Kachchaa Kela Kofta Curry | Raw Banana Kofta Curry Recipe

Kachche Kela Kofta Curry or Kele Ke Kofte, raw banana kofta curry is one of popular Kofta curry made with plantain fried dumplings or kofta served with flavorful sauce. Kofta is something that generally made during special celebration, festival or occasion as it's sure little time consuming compare to other routine side dish as we have to prepare kofta, fry it and also making the gravy but the end result is always worth it.

Okra (Bhindi) Recipes | Ladies Finger Recipes

 

Okra, Ladies' Finger, Bhindi, Vendakkai, Bendakaya, bamia, and many other names it's known by it's popular vegetable in most of the Indian house hold and we can make various dishes from okra or bhindi as you can see from below list. I have complied recipes of Okra/bhindi that I have blogged so far and will be adding more when I post something few. If you like bhindi and want to try different recipes then this list might be useful for you.

Lauki Sabzi | Dudhi Sabji | Bottlegourd Dry Curry Recipe

Bottle gourd curry, lauki sabzi or dudhi sabji is something I that make more with bottle gourd other than the dal. This lauki sabzi is very easy, simple and made with minimal ingredients and it goes well with roti, paratha or with dal-rice, rasam-rice etc. Normally I make this dudhi sabzi with roti or when I want to make simple lunch then I make it with dal-rice combo. This is typical Uttar Pradesh style of sabzi made like in our home but I did mention few variations in notes which you can try too.

Prawn Black Chickpeas Curry Recipe | Prawns Recipes

Prawn Black Chickpeas Curry is easy prawn curry with added benefits of chickpeas. Chickpeas adds good crunch and taste to prawn curry and also adds volume to the dish. You can add white, green or black chickpeas just anything of your choice and the curry taste good all way. Only thing to remember in this curry to soak and boil chickpeas but you can also add canned chickpeas or if you making chickpeas curry then keep aside little to make this curry.

Vendakkai Mor Kuzhambu | Okra Moor Kulambu Recipe

Vendakkai Mor Kuzhambu or moor kulambu is mildly spiced yogurt base South Indian curry, mostly served with steamed rice as side. Mor kuzhambu made with variety of vegetables, fritters and the base curry or gravy recipes remains same with little variations. Mor kuzhambu is like answer to North Indian Kadhi and it's also curd base and chana dal is used instead of besan, both do taste little similar too.

Potato Fry | Sukki Aloo Sabzi | Easy Potato Recipes

Potato fry (stir fry), aloo sabzi, urulai kilangu poriyal whatever we may call it this has to be one of the popular, easy, quick and delicious potato recipe. Potato fry is something that I make very often for a simple reason that it goes well with almost every thing whether it's roti, paratha or rice with dal, rasam, sambar and also that it's so easy and quick to prepare. It's taste good with everything making it great combo and perfect for those lunch boxes.

Dan Kaanda Sabzi | Pidi karunai kizhangu Curry

Dan Kaanda Sabzi (tari) or Pidi karunai kizhangu curry as it's called in tamil is similar to yam or colocasia (taro root) but it's not elephant yam or colocasia as some people think. I don't know English name for dan kaanda and this is the name that my in-law place known as. Dan kaanda texture is similar of colocasia but it taste little different though some times dan kaanda can also cause itchiness.

Chhattisgarhi Kadhi Pakoda | Kadhi Chawal Recipe

Kadhi Pakoda or Kadhi Pakora is excellent side dish with steamed rice and prepared in various method across various states in India. Basic besan, yogurt mix remains same but the flavoring differs in most of the kadhi recipes of course not considering Sindhi Kadhi in which yogurt is not used. Kadhi pakora or as we call it kadhi chawal since normally kadhi is served with steamed rice or jeera rice for a delicious and comfort meal.

Shahi Murgh | Shahi Chicken | Chicken Curry Recipes

Shahi Chicken or Shahi Murgh is easy chicken curry made with mild spices and cooked in creamy almond, cashew paste. If you don't like spicy chicken dishes then this curry is wonderful choice. Unlike other chicken curry this shahi murgh is minimal spicy and taste little sweet and sour due to curd, almonds, coconut, cashews etc. You can also add some fresh cream towards the end of cooking but generally I don't add cream.

Goan Prawns Okra Curry | Prawn Curry | Goan Recipes

Goan Prawn Okra Curry or Prawn Okra Curry in Goan style is delicious prawn curry, okra or bhindi adds wonderful taste and flavor to this curry. It's seriously delicious if you haven't tried Goan style prawn curry then you should try it and add okra you going to love it, this curry is spicy and flavorful just wonderful.

