar dal / split pigeon peas and spices. Any other mixed lentils also can be used to prepare dal fry. Cooked dal is seasoned with onion, tomato and red chilli powder. It goes very well with jeera rice or any Indian bread. Preparation…
Month: July 2016
Palakura Pappu (Spinach Dal)
Palakura Pappu or Palak dal is a traditional south Indian dal prepared with lentils, spinach and green chillies. It is a healthy one pot curry prepared with 1 teaspoon of oil and in less than 20 minutes. Palak dal goes well with any Indian bread ,steamed rice or jeera rice. Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 15…
Sweet Pongal ( Chakkara Pongal)
Sweet Pongal is a South Indian traditional sweet made with rice, split green gram/ moong dal, sugar and jaggery. Chakkara in Telugu means sugar. Ghee/ clarified butter, cardamom powder and nuts are added for additional flavor and taste. It can be prepared with or without milk. Ingredients: Rice: ½ cup Split green gram/ moong dal:…
Jeera Rice
Jeera rice is a very easy and mild flavored rice prepared with Basmati rice, cumin seeds and ghee. It goes well with almost all Indian vegetarian and non vegetarian curries. Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes Serves: 4 to 5 servings Ingredients: Basmati rice: 1 cup Ghee/oil: 1 tablespoon Cumin seeds: 1 tablespoon…
Green Chutney
Green chutney is prepared with fresh coriander leaves, mint leaves and green chillies. Spicy green chutney is served as a topping for Dahi vada, Samosa, Papadi chaat and various other chats. Green chutney can also be applied on sandwich bread for additional taste. There is no cooking involved to prepare this chutney. Preparation time: 10…
Sweet Tamarind chutney
Tamarind chutney or Meetha chutney is prepared with tamarind pulp, jaggery and spices. Some people also add dates pulp as a sweetener. Sweet and sour tamarind chutney is served as a topping for Dahi vada, Papdi chaat, Kachori, Samosa and many other chaats. Because it is a thick spicy concentrated chutney, we need just little…
Dahi Vada (North Indian style)
Dahi Vada is prepared with split black gram fried dumplings dipped in yogurt. North Indian dahi vada is little different from south Indian style dahi vada. In North India fried dumplings are first soaked in water to make them soft. After some time vadas are squeezed and dipped in yogurt and topped with tamarind chutney and…
Medu Vada
Medu Vada or Minapa Garelu is a South Indian crispy deep-fried breakfast snack prepared with urad dal / split black gram batter, ginger and green chillies. It is usually served along with coconut chutney or Sambar. These fried vada can be soaked in yogurt to prepare Dahi Vada. Preparation time: 15 minutes Soaking time: 2…
Chef Radhika 