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Category Archives: INDIAN CUISINE

This is a great recipe for a quick pan fried fish which goes with just about anything. You can eat this fish with salads, pasta, curries and so on. The besan (chick pea flour) adds great texture and nutritional elements to this dish.


I love the way that Shirien aunty makes usli . It is one of my favorite vegetables. You can use any kind of green vegetables. She used green beans in this recipe but it works really well with broccoli and other vegetables too.  


Here is a really healthy, one pot meal recipe. If you have a pressure cooker, it makes it really easy to cook. You could also use a crock pot for this dish. The combination of the lentils with the lauki makes for a really wholesome dish.    


Mutton chops are so delicious when cooked right. You can get mutton chops from your local meat shop or Halal meat store. This is a really simple, spicy and yummy way of making chops. It is another one of Sherien aunty’s amazing recipes.       


Kadhi is one of those classically comforting Indian dishes. It is a yogurt based curried dish, which can be made in a hundred different ways. I love the way we make it in my mothers kitchen and finally learned how to make it this past summer.


Madra is a thick, yogurt based gravy that is a popular dish in Pahari or Himachali food. In my mother’s house, we make our Madra with chickpeas. The most important step in making Madra is when you add the yogurt. You have to make sure that you stir continuously and do not allow the yogurt [...]


  As the season changes to Fall here in New York, there are all kinds of fabulous pumpkins and squashes available. This is one of my favorite ways to cook pumpkin. Its called Auriya Kadoo and this recipe is from the Northern sate of Himachal Pradesh in India and is part of our Pahari food. [...]


This is one of my favorite ways to eat okra. We always make this dish when making Pahari food. We usually cook using mustard oil but you can substitute with any oil of your choice. This spicy, tangy recipe is right up my alley and it goes so well with all the deliciously gravied dishes that [...]


There is nothing more comforting or delicious than a nice simmering cup of kali dal. I cant remember a single Diwali , our Indian festival of lights, that has gone by in our house when we haven’t made Kali dal. There are so many ways to make this dish but I really love the way we [...]


There are so many different ways to make Palda. We always make this yogurt-gravy based dish, when serving Pahari food. Palda is one of my brother’s favorite dishes. In my mother’s kitchen, we have two recipes for Palda – both are made with potato. There is a quick one and a cumbersome one. Both are [...]



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