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.

Baby Corn Biryani | Baby Corn Recipes

Baby corn Biryani is easy, flavorful and delicious biryani recipe, if you like one pot meal then then you will like this one too. Baby corn flavored with coconut milk made this biryani more yummy with mild flavors. This recipe is also works great for lunch box when you want to make something good yet simple and easy then try this biryani, pair it with raita or just curd for a comfort meal or to make it grand pair it along side dish like paneer butter masala, bagara baingan, kashmiri chicken masala, prawn masala etc.

Matar Dal (Matar Nimona) | Green Peas Dal | Dal Recipes

Matar Ki Dal or Peas Dal or matar nimona as unknown in Uttar Pradesh dal made with fresh peas and normally no lentil is used in this dal recipe. Matar Dal is popular recipe from Uttar Pradesh and it's a must during peas season in our home, in fact everyday matar ki dal is made in our home as my dad love this dal. Matar dal is something very different and delicious compare to any other dal, the texture, flavors and taste is awesome if made properly.

Sahjan Bhaji Toor Dal Sabzi | Drumstick Leaves Bhaji Recipe

Sahjan Bhaji Toor Dal Sabzi or Drumstick Leaves Split Pigeon Peas Curry or we can also say it's Murungakkai Keerai Kootu though it's drier than normal kootu. This bhaji recipe I learnt from my MIL and normally from drumstick leaves this what is made like I mentioned in my drumstick leaves adai, drumstick leaves rasam posts this is the recipe I was talking about. This recipe is really easy and taste delicious.

Carrot Beans Poriyal Recipe | Carrot Beans Stirfry

Carrot Beans Poriyal or also known as thoran, stir fry is one of easy side dish recipe which we can make in jiffy and it goes well with rasam, sambar or even any dal tadka/fry. Among all the poriyal carrot beans poriyal must be the most famous one and we can find the same in almost every hotel serving South Indian Meal, in marriages etc. If you want something easy and quick then this poriyal or stir fry is one of the best option.

Drumstick Leaves Adai Dosa | Murungai Keerai Adai Recipe

Drumstick Leaves Adai Dosa or Murungai Keerai Adai is easy, healthy adai recipe for breakfast or dinner.  Drumstick leaves adds protein to this multi-grain adai make it more healthy, delicious and it doesn't taste bitter at all if you think that it would.  If you look for filling and healthy breakfast, dinner option then this adai is answer for you.

Tomato Rasam | Thakkali Rasam | Easy Rasam Recipes

Tomato Rasam or Thakkali rasam (saaru) is easy and simple rasam recipe made with tomato, little of tamarind and spices. Tomato rasam goes well with rice normally pair along poriyal (stirfry) some pappad or fryums it makes a complete meal on any day and also good for lunch box recipes. There are many ways of making tomato rasam and this is one of the easy method with little of tamarind and no lentil or dal is used. If you wish you can skip tamarind totally in that case try to use sour tomatoes.

Homemade Masala Tea (Chai) Powder Recipe

Chai Masala or Masala Tea Powder is essential part of my pantry, chai or Indian tea is common beverage for us and we start our daily routine with a cup of masala, ginger, cardamom or ginger-cardamom chai/tea. I never make plain tea that's just not me and it's same habit in my parents and in-laws place too normally I make fresh ginger tea or some time I use ginger powder, if not this masala tea powder. The ease with masala tea powder is if we don't have fresh ginger at home then it comes very handy to have masala chai (tea) instead, make once and it will last for a long time.

Sweet Potato Paratha | Shakarkandi Paratha | Indian Bread Recipes

Sweet Potato Paratha or Shakarkand (shakarkandi) paratha is easy and quick paratha made with mashed sweet potato and wheat flour. There are 2 ways of making this paratha one is doing the stuffing and another is this easy method of mixing everything together and then make paratha, a good option during week days. Sweet potato paratha is good option for kids to make their normal paratha more nutritious and also it taste little sweet so they will like it too.

Bakheer | Gur Chawal Kheer | Kheer Recipes

Bakheer or Gur (Gud) Chawal ki Kheer is traditional Uttar Pradesh kheer recipe made during Ramnavami, Dussehra along with Dal Poori. Bakheer made with rice, jaggery and milk, using dark brown jaggery is good in this recipe which brings the brown color in kheer if you are using white or normal jaggery then the kheer will be in dull white color but the taste is almost same whatever jaggery we use.

Happy New Year 2014 | New Year Wishes