Andhra recipes for palate-pleasing pappu or dal.
Tomato? Yup, tomato is the mainstay of this gorgeous halwa.
Chenna Poda translates to mean burnt cheese. That's precisely what this delightful sweet is.
A silky, creamy dessert made from milk and cream that melts in the mouth.
Try this simple and wholesome sabji recipe of ridge gourd with Bengal gram.
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Two types of cabbage give this Chinese rice its crunchy but excellent flavour.
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This special biryani from north Kerala is known far and wide for its distinctive taste that comes from the use of a distinctive rice.
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Gajjar halwa made from this dark variety of carrots is slightly more earthy-tasting than standard GH.
Dosa is often tastiest when made using a dal-rice batter and frying it crispy in plenty of ghee. That's not to say that dosas made without heavy amounts of rice and ghee can't taste rather yum too and make for nutritious light breakfasts.
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A sister or cousin of paniyarams, these are akin to large pan-fried idlis but are dosas. And utilise millets.
The Bengalis have their own special variety of spicy-sweet tomato chutney usually had at the end of a meal.
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Does your mom or mother-in-law rustle up an exquisite sambar. Hemant Waje's does. Here is her recipe.
Halwa can be created from anything, from mung dal to doodhi and carrots. Potatoes make for a wholesome halwa.
Bethica unusually uses brown poha and green bananas to make crispy vadas.
Hitesh Harisinghani's mother learned to make sambhar from his nani. Packed with vegetables, it has a dash of sweetness from the jaggery, and sour from tamarind and tomatoes.
This delicious bowl of coconut milk kheer is hard to resist.
If you make prawns, using this very precise and methodical recipe, it is sure to turn out like it came all the way from Kerala straight to your plate.
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Sweet potatoes, with a light seasoning using coconut oil, and a touch of fresh grated coconut, makes a grand combo with rotis.
'Rava roasted in shudh desi ghee, garnished with saffron and cardamom, sweetened with sugar or jaggery is heaven on a plate' says Taruna.
Very small prawns can be made into a kind of chutney that greatly soups up your average meal.
Something light, refreshing and healthy at the beginning of the week.
Tomatoes, before they ripen, make a great sabji.
These crunchy, sugar-coated puri-like sweets are a significant part of the mahaprasad offered at the Jagannath temple in Odisha.
Incorporating millets into your breakfast is always a good idea.
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Make a simple, delicious jaggery and suji halwa in your microwave.
Sprouts, walnuts, carrots, lemon, avocados on toast is bound to be a healthy way to start your day.
A simple, one-pot dish of fragrant basmati rice, spices and fresh fish.
This sweet is vegan, gluten-free and not very sugary.
The use of freshly-made mango pickle makes all the difference to this recipe for a yum paneer starter.
Tasty and filling, this soup is a bowlful of warmth on a winter evening.