Maharashtrian Cuisine Archives

Carrot Radish Salad ~ Gajar Mooli Koshimbir

Posted on December 17, 2018February 22, 201910 CommentsPosted in Carrots, Daily Recipes, Peanuts, Quick and Easy Recipes, Radish, Salad/Raita/Chutney, Salads, Salads & Soups, Vegetarian, VegetarianTagged Blogging Marathon, Carrots, Maharashtrian Cuisine, Maharashtrian Food, Peanuts, Radish, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegan Recipe

Carrot radish salad is a quick, easy and delicious salad. It is a great side dish to serve with rice, roti or even grilled meats. Theme of the Week This week’s theme is meal time dishes and it could be any meal. The first recipe for this theme is carrot radish salad or gajar mooli […]

Strawberry Shrikhand ~ Strawberry Yogurt

Posted on November 11, 2018May 14, 201915 CommentsPosted in Appetizers/Snacks, Breakfast, Desserts & Sweets, Quick and Easy Recipes, Strawberries, Sweets, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, YogurtTagged 3 Ingredient Recipes, Blogging Marathon, Colorful Food, Greek Yogurt, Gujarati Cuisine, Indian Sweet, Maharashtrian Cuisine, Maharashtrian Food, Semi Homemade, Strawberries

Strawberry yogurt or strawberry shrikhand is thick yogurt, flavored with strawberries. It is a delicious breakfast, a snack and a dessert. Theme of the Week – Colorful Food Theme for this week is colorful food and the second recipe is semi homemade strawberry yogurt or strawberry shrikhand. The first recipe in this series is yesterday’s […]

Basundi ~ Creamy Milk Dessert

Posted on January 25, 2017February 22, 201915 CommentsPosted in Almonds, Cashews, Desserts, Desserts & Sweets, Half & Half, Nuts, Pistachios, SweetsTagged Almonds, Blogging Marathon, Gujarati Cuisine, Half & Half, Indian Sweet, Maha, Maharashtrian Cuisine, Milk Based Sweets, Pistachios

Basundi is a milk based sweet from western India. It is a thick sweetened milk, flavored with cardamom and saffron, garnished with pistachios and almonds. In some versions of basundi, powdered nuts are also used. Traditionally to prepare basundi, whole milk is boiled with constant stirring until it reduces to ⅔ or ½ the original […]

Dudhi Chi Bhaji ~ Bottle Gourd Curry with Goda Masala

Posted on December 17, 2016February 22, 20195 CommentsPosted in Bottle Gourd, Curries & Fries, Curries & Stir Fries, Daily Recipes, Stir Fries, Vegetarian, VegetarianTagged Blogging Marathon, BottleGourd, Goda Masala, Maharashtrian Cuisine, Maharashtrian Food, Side Dish, Side Dishes, Sorakaya

Dudhi chi bhaji is a curry from Indian state of Maharashtra. Dudhi or bottle gourd is cooked with goda masala, a popular and common spice mix in Maharashtrian kitchens. Bottle gourd curry or dudhi chi bhaji is served with rice or poli (roti/Indian flat bread). I made dudhi chi bhaji as part of Maharashtrian thali. […]

Varan ~ Maharashtrian Dal

Posted on November 11, 2016February 22, 20193 CommentsPosted in By Category, Daily Recipes, Dals, Legumes, Salads & Soups, Soups, Toor Dal, VegetarianTagged Blogging Marathon, Maharashtrian Cuisine, Maharashtrian Food, Toor Dal

Varan is Maharashtrian dal. I came across many varan recipes online. There were recipes with onion and tomatoes, some with only onion and some with just tempering with no onion and tomatoes. A plain dal with no onion no tomatoes with simple tempering is also called sadha varan. I usually make dal with either onion […]

Maharashtrian Thali – Meal from Indian State of Maharashtra

Posted on November 11, 2016February 22, 201912 CommentsPosted in Appetizers & Snacks, By Category, Curries & Fries, Deep & Shallow Fried, Desserts & Sweets, Gravies, Non Veg, Non Vegetarian, Salads, Salads & Soups, Stir Fries, Sweets, Vegetarian, VegetarianTagged Blogging Marathon, Maharashtrian Cuisine, Maharashtrian Food, Thali

The second thali for this week is from Maharashtra. Just like yesterday, I put together a thali with side dishes that I felt would be liked by us. There are many regions in Maharashtra and I did not pick a specific cuisine from a region. I picked recipes from various regions and put together a […]

Rose Flavored Yogurt ~ Rooh Afza Shrikand

Posted on September 22, 2016September 22, 201616 CommentsPosted in Dairy, Desserts, Desserts & Sweets, Quick and Easy Recipes, Sweets, Vegetarian, YogurtTagged Blogging Marathon, Cooking Carnival, Gujarati Cuisine, Indian Sweet, Maharashtrian Cuisine, Maharashtrian Food, Rooh Afza, Yogurt

Rooh Afza is a brand that manufactures a concentrated sugar syrup with rose and few other ingredients. It is used in milk based beverages and desserts in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and a similar concentrated syrup is available in many South Asian countries. I bought a bottle of Rooh Afza couple of years ago when we […]

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 […]

Mumbai Style Egg Bhurji

Posted on March 3, 2016March 2, 201619 CommentsPosted in Breakfast, By Category, By Ingredient, Curries & Fries, Curries & Stir Fries, Daily Recipes, Eggs, Eggs, Meats & Poultry, Non Veg, Non Vegetarian, Non Vegetarian, Stir FriesTagged Bhurji Recipes, Blogging Marathon, Eggs, Indian Food, Maharashtrian Cuisine, Maharashtrian Food, Side Dishes, Street Food

For this week’s three day blogging marathon, my theme is bhurji recipes. We usually associate bhurji with eggs, followed by paneer (Indian cottage cheese). For this month, Valli challenged us to cook variety of bhurji recipes, not necessarily with eggs. I initially thought of doing eggless bhurji recipes and later decided to include the eggs […]

Baked Poha ~ Baked Atukulu ~ Savory Flattened Rice Cake

Posted on December 21, 2015December 18, 20159 CommentsPosted in Appetizers & Snacks, Appetizers/Snacks, Baked & Grilled, Breakfast, By Category, By Ingredient, Quick and Easy Recipes, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, Vegetarian, YogurtTagged Atukulu, Bake-a-thon, Bake-a-thon 2015, Beaten Rice ~ Flattened Rice, Indian Food, Maharashtrian Cuisine, Maharashtrian Food, Poha

Couple of months ago when I saw baked poha recipe in Tarla Dalal’s email newsletter, I bookmarked the recipe, keeping this Bake-a-thon in mind. I was skeptical about the recipe but wanted to give it a try as I had some thick poha on hand and it is an easy recipe. To my surprise, it […]