Regional Recipes

Aaloo (potato) Samosa

Servings: 4 Preparation time: 5 minutes. Boiling time: 10 minutes. Cooking stuffing time: 12 minutes. preparation dough and folding samosa time: 20 minutes Frying time: 10-15 minutes each batch. Total time: 62 minutes. The samosa did not originate in India; its roots go back to the Middle East and Central Asia. It was a small, […]

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Laal saag/ red amaranth (Stir fried red spinach)

Servings: 4 Preparation time: 5-6 minutes. Frying time: 5-6 minutes. Cooking time: 10-15 minutes. Total time: 27  minutes. Almost in all state of India people cooks this “Laal saag/ red amaranth (Stir fried red spinach)” in their own way. It is one of my favorite vegetable since my childhood days; I was especially fascinated by

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Tovar dal (split pigeon peas with potato (from south India)

Servings: 2 Preparation time: 5 minutes. seasoning time: 3 minutes. Cooking time: 7 minutes. Total time: 15 minutes. There is nothing better than authentic meal which is very healthy, Dal, Roti/Rice, Sabji, Salad and Curd. It is good to bring little variation in day to day meal, here is the tovar dal with aaloo, that

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Rice dumpling/rice rava kozhakattai (steamed rice dumpling)

Servings: 4 Soaking  chana dal time: 20-30 minutes. Rice drying time: 4-5 hours. making rava time: 2 minutes. Frying time: 5 minutes. Cooking time: 5 minutes. Steaming time: 6-8 minutes. Total time: 20 minutes. This “Rice dumpling/rice rava kozhakattai (steamed rice dumpling)” is one of the traditional and popular dishes from south India. In the

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Mung (green gram) ka bharta/chokha

Servings: 4 Preparation time:3 minutes. Roasting time: 10 minutes. Cooking time: 10 minutes. serving time: 2 minutes. Total time: 25 minutes. It’s an effort to retain our traditional country side recipe from Bihar, which is now vanishing. “Mung (green gram) ka bharta/chokha” is especially cooked in summer, when there is scarcity of green vegetables. “Mung

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