Sailu's Kitchen

We were fortunate to have good Punjabi neighbours (in our growing years) who made some of the best paranthas and who taught us the art of preparing authentic Punjabi parathas.I grew up eating different varieties of stuffed parathas prepared with almost all vegetables and greens I can ever think of ..carrots,radish,potatoes,cauliflower, spinach,methi leaves,coriander,mint, onions, paneer, [...]

Onion pakoda (fritters) is a popular Indian snack. In Andhra, the stalks of onions are also used to make pakodas.The basic ingredients being besan (bengal gram flour) and onion stalks. Onion stalk is useful as herbal medicine and its juice is good for the treatment of anemia. These fritters are tasty and can be eaten with tomato sauce or chutney.

Chole, a Punjabi dish, is regularly cooked in my kitchen. We generally eat chole as a evening snack garnished with chopped onions and coriander leaves or eat it with puri or bhatura (Indian bread) for dinner.

Earlier I had posted a recipe for carrot yogurt pachadi. In that recipe the carrot mixture prepared before combining yogurt, can also be used as a filling to make stuffed parathas. The recipe for this carrot filling is here. I pack my son’s Tiffin box with this ‘protein rich paratha’.

Mirchi Bajjis are green chillis stuffed with potato filling, dipped in chickpea flour (besan, senaga pindi) batter and deep fried in oil. Mirchi Bhajis are a popular Indian street food snack and often served as evening snack with a cup of tea.