Godi nucchina payasa/ broken wheat payasa(kheer)

Godhi nucchina payasa - a sweet dish made with broken wheat and jaggery.  My family is a big fan of these kind of payasas. This can be made with other pulses and grains in a similar fashion. Ideal for functions and festivals. Enjoy!

Bhindi masala

Tried this bhindi masala from a new blog that I browse these days[link given below]. Curry came out to be extremely tasty and creamy. Goes well with both rice and chapathi. This apparently is made in dhaba style. 

Do try!

Mavinakayi Chitranna - Raw Mango rice 2

I’ve already posted a recipe for mavinkayi chitranna(raw mango) which can be found here. Mavinkayi chitranna and lemon rice are very similar, one uses raw mango for sourness and other uses lemon.

I came across another unique way of making mavinkayi chitranna(link given below). A special blend of spices is roasted and ground and added along with mavinkayi. It tasted more like a mix between puliyogare and chitranna. Very tasty. Do try! 

Paneer Tikka Sandwich

I love trying all kinds of sandwiches. I loved this idea of using paneer tikka masala as filling, and the end product was very tasty and filling. My daughter just loved this. Best recipe to make kids excited about lunch/snack/dinner. 

This recipe uses artificially induced smoked paneer tikka masala as sandwich filling. The smokey part is induced by placing a small pot with burning charcoal (+ oil) inside the container and closing lid for some time. I skipped this part. Sandwich tasted yummy nevertheless. 

Do try! 

Cabbage Rice

This is a very simple rice bath with simple flavors and can be made in no time. Cabbage is generally not liked by kids. But sneak it in a rice bath, they’ll not mind, hopefully :)

Along with cabbage, I added capsicum and chick peas for extra flavor. Do try!

Drumstick Leaves Dal

I love love love Andhra food. I was exposed to Andhra food much later in life in my early 20s. I loved going to this one Andhra restaurant in BengaLuru which served vegetarian lunch menu on a banana leaf. Their pickles, chutneys and pappus were out of this world. I was frequenting that restaurant quite often. After a while my body just couldn’t handle the heat and I had to forcefully stop myself from going there. Once in a while I crave that kind of food, but how much ever I try I can’t bring myself to make it that spicy at home.   

Coming to the recipe, Drumstick leaves(moringa leaves) is considered super potent and healthy. I find separating leaves from the stalks painful, but I still get it for its health benefits. This dal is very flavorful and made in Andra style. Do try! 

Aloo-Matar Pulav

This pulav is THE TASTE I wanted to achieve all these years. Hence I am writing a very detailed recipe on what exactly I did to be able to recreate next time. For people who don’t know about my struggle with pulav, they can refer here to get the inside story. Now I can sleep peacefully :)

To top this, a “sone pe suhaaga” kind of a deal is - this is a 1 pot meal. I made this in InstaPot. This recipe is from Hebbar's kitchen(link given below). 

Do try!