Food Map of India

I found this food map of India through a chain mail. Very interesting...Click on the map to enlarge

Potato Egg Curry

I took a short break from blogging. Eventhough I was not posting anything, I still was cooking and taking pictures. I usually make egg curry with potaoes in it so that I can use it for more than one day. Potatoes and eggs get along well in this versatile egg curry. To fried onion, garlic and ginger, add masala powders and saute for few minutes. Then add potatoes and tomatoes and cook till tender. Stir in boiled eggs and home made garam masala towards the end. It could be served with chapathi, appam, puttu or idiyappam.
Recipe Courtesy: Sarah's Vazhayila

White Radish (Daikon) Stir-fry

This stir-fry is made from the white Asian radish or mooli (Daikon), although it no longer looks white. I used two 'large' radishes and I never knew that so much water could be retained in radish that it left my stir-fry not that crispy as it was intended to be! Onion, garlic, chilli-cumin-coriander-garam masala powders and a squeeze of lemon juice offset the sharpness of the radish in this somewhat crunchy stir-fry.
Recipe Courtesy: Nags' Edible Garden

Tindora (Ivy Gourd) Potato Stir-fry

I have been combining potato with different vegetable for making stir-fry. This time it is potato with ivy gourd. Both of them complemented each other and the stir-fry turned out great. This could be served with both rice and roti.
Recipe Courtesy: Divya's Recipes

Whole Moong Curry (Green Gram Curry)

This simple whole moong curry comes to your rescue when you are in a hurry and don't have any vegetables left in the refrigerator, which was my case. Here cooked mung beans is prepared in a gravy form along with onion, ginger, green chilli and other spices. It could be served with both rice and roti.
Recipe Courtesy: Nandita's Saffron Trail

Cauliflower Korma (Gobi Kurma)

A snow storm is no longer a big event here as it is happening more often these days. Meteorologists seem to be the only people excited about it as this winter is very close to getting into record books. I tried to keep myself  happy in this chilly wintry weather by making this cauliflower korma. This delicious korma is prepared by cooking cauliflower in a coconut-cashew gravy along with other spices. This goes well with both rice and roti.
Recipe Courtesy: Seena's Simple and Delicious

Carrot Potato Stir-fry with Sesame

This is a simple carrot-potato stir-fry along with crunchy sesame seeds. It could be served with both rice and roti.
Recipe Courtesy: Priti's Indian Khana

Sweet Potato Paratha / Flat-bread

Unlike the traditional parathas, this paratha is not made by stuffing sweet potato. Instead, steam-cooked sweet potato is mashed and blended well with the flour while kneading the dough. The orange-fleshed sweet potato gets blended well with the flour since it becomes soft and mushy when cooked. Enjoy the paratha with pickle n yogurt or spicy chutney or sauce or any other side dish of your choice.
Recipe Courtesy: Padma's Recipes

Yard Long Beans Sabzi

A variation from the usual thoran and stir-fry that I make with yardlong beans. The sabzi is made by cooking the beans with onion, ginger and other spices.
Recipe Courtesy: Shreya's Mom's Cooking

Shrimp Korma (Prawn in Creamy Gravy)

This is a creamy shrimp korma in a yogurt-coconut-cashew gravy. This could be served as a side dish with idli, dosa, rice or roti.
Recipe Courtesy: Speciality Recipes From My(e) Kitchen

Creamy Tomato Curry

This is a very simple curry which calls for the addition of milk towards the end to make it creamy. It could be served as a side dish with rice or roti. I served it with idli and dosa too.
Recipe Courtesy: Trendy Relish

Palak Moong Dal (Moong Dal with Spinach)

I love spinach and moong dal with spinach is a very healthy and delicious side dish which could be served along with both rice and roti.
Recipe Courtesy: A2Z Vegetarian Cuisine

Capsicum / Bell Pepper Egg Curry

My son loves egg and I'm looking for egg recipes these days. Whenever I make egg curry he gets the egg and I get the gravy. Adding bell pepper gives a nice flavor to the curry. I made slight variations to the recipe, adding chilli and coriander powders and reduced the amount of cumin powder.
Recipe Courtesy: Sunita's world

Chicken Puffs

Puffs and cutlets were two of the snacks that me and my brother enjoyed to munch during our childhood. My dad used to buy them from the bakery on his way back from work. My mom never had to worry about refrigeration and reheating because there won't be any left in those brown paper bags! Thanks to Pepperidge Farm puff pastry sheets, I'm now able to do an attempt to make those delicious puffs at home. These pastry sheets could be found in the frozen section of the grocery store. This time I accidently bought pastry 'shells' instead of 'sheets' and had to roll them out and ended up having odd shaped puffs!!! But it tasted delicious...
Recipe Courtesy: Shriya of Spicy Tasty