Garam Masala

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Garam masala is a mix of different whole spices.

Garam masala is the concoction of different whole spices depending on the region. And the recipe for it varies from house to house. A must have in indian cooking it is sometimes roasted then made into powder depending on the requirement of the dish. Continue reading

Chicken Patiala/Murg Patiala

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Chicken Patiala / Murg Patiala is curry from the land of Punjab. Cooked in fragrant spices this dish is served with chapati on the sides of Dal & Rice.
Chicken PatialaAs you all know chicken is mostly consumed at our house and Mr. K needs variety now and then. So I am trying to cook different varieties of chicken curries from different  Indian states and developing the recipe to our taste. I found many version of Chicken Patiala recipes available on the web. Use of cashew nut and cream were the most common. Then there was tandoori version of chicken patiala, which I found quite similar to tikka masala. Continue reading

Daal Maash/ Bhuni Urad Dal

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Daal Maash is white skinless urad dal  cooked in aromatic  spices. A delicious side dish which goes well with some butter naan, roti or parathas.

Daal Maash

Whenever ammi cooked urad daal, and all of our faces used to be not again. Though we all four were fan of her cooking but there were some dishes  , which we didn’t like at all. Daal Maash was one of them.  At home this daal was only cooked when the option in the pantry were limited to daal or when papa specially requested her to make it. He loved this Bhuni Daal. Continue reading

Palak Pulao / Spinach Pulao

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Palak Pulao / Spinach Pulao is a one pot meal. Served with plain buttermilk  Palak Pulao is packed with nutrients and serves as delicious meal in a hurry.

Palak pulao
Using the spinach as a main ingredient, I share with all my readers  the  recipe of Palak Pulao. This nutrition packed pulao is for kiddies to biggies. Specially for people who hate green leafy vegetables.