Allahabad ki Tehri is a one-pot meal with rice and vegetables. This Tehri is from the city of Allahabad which is located in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Tehri, Tahri (also tehri, tehari or tayari) is a yellow rice dish in Awadhi Cuisine. It is a variant name given to Biryani. In the vegetarian…
Khoya Makhana Matar is a rich, exotic gourmet curry from the state of Uttar Pradesh. The dish is exotic with its ingredients but very quick to prepare and very delicious too. Khoya Makhana Matar is a dish that I roughly jotted down while watching Northern Flavors Subh Vivah, a cookery show which gave us the…
Mujadara is a Arabic rice dish made with brown lentils and rice . The dish is topped with fried onions and garnished with pine nuts and mint. When you read about the different types of rice preparations in the Arab World , it is amazing . They have a lot of variety . I…
Bharwan Mirch ki Biryani is a delicious and unique Rajasthani Biryani made with stuffed bhavnagari green chillies . It was on one of my travels that we were in Kota , a city in Rajasthan . Kota is one of three largest cities of Rajasthan. Apart from the several monuments that reflect the glory of…
Banarasi Tandoori Biryani is a smoky biryani made with flavourful tandoori vegetables and long grain Basmati rice . Biryanis are a favourite one pot meal on our Sunday Lunch and I am always in a quest to look for a new biryani . While searching for a good biryani I came across a video where…
Paalak ka Saag is made from fresh green leaves of spinach in Bihari Style. The saag is simple with earthy rustic garlic flavour and gets done in a jiffy .This saag was a part on my Protein Rich Bihari Thali. Bihar , a state in the Eastern Indian is popular for its Litti Chokha ,…
Undhiyu Chapadi is a popular winter street food from Rajkot. Undhiyu is a typical Gujrati mix vegetable ,and chapadi is a flat, fried version of Baati. I had short listed Undhiyu for the alphabet ‘U’ , but since I have already posted some of the variations I wanted something different and kept Exploring the flavours…
For Day 3 we have a Tikki Chole Biryani .Tikki Chole and Chole Chawal both are popular street dishes from Delhi but I have clubbed them to make an interesting Biryani . I already have two versions of Chole Biryani but this version is a level higher ! Seriously with Tikkis in it , it…
For Day 2 under Special Theme , I am posting recipes from the Parsi Cuisine which I posted during our Mega Marathon under Protein Rich .When I read Caramelised Rice , for a minute I thought it must be some kind of sweet rice with caramel . The rice does require some sugar , but…
The last in the Biryani series is Chickpea Biryani . Chickpeas or Garbanzo beans have a delicious nut like taste and buttery texture and provide a concentrated source of protein .We all know that plant protein is not a complete protein ,but when legumes like beans, lentils, and peanuts are combined with grains like wheat, rice,…