North India

26 Jun Chole Beetroot Tikki

Posted at 17:24h in Bengal, Gujarat, Indian, Maharashtra, North India, Punjab, Rajasthan, Snacks, Tamil Nadu by ramag 0 Comments

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Tikki is a popular snack across India. It takes the name of Tikki in North India and Patties in other parts. It is also Indian equivalent of the Western Hash brown. This tikki with beetroot and boiled and pulsed chole is very healthy version. Aloo tikki (Patties)...

24 Jun Eggplant Sweet potato in coconut milk

Posted at 14:40h in Main Course, North India, Recipes by ramag 0 Comments

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Eggplant and potato (Alu Baingan) is a very common sabzi in many homes across India. Potato lends a unique taste to the dish when paired with Eggplant. There are various versions of it available. Dry sabzi, semi day and gravy ones. Each home has their...

21 May Dahi Alu Matar / Potato Peas in Yoghurt

Posted at 14:54h in Main Course, North India, Punjab by ramag 0 Comments

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Alu (potato) is a universally favourite vegetable with all age groups. You can hardly find one who does not like potato. Basically from Punjab, Dahi alu matar is a yogurt / curd based curry. I have used Peanut curd in this recipe. If you are...

19 May Chilli Channa Crispy and Crunchy

Posted at 09:49h in International, Main Course, North India, Snacks by ramag 0 Comments

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Chinese cuisine is gaining popularity in India. Fusions such as Chilli idli, Manchurian, Spring rolls, Hakka noodles, Chinese fried rice, etc are favourites of many Indians. One such Indo Chinese dish is Crispy Crunchy Chilli Channa. Indian Chole takes Chinese Avatar in this recipe. You may...

30 Apr Kashmiri Al Yakhni / Dahiwali Lauki

Posted at 14:56h in Main Course, North India, Recipes, Vegan Recipes by ramag 2 Comments

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Many consider lauki (dudhi / ghia / bottlegourd / suraikkai) as a boring vegetable. From the valley of Kashmir comes this Kashmiri Al Yakhni, an interesting dish made from boring lauki cooked in curd with added spices that lend an unique taste to this dish. Kashmiri...

28 Feb Palak Kofta in Peanut Kadhi

Posted at 17:09h in Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Main Course, North India, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu by ramag 0 Comments

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Kadhi is a favourite food in India that has Curd / Yoghurt as its basic ingredient. Kofta on the other hand, originates from Middle Eastern and Central Asian cuisines. Thus Palak Kofta in Peanut Kadhi is the amalgam of both. Kadhi is popular across the cuisines...

26 Feb Rajgira Paratha / Gluten free Paratha

Posted at 17:30h in Breakfast, Main Course, North India by ramag 0 Comments

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Rajgira paratha /Amaranth Flatbread. In North India, Rajgira is the favourite flour for Upvas / Vrat days. Ramdana as it is known in some regions of India, is power house of nutrients. But it does not mean that we cannot make these healthy parathas on normal...

17 Jan Oriya Dalma (no onion, no garlic)

Posted at 12:36h in Bachelors & Beginners, Cuisines, Main Course, North India by ramag 0 Comments

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Oriya Dalma is a traditional dish from Orissa. A combination of lentils and vegetables. What is Dal Baati to Rajasthan & Litti chokha to Bihar, is Dalma to Orissa. In Orissa, no feast is complete without this dish. So much so that it is part...

18 Dec Sweet Potato Chaat

Posted at 10:01h in Bachelors & Beginners, North India, Recipes, Snacks by ramag 0 Comments

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The word Chaat immediately brings to mind a sweet, sour, spicy & crunchy, snack. Sweet Potato Chaat is one such chaat. Though we call it a snack, it is one dish which can be relished any time of the day. In India, chaat is almost a...

10 Dec Sattu Ragi Momos & Parathas

Posted at 17:43h in Cuisines, Main Course, Millet Recipes, North India, Recipes, Snacks by ramag 0 Comments

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Sattu is flour of toasted gram. Momos are steamed dumplings. Sattu Ragi Momos are momos using sattu flour. You can also make Paraths with this flour. The difference between sattu and besan is that while besan is flour of raw channa, sattu is the flour of roasted channa....

Welcome to my blog

February 10^th is celebrated as World Pulses Day. I am an avid fan of whole pulses / lentils. When I took a review of my posts so far, I realised I have as of today posted 22 recipes using whole pulses & legumes. I decided to compile all those recipes and make an eBook that you can download from my site.

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Rama Ganapathy