Category: Gravies

Badami Murgh

Badami Murgh, Almond Chicken, Almond Chicekn Curry, Chicken Badami, Murgh Badami, Chicken Feast

For the second day of the marathon, cooking with alphabets, I made Badami Murgh or Almond Chicken Curry. This curry is prepared by making a base with onion, tomato & almond paste and then cooking the chicken in this base until the chicken is fully cooked. This curry pairs well with Vegetable Pulao, Naan, Rotis… more

Soya Chunks & Bottle Gourd in Tomato Gravy

Soya Lauki Tomato Curry

I don’t eat meat once a week and on those days, I try to get my daily required protein from soya products or legumes. Soya is a good source of protein for vegetarians. On a vegetarian day, I cook tofu or soya chunks/granules. I was never a big fan of soya chunks but that has… more

Bottle Gourd Tomato Gravy ~ Sorakaya Shorva

Bottle Gourd Tomato Gravy, sorakaya shorva, sorakaya tamato shorva

Today is the last day of this marathon and I decided to post a shorva recipe.  As I mentioned couple of days ago, I was undecided about today’s curry.  I was debating on what to post until 3-4 of hours ago.  We had gone out of town this weekend and got back this evening.  We… more

Shahi Gobhi

Shahi Gobhi, Tarla Dalal Shahi Gobhi

My curry in a hurry for today, day 2 of the BM#5 is shahi gobhi.  In my house, we like gravies a lot and prefer gravy curries to dry curries.  Whenever I am in a hurry, I make tomato shorva and sometimes I add veggies such as cauliflower, bottle gourd or potato to the shorva. … more

Radish Chickpeas Curry

radish chickpeas curry

The inspiration for this recipe is Veggie/Fruit a month event announcement for this month. Along with the announcement, Vanessa had posted a recipe for radish with chickpeas and pumpkin. I don’t cook radish that much and the only time I buy radish is when I want to add it to my pappu charu. These days… more

Mushroom Masala

Mushroom Masala

This mushroom masala is inspired by Bharathy’s post.  I make mushroom masala/curry  similar to hers  but I do not use curry powder in my preparation.  When I saw her recipe, it reminded me of the curry powder in  my spice cabinet that is  seldom used.  Since then, I made it couple of times when we… more

Indian Cooking Challenge: Punjabi Pakora Kadhi

Punjabi Pakora Kadhi

I was in India last month and could not part of last month’s challenge. This month’s challenge is Punjabi Kadhi, Simran’s recipe.  Kadhi is  a yogurt based gravy, cooked in several parts of India and each part of the country has its own way of preparing it.  Growing up, I had eaten kadhi at my… more

Soya Nuggets Curry

Soya Nuggets

I am not a big fan of soya nuggets and these nuggets are strangers in my kitchen. However, I like soya granules and cook it once in a while. The reason I don’t particular like soya nuggets is, no matter how much spice I add to it, it always tastes bland and I also do… more

Chili Yogurt Mushrooms

Chii Yogurt Mushrooms

I was away from this space for over six weeks and hope all is well with my blog readers and friends! I went back home for few weeks and got back four days ago.  My vacation was okey and it rained everyday when I was in Hyderabad and I hear, it is still raining! Today… more

Tilapia Steamed in Mustard Yogurt Sauce

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Last month, I made Ina Garten’s  Tuscan Lemon Chicken from Food Network. I wanted to try this recipe for quite some time and U was very reluctant. One fine day he gave in! To our surprise, the recipe turned out awesome! It tasted like a rotisserie chicken but very tender and juicy.  Since then, he… more