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Dahi Vada ~ Savory Doughnuts in Yogurt Sauce

Posted on September 20, 2016September 19, 201615 CommentsPosted in Appetizers & Snacks, Appetizers/Snacks, Black Gram ~ Urad Dal, Dairy, Deep & Shallow Fried, Legumes, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, YogurtTagged Blogging Marathon, Cooking Carnival, Indian Food, South Indian Food, Urad Dal, Yogurt

The next recipe with yogurt for this month’s Cooking Carnival, Cooking with Protein Rich Ingredients is dahi vada. Dahi is yogurt~curd and vada is savory doughnut prepared with urad dal. In Telugu these are perugu garelu and recently came to know that these are also called aavadalu. When growing up we always called these dahi […]

Daddojanam ~ Yogurt Rice

Posted on September 19, 2016September 18, 201616 CommentsPosted in Daily Recipes, Dairy, Other Varieties, Quick and Easy Recipes, Rice, Rice, Rice Varieties, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, YogurtTagged Blogging Marathon, Cooking Carnival, Rice, South Indian Cuisine, South Indian Food, Yogurt

My sub theme this week in this Cooking Carnival, Cooking with Protein Rich Ingredients is a vegetarian protein rich ingredient. The ingredient of the week is yogurt. Depending on type of yogurt used, it is moderate to high in protein. Greek yogurt, which is very thick is high in protein, compared to other yogurts. In […]

Chicken Curry with Cashew Powder

Posted on September 17, 2016September 17, 201618 CommentsPosted in Cashews, Chicken, Curries & Fries, Curries & Stir Fries, Gravies, Meats & Poultry, Non Vegetarian, Non Vegetarian, Nuts, Shorva/GravyTagged Blogging Marathon, Chicken, Cooking Carnival, Curries, Indian Food, South Indian Cuisine

Depending on the region, the base for Indian curries is usually onion, tomato and/or yogurt along with combination of poppy seeds, coconut powder and/or nuts. In parts of South and south western regions of India, yogurt is replaced with coconut milk and some mughlai curries have cream. At my place and at husband’s place, the […]

Buttermilk Fried Chicken

Posted on September 16, 2016September 16, 201619 CommentsPosted in Appetizers & Snacks, Chicken, Deep & Shallow Fried, Meats & Poultry, Non Veg, Non Vegetarian, YogurtTagged Blogging Marathon, CCChallenge, Chicken Drumsticks, Cooking Carnival, Deep Fried

I usually avoid cooking deep fried food at home but when I saw this buttermilk fried chicken in New York Times food section few months ago, I saved the recipe. One Sunday evening when both of us were not in a mood for a heavy dinner, made this chicken. I was unsure if we would […]

Penne Pasta with Hot Italian Chicken Sausage

Posted on September 15, 2016September 14, 201618 CommentsPosted in Chicken, Entrees, Meats & Poultry, Non Veg, Non Vegetarian, Noodles & Pastas, Parmigiano Reggiano, Pastas, Quick and Easy Recipes, Spinach, TomatoTagged Blogging Marathon, Chicken, Chicken Sausage, Cooking Carnival, One Pot Meal, Pasta, Penne Pasta, Sausages

Few months ago I bought some pork sausage meat to make an appetizer to serve the guests I was expecting that day. I cooked the sausage and was going to assemble the snack after the guests arrived. Guests came late and I did not make the snack. Next day I made that into a curry […]

Desi Style Chicken Clear Soup

Posted on September 14, 2016September 13, 201618 CommentsPosted in Chicken, Meats & Poultry, Non Veg, Non Vegetarian, Quick and Easy Recipes, Salads & Soups, Soups, SoupsTagged Blogging Marathon, Chicken, Cooking Carnival

Today I have an easy chicken clear soup made in Indian style. This soup is mildly spiced, light and flavorful. Back home, bone soup with mutton is very common which I already posted here. The version I posted has some lentils in it, which gives the soup a thick base and can be served with […]

Doro Wat ~ Ethiopian Chicken Stew #FoodOfTheWorld

Posted on September 13, 2016February 22, 201917 CommentsPosted in Chicken, Curries & Fries, Curries & Stir Fries, Gravies, Meats & Poultry, Non Vegetarian, Non VegetarianTagged Blogging Marathon, Chicken, Cooking Carnival, Ethiopian Cuisine, Ethiopian Food, Food of the World

This month Food of the World is traveling from West African nation of Senegal to Northeast African nation of Ethiopia. Ethiopia shares a border with other African nations Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and Kenya. It’s capital is the largest city in the country, Addis Ababa. The best known Ethiopian food is injera, a […]

Sauteed Ground Chicken ~ Chicken Kheema

Posted on September 12, 2016February 28, 201815 CommentsPosted in Chicken, Curries & Fries, Curries & Stir Fries, Daily Recipes, Meats & Poultry, Non Vegetarian, Non Vegetarian, Quick and Easy Recipes, Spinach, Stir FriesTagged Blogging Marathon, Cooking Carnival, Curries, Ground Chicken

Sauteed ground chicken aka chicken kheema is a quick and easy side dish for rice, roti (Indian flatbread) and makes a great filling for tacos, quesadillas and puff pastries. Theme – Protein Rich Ingredient Welcome back to third week of Cooking Carnival, Cooking with Protein Rich Ingredients. This week’s protein rich ingredient is Chicken. I […]

Sprouted Moong Beans Chaat

Posted on September 10, 2016September 10, 201616 CommentsPosted in Appetizers & Snacks, Appetizers/Snacks, Breakfast, Curries & Fries, Curries & Stir Fries, Daily Recipes, Gravies, Green Gram ~ Mung Dal ~ Moong Dal, Legumes, Quick and Easy Recipes, Sauteed, Steamed & more, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, VegetarianTagged Blogging Marathon, Chaat, Cooking Carnival, Indian Street Food, Maharashtrian Cuisine, Maharashtrian Food, Moong Dal, Moong Sprouts, Pesaru Pappu, Street Food

For the last recipe of the week, I had many ideas but chaat was not one of them. Had I had sprouted moong bean chaat on mind, I would have replaced sprouts stir fry with another recipe. The plan was to cook either a moong dal tikki, bottle gourd dal, dal soup, moong dal wadi […]

Moong Dal Dhokla ~ Savory Steamed Cake

Posted on September 9, 2016September 9, 201623 CommentsPosted in Appetizers & Snacks, Appetizers/Snacks, Breakfast, Green Gram ~ Mung Dal ~ Moong Dal, Legumes, Quick and Easy Recipes, Sauteed, Steamed & more, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, VegetarianTagged Blogging Marathon, CCChallenge, Cooking Carnival, Gujarati Cuisine, Indian Food, Moong Dal, Pesaru Pappu

When finalizing the list for moong dal recipes for this month’s Cooking Carnival, Cooking with Protein Rich Ingredients, I remembered the moong dal dhokla I tried when we did the Indian Cooking Odyssey couple of years ago. I ended up posting Khaman Dhokla and I completely forgot about this moong dal dhokla. When I considered […]