The liberal use of coconut and spices leaves you in no doubt that this is a Goanese creation! This delicacy from Goa features potatoes in a tongue-tickling gravy, which is both tangy and spicy. While the gravy gets its tanginess from tomato pulp, the pungency is derived from a special paste of onions, coconut and spices.
It is the special way of handling the onions that makes this Goanese gravy very different. The onions are first roasted whole, and then peeled and blended with the other ingredients. This gives a unique, intense flavour to the gravy, which complements the potatoes beautifully. Indeed, Potatoes in Goanese Gravy is a real peppy accompaniment for ladi pav . Rajmah- a wonder bean is packed with nutrients like protein, zinc, fibre etc. Makes a nutritious, tasty and colourful combination with vitamin a rich palak. Wrap up this stir-fry in a chapatti to whip up healthy food for little fingers.
Roasted vegetables with brown rice, long grained rice when cooked is aromatic and is best suited for this recipe. Oven-roasted vegetables have a unique flavour that sautéed vegetables cannot match with a predominant garlic taste. A complete meal that is full of veggies and all required nutrients.
Samosa pav, an equally popular brother of the famous vada pav! deep-fried samosas with a spicy potato and peas filling are sandwiched between laddi pav flavoured with chutneys. It has now become savvy to grill the samosa pav a little and serve it hot. The crisp outer crust of the samosa entices the diner to have one more, and perhaps even one more!
A relatively elaborate starter but definitely worth the effort. A mixture of sauteed veggies and potatoes pepped up with soy sauce is layered atop paneer cubes, topped with a sprinkling of sesame, and deep-fried. This starter, as the name suggests, has a dominant flavour of sesame, which is a great value-add to any savoury snack. Sesame Paneer is just perfect to kindle your appetite before a sumptuous meal!
Shahi tukda is a rich dessert and it lives up to its name. Pieces of bread that have been deep fried till golden brown and crisp are topped with the very popular rabdi and garnished with loads of dry fruits and some varq.
Perfectly cooked Noodles are first mixed with spring onions, sprouts and spice powders to ensure uniform mixing of the ingredients.
This scrumptious mixture is then tossed with sautéed veggies of varied colours and textures, which makes this quick and easy dish a delight to behold and devour.
Serve the Singapore Rice Noodles as soon as it is ready, not that you can wait for much longer after that peppy aroma teases your nostrils!
Other must-try recipes using rice noodles in our collection include Burmese Khowsuey and Thai Stir-fried Noodles . Soya nuggets, a variation of soyabeans, have been used in this recipe and cooked in a white gravy. The traditional use of cashews in this recipe has been substituted with cauliflower purée, making this a healthy gravy.
Fresh, soft paneer is mashed with onions, garlic, chilli powder, tomato ketchup and cornflour and shaped into tiny cylinders these are coated with samosa strips and deep fried for a delicious snack.
An elaborate recipe, no doubt! it might take a little time to prepare, but is definitely not tough to make – so do give it a try, and you are sure to keep making it again and again!
Mildly-flavoured dough of besan and fenugreek leaves, is stuffed with a rich filling of paneer and raisins, and deep-fried till golden brown. The soft interior and crunchy covering of the stuffed methi paneer pakoda is indeed an enticing balance that pulls you to pick more from the platter! relish these pakode with a hot cuppa of tea!
Set your imagination free and experiment with these interesting chilkewali moong dal chilas. You can change the stuffing to suit your taste – perhaps you’ll fall in love with a filling of stir-fried vegetables with soya sauce!
Stuffed patties, the versatile potato makes lovely snacks. One amongst them is a popular patty that can be served in different styles with chutneys, with curds or with ragda. Here is a stuffed version using a green peas stuffing. Additionally, you can use your creativity to make different stuffing mixtures such as mixed vegetables stuffing, dry fruits mixture, masala paneer etc. Cornflour acts as a binding agent in the patties mixture and helps hold the shape and the stuffing. You can also use breadcrumbs instead of cornflour. Usually, these patties are fried in ghee but i have used very little oil to cook these.
Sundal is a favourite with young and old alike in South India. Tossing this healthy snack with cooked rice turns out a quick, easy and filling meal!
The Sweet Corn Soup is what you could call an all-time global favourite! Loved by people all over the world for its sweet flavour and nutty texture, it is quite satiating and soothing too. This method is quite easy to prepare and retains the fresh taste of the corn. You can enjoy its mellow flavour as it is, or spike it up with some peppy sauces while serving.