Chakarai pongal is a sweet and buttery porridge-like dish that is traditionally prepared in South India for the Makar Sankranti festival that heralds the arrival of summer. The khara pongal variety differs only in the spices added, and the two…
Upma is a popular South Indian dish made from semolina. Several variations of the dish exist including the use of different varieties of ground wheat, rice and even bread. A simple upma or uppittu takes just about 10 minutes to…
Hyderabadi biryani is a popular variety of biryani. It is so named as it is seen mainly in the city of Hyderabad, India, where the dish emerged from the blending of mughlai and Andhra cuisines in the kitchen of the…
Thalassery biriyani is a rice dish blended with Chicken and Spices. The recipe has a strong legacy of the Mughlai cuisine. This variant of biryani is an Indian cuisine and has originated from the Malabar region of South India. The…
Khara pongal is a savoury porridge-like dish that is traditionally prepared in South India for the Makar Sankranti festival that heralds the arrival of summer. The sweet pongal variety differs only in the spices added, and the two are often…
Watalappam is a Sri Lankan steamed coconut custard. Ingredients 2 cups thick coconut milk ½ lb brown sugar (or jaggery) 4 eggs 1 pinch of ground cardamom (optional) 3 cloves (optional) 12 cashews Procedure Beat the eggs in a mixer.…
Sheer khurma is a sweet noodle soup served by Muslims in Indian and other South Asian countries to guests during the holy month of Ramadan. The recipe originally comes from Mughal-India. Ingredients 200 g dry vermicelli 1¼ cups ghee 100…
This is a banana dessert. Ingredients 15 g cashews 15 g almonds, peeled 250 g ghee 500 ml milk 4 bananas Procedure Chop the cashews and almonds into small pieces. Fry the chopped nuts in a small amount of ghee…
Kesari or kesari baath is a sweet dessert dish that is traditionally prepared in South India for special occasions. It is most often prepared with semolina, but this may be substituted with ‘beaten rice’ (aval) or regular rice. Ingredients 4…
Double ka meetha is a popular dessert in Hyderabad, India. Ingredients 1 loaf bread 1 litre milk 250 grams khoa (concentrated milk solids) 500 grams sugar 100 grams almonds 100 grams cashews 100 grams pistachios 100 grams raisins 250 grams…
Ingredients Chicken 600 g chicken 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste 1 tbsp lemon juice 2 tsp red chile powder ¼ tsp pepper powder ½ tsp turmeric powder ½ tsp salt Spice blend 1 tbsp coriander seeds 1 tsp cumin seeds 2-inch…
Cashew chicken is similar to a stir-fry, but with a somewhat thick sauce. In this dish, the cashews become soft, and the dish goes well served over rice. Ingredients Chicken Powdered ginger Vegetables Soy sauce Oil for frying Whole roasted…