Murgh Musallam | Chicken Musallam Recipe | Chicken Recipes

Murgh Musallam Masala, chicken musallam is delicious curry from Mughlai Cuisine and Mughlai Cuisine always known for it's rich and flavors that's why everything is known as Shahi :) Normally Murgh Musallam is made with whole chicken where chicken is stuffed with freshly roasted spices amazing by itself, adds wonderful flavor and taste to the chicken but I am not doing full chicken here.

Beetroot Sambar | Beetroot Sambar Recipe | Cukandar Sambar

Beetroot Sambar, or cukandar sambar is healthy sambar recipe where beetroot is used as main vegetable, made in Tamil style sambar. Beetroot is not only colorful but healthy vegetable and it's tasty too. As beetroot itself is little sweet in taste making sambar with beetroot is great idea and tamarind adds good sourness to this sambar making it sweet and sour. We can serve this sambar with rice, dosa, pongal, upma too.

Peerkangai Sambar Recipe | Ridge Gourd (Turai) Sambar Recipe

Peerkangai Sambar , ridge gourd sambar, turai sambar, beerakaya sambhar is easy sambar made with ridge gourd or peerkangai which makes good side dish with rice. I normally make turai sabzi or dal and this peerkangai sambar is very rare affair but this time from making dal I changed my mind and decide to do sambar and in hurry manage to click the pictures too so I can happily share the recipe now :)

Banana Peel Thoran Recipe | Vazhakkai Thol Poriyal Recipe

Banana Peel Thoran, vazhakkai thol poriyal, kaaya tholi thoran, kele ka chilka sabzi is raw banana or plantain skin thoran (stir fry) with simple spices and coconut in Kerala style. Yes we are using only the skin of banana and not the banana by itself, this recipe is very good best of waste recipe and does makes delicious side with rasam/sambar rice and of course not throwing the peel is added benefit indeed :)

Egg Pepper Fry | Spicy Egg Pepper Masala | Muttai Milagu Varuval

Egg Pepper Fry, Egg Pepper Roast or Muttai Milagu Varuval is easy, spicy egg pepper masala made with simple ingredients and makes best side dish with simple pulao, rice variety or paratha. This recipe can be made very quickly and if we have boiled eggs in hand then it's can be done in jiffy. If you like egg and spicy food then you will love this recipe.

Manathakkali Vatha Kuzhambu | Chettinad Manathakkali Vathal Kuzhambu Recipe

Manathakkali Vatha Kuzhambu, Manathakkali Vatha Kulambu, manathakkali kuzhambu or Chettinad style manathakkali vatha kulambu is easy kuzhambu recipe with manathakkali vatha ie Dried Black Nightshade or Makoy as known in hindi. My colleague gave me this Organic Manathakkali Vathal to try and I was more than happy to get hold of manathakkali vatha :) Manathakkali kulambu is delicious it's spicy, tangy, bitter with slight hint of sweet due to jaggery.

Falahari Khatta Meetha Kaddu | Sweet Sour Pumpkin | Navratri Vrat Recipes

Phalahari Khatta Meetha Kaddu (Kumar), Sweet and Sour Pumpkin, vrat ke kaddu sabzi, petha ki sabzi is easy, slightly sweet, sour and spicy pumpkin dry curry suitable for Navratri fasting or vrat. Made with only minimal ingredients this sabzi iw very quick to make and goes well with singhara poori, rajgira paratha or cheela or even with sama pulao, even if you are not fasting you can make this pumpkin side dish to pair with roti or paratha.

Masala Tofu Bhurji | Soya Paneer Bhurji | Scrambled Tofu Recipe

Masala Tofu Bhurji or tofu scramble also called as soy (soya) paneer bhurji is vegan, gluten-free and spiced scrambled, works perfect side dish for bread, toast, pav, roti, paratha, variety rice or even dosa. Tofu is healthy alternative for paneer which is low in fat and high in protein and this tofu bhurji is vegan version of popular paneer bhurji or egg bhurji. Tofu works as great substitute for vegan people.

Aloo Sabzi | Potato Curry | Aloo Tari Recipe

Aloo Sabzi, Alu sabzi, batata bhaji or potato curry as there are many names it's also made in various method, potato is one vegetable that get's paried along any other vegetables beautifully and also there are ample of way to make potato curry. I have posted few myself with potato dry curry, gravy and what not. My personally favorite for gravy type potato curry is Aloo Tari with or without matar (peas) and aloo fry (poriyal) in dry type.

