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With a variety of greens sitting in my refrigerator along with a cube of paneer, I decided on preparing Methi Chaman Hariyali. Its a recipe that has been tweaked and tested a number of times before arriving at the final recipe below. Cashewnut and melon seeds paste adds depth to the spiced ground sauteed greens [...]

Who doesn’t love the simple potato roast, stir fried to a golden brown shade and seasoned with chilli powder? I can’t think of any person who wouldn’t enjoy this comfort food. I realized that I haven’t blogged a potato stir fry recipe so far and am wondering how on earth I missed blogging my favorite [...]

Pachi (raw) Pulusu (stew prepared with tamarind) is a traditional classic Andhra dish, made with simple ingredients and served with hot steamed rice, mudda pappu (cooked tur dal) and vadiyalu. It also goes very well with pulagam or kandi pachadi and rice. I love this recipe for its utter simplicity and not to mention, its [...]

I’m making a conscious effort to include nutritious whole grains into our diet. And am looking out for some nourishing salad recipes or one pot meals that include brown rice. I’m sharing with you a lovely brown rice, apple and walnuts salad recipe, that calls for a generous dose of toasted walnuts, a hint of [...]