Rustic chicken curry / Gaurani Chicken Curry, as the name suggest is a village curry. This curry is a concoction of  simple available ingredients when ensemble with chicken turning to a delicious , spicy curry.

I was introduced to this Rustic aka Gaurani ( the word means village or completely  desi)  chicken curry on few of my visits to our village waghda, a small village located in the center of Maharashtra , India. . I am a city girl who had seen the village first time after marriage. My in laws are farmer and cultivate cotton , soya bean as a major crop on their vast lands. Though my  in laws  live in  Amrawati but  we have a house there and most of the visits turn into  picnic. The working of the farm is mostly undertaken by our caretaker.

Continue reading →

Broccoli Soup is a mildly flavored soup in indian spices. This delicious soup is my 10 minute recipe and can be served both warm and cold.

Few years back, Broccoli was a foreign vegetable to me. I had no idea how to consume this vegetable. When my ammi was detected with cancer and later my sister, I started my research of  boosting immune system and cancer fighting  vegetables. At that time I came across this vegetable whom I would just pass off whenever I saw it in supermarket. Now I have started incorporating broccoli in our weekly meals. Continue reading →

Achari Chicken Kebab is delicious kebab made from pickling masala. It is a spicy, succulent and melt in mouth kebab with loads of flavor.

Chicken Achari Kebab, as the name suggest these kebabs are marinated in achari masala. Meaning masala used for pickles. This kebab has more of a north indian achar masala with the flavors of fennel, cumin and nigella sativa (Kalaungi) I have shared a detail recipe of Achari masala in my previous post.  If you have this masala it’s very easy to make up this kebab, as it doesn’t require much of marination. In 15 minutes this marinated chicken cubes can be grilled. Continue reading →

Lauki ka Raita / Bottlegourd Raita  is a simple side dish made of two ingredient. This easy and simple dish can be paired with plain rice or paratha.

Sometimes the easiest and simplest dishes are so comforting. Lauki Ka Raita is one of them. Though the recipe and procedure to make it is very easy. But it is very close to my heart as this is one of the few dishes my nani taught me. Her recipes were very simple , using the available pantry ingredients. But full in flavor. She always cooked in ghee. When asked about her reason why. Her answer would be the flavors come out beautifully when a dish is cooked in ghee. Continue reading →