Dum Ka Murgh by Hina Gujral

Dum Ka Murgh is a slow cooked chicken curry flavored with whole spices, cashew paste and yogurt. The word Dum is an Urdu word for steaming but commonly Dum is used to define the slow cooking method, where pot is tightly sealed with dough or tight fitting lid to lock the aroma of spices within pot and for the meat to absorb all the…

Nescafe Chocolate Cake (Eggless) by Navaneetham Krishnan

Moist and nice to look at dark brown hue cake.

Creamy Spiced Squid by kristy

You need something new for your squid makeover! Then you might need this.

Double Ka Meetha by Hina Gujral

The name Double Ka Meetha comes from the local dialect word "Double Roti" which refers to milk bread or western style bread, the reason it is called double roti is it swells up to almost double its original size after baking. I remember my great grandmother (my father's grandmother), for whom bread was quite an alien ingredient in the…

Spring Onion and Paneer Paratha by Hina Gujral

Paratha adds great variety to our everyday breakfast menu. Stuffed, flavored, layered, may it come in any shape or size, we just love to devour them for breakfast. Though nowadays, cautiously I am making an attempt to keep my favorite Paratha Recipes, as healthy as possible. As you will notice below in the recipe of Spring Onion and…

Fuul Iskandariyya by CHEF ASHRAF ABD ALEEM ELKHARBOTLY

Maddur Vada by Hina Gujral

Maddur Vada is deep-fried savory fritters made with combination of different flours, semolina and lots of onion. Maddur Vada is one of the well liked dishes across South India, it's origin is claimed to be in the small town of Karnataka called Maddur in Mandya district, this town is located somewhere between Bangalore and Mysore the…

Ragi Rotti (Finger millet flatbread) by Hina Gujral

Ragi Rotti is a simple and healthy traditional flatbread of Karnataka, finger millet flour is mixed with variety of colorful seasonal vegetables and formed into dough to make delicious breads served with variety of condiments on the side, I settled for uncomplicated Tomato Chutney tempered with mustard seeds swimming in the ghee with…

Chocolate wontons by mildlyindian

What can be more satisfying that oooey gooey chocolate in a crispy crunchy exterior…

Rava Idli (Steamed Semolina Dumplings) by Hina Gujral

Rava Idli is a soft pillowy steamed semolina dumpling seasoned with mustard seeds, curry leaves, urad dal and cashew. There are many theories about the curation of Rava Idli but all of them are intertwined in Karnataka only, so it could be said that Rava Idli have it's roots in the state. Many food historians condemn traces of Rava…

Dahi Vada Recipe by Hina Gujral

Dahi Vada is simply fried dumplings made of lentil swimming in the flavorful curd, embellished with sweet and spicy chutneys at last some spices sprinkled over it to complete the medley of flavors in a single bowl. If you travel in the Central India, there this particular dish is also known as Dahi Bhalla, do not get intimidated by…

Matar Ki Kachori Recipe (Peas Stuffed Fried Indian Bread) by Hina Gujral

Matar Ki Kachori, the puffed and stuffed fried Indian bread, the pastry on the outside is firm, and crisp while the viridescent filling inside is bursting with vibrant flavors. The round discs of dough packed with freshly stirred up peas filling, neatly rolled into perfect round with fingers like a skilled potter shaping the piece of…

Chicken Chettinad Pepper Masala Recipe by Hina Gujral

Chicken Chettinad Curry is the peppery, hot and delicious chicken curry from the land of Chettiyars, the trading community of India. The Chettinad Chicken has a unique flavor profile, it is bursting with flavors of stout goontur chiles, black pearl like whole peppercorns and plenty of red onion. Roasting, grinding, sautéing are the…