Kusum Bhaji Saag Recipe | Safflower Leaves Stir fry

Kusum Bhaji Saag or Safflower leaves as known in english, Karadai in Marathi, also known as Kusumbo, Kusumbar bhaji, I don't know what's tamil name for Kusum bhaji. This leaves are more popualr in Central India and specially in Chhattisgarh from where I learnt about Kusum or Safflower leaves. I have heard lot of times of Kusum bhaji at my in-laws places from the time of my marriage but happen to taste and see kusum bhaji for the first time last year.

Murungai Keerai Poriyal | Drumstick Leaves Poriyal Recipe

Murunagai Keerai Poriyal or drumstick leaves stir fry is healthy, vegan and quick stir fry or poriyal recipe made with minimal ingredients and makes good side dish with rice sambar, kuzhambu or even dal. Or even with hot steaming rice with little ghee and this keerai poriyal is fabulous combo. The only tedious part in this recipe is to clean the leaves/keerai which takes little time but it's all worth it in the end.

Shevgyachya Bhaji Recipe | Maharashtrian Drumstick Curry Recipe

Shevgyachya Bhaji is Maharashtrian style Drumstick Curry recipe made with simple ingredients and there is no onion, no garlic, no tomato in this recipe just minimal things makes this curry so delicious. I have tried Shevgyachya Bhaji last year for the first time and from then on this simple curry is very regular at home as it's goes well with both rice and roti. Though the curry may not be very appealing in look but you will love it once you taste this.

Bharli Vangi | Bharli Vangi Recipe | Stuffed Brinjals

Bharli Vangi or stuffed baby brinjals (eggplant) curry is popular Maharashtrian recipe where vangi means brinjal/eggplant. This recipe is very easy with limited ingredients and taste fabulous if made correctly which isn't complicated either we just have to cook the masala well and use oil little on generous side for this curry. Best goes with roti, paratha but we can serve with rice too.

Parangikai Kara Kondakadalai Puli Kuzhambu Recipe | Pumpkin Black Chickpeas Kulambu

Parangikai Kara Kondakadalai Puli Kuzhambu or Pumpkin black chickpeas kulambu or curry is delicious kuzhambu recipe with sweetness of pumpkin, chickpeas crunchiness and tangy it's a real treat for kuzhambu lovers. I made this kuzhambu couple of weeks black while I was trying to clear my pantry and fridge before the India trip and with a large pumpkin sitting in my fridge I tried various different recipe instead of usual pumpkin dry curry or pumkin taro curry.

Dahiwale Aloo Hara Baingan Gobi Ki Sabzi | Potato Eggplant Cauliflower Curry Recipe

Potato Green Eggplant (brinjal) Cauliflower Curry or Khatta aloo, hara baingan gobi sabzi is sweet, sour and spicy curry made with medley of vegetables and yogurt. This is Chhattisgarhi specialty which I learnt from at my in-law's place, normally green eggplant or brinjal is cooked with yogurt as purple brinjal and green brinjal taste differs and to make it more delicious green eggplant is always cooked with something sour curd or butter milk.

Mixed Vegetable Kurma (Korma) without Coconut | Hotel Style Veg Kurma

Vegetable Kurma or Vegetable Korma, hotel style mixed vegetable kurma in pressure cooker is creamy, aromatic, popular South Indian spiced curry or side dish with parotta, poori chapathi or even with idli, dosa, idiyapaam, appam, variety rice it gets pair along so well. This kurma is hotel style kurma only difference is I didn't used coconut in this version so if you don't have coconut stock and still want to make some kurma now you know what to do.

Egg Sothi (Sodhi) Recipe | Egg Coconut Milk Curry Recipe

Sothi Curry, Sodhi Kuzhambu or yellow coconut curry as it's known as popular coconut milk curry mostly served with iddiyapam or steamed rice. Sothi is Sri Lankan dish but it's also popular in South India specially in Tamilnadu and Kerala. Sothi is made with coconut milk and very midly spiced which makes it perfect for kids or for people whom doesn't like spicy food. Like all recipes sothi also made in few different ways and today am presenting egg or muttai sothi.

Sem phalli Aloo Vadi Sabzi | Broad Beans Potato Badi Curry

Sem ki phalli, aloo aur vadi ki sabzi or broad beans, potato wadi (badi) curry is Chhattisgarhi style curry popular in my in-law place where sem phalli or broad beans (Chikkudukaya/avarakkai) is one of the favorite vegetable. My Mil does amazing gardening and we have semi plants unfortunately whenever it's broad beans season I am not there to relish home grown, organic semi :(. Semi or avarakkai is delicious vegetable cooked in any way.

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.