Rajasthani Kadhi

    Kadhi is a spiced yogurt based sauce which is thickened with gram flour or besan... Kadhi has a cooling effect thats why its a most preffered currry during summers. The slight tangy taste of the kadhi just refreshes your pallette...
    Few days back i happened to visit a rajasthani neighbours house for lunch. They served this Rajasthani kadhi and i was just in love with it. I quite often prepare the Punjabi kadi which is loaded with Pakoras which take a bit of time to prepare it. Rajasthani Kadhi on the contrary is quite simple and easy to make and is just ready in minutes.

Palak paneer

  Palak paneer is a spinach gravy added with cottage cheese. Palak paneer is one of the most preferred dish in any north indian household.
  Knowing the benefits of Spinach/Palak i personally make sure that i cook atleast one palak dish in a week.... and Palak Paneer is my hubby's absolute favourite.
  Palak dishes are not very pleasing to everybody's eyes... especially to encourage kids to eat palak is really a tough task. But if this beautiful vegetable is cooked with respect it can do great wonders...

Paneer butter masala

Paneer Butter Masala is the most loved Indian curry which is surely available in the menus of all almost all Indian restaurants... Some recipes call for only a tomato based gravy.... but its a lil tangy for my pallate... so i make this gravy using onion tomato and usual indian spices.
            The recipe is easy to make and is ready in minutes...

Soya Pulao

Soybean is hailed as the most protective bean. Soy contains 40 percent protein. It has the highest protein content amongst plant products. Soybean is the only vegetable food that contains all eight essential amino acids. 
I recently read on the pack of soyabean chunks dat soyabean has maximum amount of proteins as compared to other protein foods like meat and cereals....

Bread Rolls

 Bread rolls are an extremely easy to make snack which can be ready in minutes. We are not very fond of deep fried food... But when i prepare these bread rolls for evening snack.... the plate just comes back clean to the kitchen. May it be kids or elders... this dish is an absolute crowd pleaser.
So here is the recipe of Potato Bread Rolls....

Veg thukpa soup

Thukpa is a tibetan noodle soup. It originated in the eastern part of tibet. The dish became popular in Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Assam and Arunachal pradesh in North east India.
My hubby is  really fond of Soup before dinner.... so i keep trying different soups every now n then. So while searching for any differnt soup i came across the Veg Thukpa Soup. Its very easy to make soup and doesnt require much of efforts....

Shezwan oats

Oats are loaded with dietery fiber, provides high level of protein, has low level of fat, reduces bad cholestrol, stabilises blood sugar, helps in weight management.... But not many people like to eat it coz its actually bland in taste. But if its cooked in a nice way it actually tastes good beacuse it can just acquire the taste of watever ingredients its cooked in...
We usually think that we can make only porridge from oats but we can make lots of savoury dishes with oats. Since i am keeping a check on my weight i love to eat oats for lunch coz its filling yet not fattening. I love eating oats in chinese style by adding shezwan sauce to it. So here is the recipe of Shezwan oats

Dum aloo

Punjabi Dum aloo is a tangy curry made using tomatoes and curd. Deep fried baby potatoes are simmered in a tangy gravy to give it a nice dum....

Babycorn chilly

Babycorn chilly is an indo-chinese dish which can be served as a finger snack by keeping it dry or as an accompanionment with fried rice or noodles by keeping gravy in it.....

Here is the recipe of Baby corn chilly in a gravy...

vegetable cheese sandwich

       Sandwiches make a great snack anytime. One can actually add anything for the filling of the sandwich like vegetables, salad, cheese, mayonaaise, mustard sauce, chutney, pesto... and so on. 

      On a lazy sunday when i was not at all in a mood to make a heavy breakfast ... i searched the fridge and found cucumbers and carrots to my rescue.... So i chopped them fine, added mustard sauce and a cheese slice which is my kids favourite.... and the sandwiches were ready.

I used brown bread for a healtier version...  and toasted it with low fat butter beacuse it already has a lot of calories in the form of cheese.

PALAK POORI

 Spinach or palak is considered to be a super food.....as it is loaded with tons of low calorie package. Spinach consumption helps in improving blood glucose levels, controlling diabetes, lowering blood pressure, lowering the risk of cancer, improving bone health, lowering the risk of developing asthma and more...
               Knowing all the great benefits of Spinach... still its becomes difficult at times to consume it.Especially feeding spinach to kids is a task in itself.... But palak poori is pack loaded with great nutrients in disguise...

Rava laddoo

RAVA LADDOO

    Rava laddoo is a traditional maharashtrian dessert. These laddoo are prepared during almost all Indian festivals epecially during Ganesha chaturthi and Diwali. 

   I and my son are true Sweet tooths..... and when it comes to desserts like Rava laddoos we just can't stop ourselves from binging into it... Its like its gone in a day after making a box full of laddoos.... They are just unresistable

Shezwan fried rice

 Who doesn't like chinese food????  We all do.... Infact i just love chinese food. But actually the Authentic chinese food doesn't appeal me much coz its a bit bland... But the Indo-chinese version is what we get in most Indian restaurants and street side shops....

Chinese cooking is High heat cooking which means one should be ready with the items required for the dish and just keep popping everything in the wok really fast just giving a few seconds to cook each ingredients.

Mushroom and spinach rice with cherry tomatoes

    Mushroom and spinach is a classic combination. You can cook so many dishes with them.... Mushroom and spinach sandwich.... soup.... sabji and lots of other things. I tried cooking rice with these two awesome ingredients and also added cherry tomatoes to it. If one doesn't get the cherry tomatoes you can skip them... but the taste and texture of cherry tomatoes is amazing....

Broccoli stir fry

 Broccoli... inspite of knowing it for so many years that this not so gud looking veggie is filled with lots and lots of nutritive values..... I never thought of trying it. But Few days back i thought of giving it a try... so searched a few recipes and finally ended up making a stir fry broccoli with peanuts. 

punjabi chole

 PUNJABI CHOLE CHOLE BHATURE.... a North Indian delicacy which a huge favourite of all. This is one gravy dish which we usually mess up. The chickpeas should be boiled  first with the whole garam masalas so that the chickpeas get nicely infused with the flavour of the garam masalas. Then it needs to be added to onion tomato gravy. Sounds simple... It is. But the key to get the chole right is to boil the chickpeas for a correct time so that its cooked about 90% and after adding them to the gravy the rest of cooking needs to be done.