Pumpkin Taro Curry | Kumda (Kaddu) Arbi Sabzi Recipe

Pumpkin Taro Curry or Kumda Kochai Sabzi or Kaddu Arbi Sabzi is tasty combination of pumpkin and taro.  Different way to make pumpkin and both the vegetables comes together very well. Sweet, tangy and mildly spicy this curry goes well with roti, paratha or steamed rice. Normally with full pumpkin I make pumpkin dry curry in batches and only some time try other things.

Vazhakkai Kara Kuzhambu | Plantain Kuzhambu Curry

Vazhakkai Kara Kuzhambu or Plantain (Kaccha Kela) Kulambu is easy, spicy and delicious kuzhambu recipe goes well with steamed rice.   I liked kuzhambu or kulambu but I make it rarely as DH doesn't eat so once in a blue moon just to satisfy my kulambu craving I do make it and this time I made this vazhakkai or plantain kara kuzhambu and it's similar to Chettinad style so this kulambu is on spicy side.

Hyderabadi Dahi Bhindi | Dahi Bhindi Masala | Okra Recipes

Hyderabadi Dahi Bhindi or Shahi Dahi Bhindi Masala is easy and delicious Okra/ladies finger/vendakkai curry made in onion-tomato and yogurt/curd sauce or gravy. This is easy Okra curry (bhindi sabzi) that goes well with steamed rice, simple pulao or roti/paratha.  Tangy,  rich, creamy and yummy dahi bhindi is real treat to eat.

Paneer Makhani Recipe | Butter Paneer Recipe | No Onion No Garlic Recipe

Paneer Makhani or butter paneer is easy paneer recipe perfect for party, festival lunch, dinner, pot luck or even for lunch box. I always make one paneer dish for guest and it's mostly paneer butter masala or this paneer makhani. Paneer Makhani is popular North Indian curry, creamy and delicious with soft paneer it's a treat to eat. Paneer Makhani goes well with naan, kulcha, paratha, jeera rice, peas pulao, kashmiri pulao or any other rice variety.

Vrat Ke Arbi Sabzi | Navratri Vrat Recipe | Phalahari Tari Arbi (Taro) Sabzi

Phalahari Arbi Sabzi or Kochhai/Taro/Colocasia is delicious curry or sabzi made with arbi and this is suitable curry for Navratri fasting/vrat/upwas with no onion no garlic and everything that is not allowed in fasting.  We can make this curry not only during fasting but on normal days too just change sendha namak/rock salt with regular salt and enjoy this no onion no garlic curry with anything of choice.

Mathanga Vanpayar Erissery | Pumpkin Blackeyed Peas Curry Recipe | Onam Sadya Recipes

Onam is 2 days away and I am sure people celebrating Onam must be very busy with shopping, preparation and all.  I always had people around me celebrating Onam with much fan-fare that I look forward to Onam each year and this year it's going to be not much happening it seems but I am already thinking ways of making it better perhaps a team lunch would do too I think what's say?

Punjabi Rajma Masala | Rajma Chawal Recipe

Rajma chawal, the staple food for Punjabi's if you visited Delhi you can find rajma chawal everywhere during lunch time; street hawkers or small shops selling pipping hot rajma chawal, chole chawal and in everyone's hand you will find the same thing. I make rajma quite often or say even weekly once rajma, chole, lobia will be featured in menu and we all love it specially DH love his rajma rice being in Delhi for ages he adapted the Delhi food style so much.

Kadai Chicken | Kadhai Chicken Curry | Chicken Recipes

Kadai Chicken is popular North Indian and Pakistani recipe, most of the restaurants serve kadai chicken or karahi chicken as some call it; like in our house wok is called karahi and not kadai a term normally used.  Made with chicken, freshly grounded spices along with capsicum it's taste delicious.  Kadai Chicken literally means cooking in kadai(wok) and to cook this dish only one utensil is used.  If you think kadai chicken is one complicated recipe then it's not the case, it's quite easy and quick too with basic spices we normally have in our pantry.

Chana Aloo Masala | Chole Chawal Recipe

Chole or chana masala who doesn't like it? Perhaps few people but am sure most of you and your family like chole; popular curry with batura, rice, jeera rice, roti, paratha just name it and it's perfect with anything. Chickpeas or kabuli chana as we call it one of the versatile ingredients we can do plenty of dishes from it from starter to main course though I am yet to post some of my regular and favorite chickpeas recipes yet but that will happen soon..hmm ohkie I will try to make it soon.

Nadan Chemmeen Varuthathu | Kerala Style Prawn Fry

I always make prawn in gravy style or semi gravy like prawn masala, prawn curry etc as it's easy for me to just make on prawn curry along with steamed rice for a quick lunch but making something dry type side dish with prawn is rare and I normally pair it up along with some beans or veggie like I did here in Prawn and Lobia Curry.  But my brother whom like seafood much insist to have dry type side dish for change.