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Gujarati Khatta Dhokla

Gujarati Khatta Dhokla by Hina Gujral

Gujarati Khatta Dhokla is steamed rice and lentil fudge seasoned with curry leaves, mustard seeds with splash yellowish red of turmeric and red chili powder. Gujarati Farsans (Snacks) have unique persona each with distinguished cooking method, peculiar taste profile, appetizing presentation and low on calorie count. One such…

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Gobi (Cauliflower) Manchurian

Gobi (Cauliflower) Manchurian by Hina Gujral

Gobi (Cauliflower) Manchurian another vegetarian variant of popular Indian-Chinese Chicken Manchurian, deep fried tender cauliflower florets stir fired in an array of oriental sauces to create an appetizing dish. Cauliflower is robbed off its monotony and clothed with a garment of thick batter, later graced with stir fry to assemble a…

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Potato and Red Beans Chinese Stir Fry

Potato and Red Beans Chinese Stir Fry by Hina Gujral

Potato and Red Beans Chinese Stir Fry is an easy to make oriental inspired stir-fried appetizer, addition of red kidney beans provide a healthy dimension to this dish. During weekdays when house help takes a day off such easy to make appetizing dishes make my quick weeknight meal. This stir-fry is a one pot meal in itself, can be…

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Dahi Vada Recipe

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…

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Matar Ki Kachori Recipe (Peas Stuffed Fried Indian Bread)

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…

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Suji Ka Halwa (Indian Semolina Pudding)

Suji Ka Halwa (Indian Semolina Pudding) by Hina Gujral

Suji (Sooji) Ka Halwa is simple, uncomplicated Indian style semolina pudding, made with basic ingredients - semolina, sugar, and ghee. Regardless of these humble ingredients, the pudding tastes simply divine and provides a kind of comfort to the one's culinary senses. The process of making Suji Ka Halwa is quite straightforward,…

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Shahi Dal Recipe (Urad Dal Creamy Stew)

Shahi Dal Recipe (Urad Dal Creamy Stew) by Hina Gujral

Shahi Dal, as the name advocates, is creamy, aromatic and rich urad dal stew cooked with milk, ghee and fistful of almonds. The split black lentils are soaked overnight and rubbed between the figures to gently scrub off the dark outer covering from the dal. Then the favorite kitchen aid pressure cooker takes its routine place over the…

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Pista Badam Kulfi

Pista Badam Kulfi by Hina Gujral

Kulfi is a creamy, dense and rich frozen dessert from the Indian subcontinent, rightly called as the traditional Indian ice cream. This full-flavored dessert was introduced to India through royal feast of Mughal Era; there are also certain entries about Kulfi in the Mughal Emperor Akbar's Ain-i-Akbar. Since then Kulfi never failed to…

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Kamal Kakdi Ki Sabzi (Lotus Stem Curry)

Kamal Kakdi Ki Sabzi (Lotus Stem Curry) by Hina Gujral

Kamal Kakdi Ki Sabzi is a succulent brown curry made with crisp and fibrous lotus stem. The juicy slices of lotus stem are pressure cooked in onion and tomato gravy till al-dente, later served with hot puffed Phulkas or with Jeera Rice. The lotus stem is one root vegetable which as a kid I could clearly distinguish from the other…

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Chicken Chettinad Pepper Masala Recipe

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…

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Jalebi Recipe

Jalebi Recipe by Hina Gujral

Jalebi Recipe, a conventional Indian sweet, which needs no defining introduction. This deep-fried pretzel like sweet – dish from India is well celebrated among the food lovers. The batter prepared with white flour defined into twisted and tangled concentric circles, deep-fried till crunchy and later dunked in saccharine sugar syrup.

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Methi Mathri Recipe

Methi Mathri Recipe by Hina Gujral

This Methi Mathri Recipe is super simple, but also super tasty, with crushed fenugreek leaves, crunchy notes of semolina, and a warm taste of carom seeds. It offers a tremendous amount of flavor that you wouldn’t expect from a simple homemade snack.

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Rajma and Dalia Tikki Sandwich

Rajma and Dalia Tikki Sandwich by Hina Gujral

Rajma and Dalia Tikki Sandwich get substance from the gluten free patty and vegetables and gooey love from the mint mayonnaise. These red kidney beans tikki sandwiches are a perfect vegetarian version of any chicken sandwich and full of healthy ingredients – beans, broken wheat, and oats.

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Easy Naan Pizza Recipe

Easy Naan Pizza Recipe by Hina Gujral

Thinking what to do with leftover naan? Make Naan Pizza. You will surely thank me for this easy naan pizza recipe. Last week, we had a dinner party and guess what, due to some last minute cancellations we were left with extra butter chicken and naan bread. And the next day, butter chicken naan pizza was our quick dinner.

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Spring Onion and Paneer Paratha

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…

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