Indian food, Andhra recipes and Global cuisine inspired cooking

Hope you had a wonderful start into 2010. Wishing you a safe, happy and healthy 2010! Reflecting on 2009, I’ve had an enjoyable food blogging year and look forward to another year of good food, fun and cheer.

Chilli Paneer
I’m beginning the new year with a favorite appetizer, Chilli Paneer. Last week, I prepared a [...]

Today, I went on an almost 100% raw food diet, basically to de-tox. There was a time when I was an almost raw food diet on a regular basis but was not consistent in maintaining it. Now, my goal is to go raw once a week and be consistent.

Yesterday, I prepared Kaju Paneer with rotis. I was going to prepare Kadai Paneer but decided against it since I had already blogged the recipe earlier. For my readers sake and to cater to requests for party paneer dishes, here is a delicious creamy curry that is sure to be a hit.

Tomato Paneer is a pleasantly pleasing creamy paneer curry that makes a great side with rotis or naan. Though tomato is the main player here, the magical ingredient is ginger-green chilli paste that sets things off while fresh cream and cashew nut paste play up to give a nutty sweet flavor. Dry kasuri methi lends [...]

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 [...]

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 creamy [...]

Today, I made a Mexican inspired appetizer, Paneer fajita (fah-he-tah) which is very simple and tasty - just marinate, grill and eat! With the onset of summer, these fajitas make a great appetizer for barbecues or an evening tiffin for our kids, a great way to get them eat vegetables and remember, its a healthy [...]

Butter Paneer Masala, a bright orange-colored smooth,creamy and light buttery flavored North Indian fare, is one of the most popular main course food items in Indian restaurants.Calcium rich fresh homemade paneer cubes are simmered lightly with a rich buttery onion-tomato sauce and spices,flavored with pleasantly bitter dry fenugreek leaves and further enriched with cashew nut [...]