Sailu's Kitchen

Those of you who love spinach, will love this vibrant visually delightful stir fry recipe. Its one of my favorite stir fry recipe. Since Nehal is not too fond of greens, the only way I get him to eat this stir fry is by using it as a sandwich filling, add grated cheese and make [...]

In our home, Potato masala that is usually served with puri is a simple recipe and almost like a dry saute. With the same basic potato masala recipe, variations are prepared, away from monotony. Adding besan (chick pea flour) towards the end of the cooking process gives an interesting twist and has a more curry [...]

I just got word that my blog, Sailu’s Kitchen, has made it to the top 10 food blogs for the home cook by Times Online. I’m both honored and humbled. Do check out the other wonderful food blogs for the home cook mentioned in the article and top 10 food blogs from around the world. [...]

Indo-Chinese Appetizer ~ Gobhi Manchurian The market is flooded with Cauliflower and very reasonably priced. Bought two large heads for Rs.20/-, cut them into florets and used a portion to prepare Gobi Manchurian. I’ve received requests to blog Indo-Chinese recipes especially appetizers. So, I decided on this colorful and vibrant cold-weather appetizer or snack, much [...]

Sunday lunch was Gobhi Parantha and Palak Methi Paneer, a filling and comforting lunch. With abundant greens available at rythu bazaar (farmer’s market) I’m trying to make optimum use of them in my everyday cooking. This paneer dish combines the goodness of fresh methi and spinach leaves in a onion-tomato spiced base to form a [...]

Pulusu aka stew is a typical Andhra preparation which is a tamarind based gravy dish that provides a tangy flavor to vegetables, lentils (pappu pulusu), meat (mamsam pulusu) or fish (chepala pulusu). Pulusu originates from the word ‘pulupu’, the tangy flavor of tamarind or lemon. In our parts of Andhra, jaggery or sugar also make [...]

Thotakura Pulusu with rice I have already blogged three recipes using chauli aka amaranth greens, Thotakura Pappu (dal), Thotakura Pesarapappu (with yellow moong dal and more of a stir fry dish) and Thotakura Vepudu (stir fry). For those who love these greens, here’s a popular dish from our parts, a tangy stew, Thotakura pulusu, made [...]

Many a time, infact very often, I cook a dish (especially chicken) with the available ingredients at home and no particular recipe in mind. Trusting my instincts, take the risk and play with the ingredients (I’m sure like me there are quite a few of you who do that with your cooking more often than [...]

Meat lovers will relish this mutton curry which is cooked in combination with drumsticks. The meat becomes succulent and flavorful from the slow simmering to absorb the spices and the drumsticks give the taste buds a good tingle. Very easy preparation and makes a good curry with hot rice or rotis. Munaga kaaya Mamsam – [...]

  Kobbari annam, aloo kurma and perugu pachadi (raita) ~ Our weekend meal During weekends, I like to prepare elaborate or special meals. One of my best-loved meals is a coconut flavored aromatic rice with a creamy potato curry – Kobbari annam and Aloo kurma. The combination of flavors, the richness, sweetness and aroma makes [...]