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A quick recipe on the blog today.. Made this vegetable rice for our dinner and this is my go-to faux Biryani recipe..No elaborate steps yet very flavorful and delicious. I…

Since so many of you asked sharing this quick Kadai Vegetable recipe that I put together with Paneer & available veggies in my fridge. If you have Cauliflower, broccoli, green peas…

This is an instant biryani version. With less spices & ingredients the biryani can be prepared within 25 minutes. Mushrooms need very less time to get cooked and hence this recipe comes handy on busy weekdays. I used button mushrooms. Also I added only onion,tomato along with mushrooms. Didn’t want to add too much of veggies. I truely wanted mushroom to be the hero of this dish. You can serve this biryani with raita or any other gravy of your choice. I prepared strawberry raita. It tasted delicious. The tangy,sour raita with spicy biryani made an awesome combo. Do try…

I always love to experiment when it comes to food. Who doesn’t love challenges 😉 Last Saturday I was planning to prepare Appam as breakfast. The classic combination for that would have been Stew, Kadala Curry, Coconut milk etc. But unfortunately few of the essential ingredients were not unavailable in the pantry. When I thought of preparing coconut chutney as sidedish, I saw this Heinz Bean Tin which we had bought a while ago. We usually have baked beans on our toast. Then immediately an idea sparked to convert the sweet readymade baked beans to a spicy curry. Balancing the…

Tofu is my new found love. Being a vegetarian I am always in search for a good protein source to include in my day to day meal. Earlier Paneer was only used widely in preparing gravies and side dishes. Nowadays I have included Tofu in salads, prepared gravy and have used in various recipes. It taste

I have done kadai paneer few times before but the consistency wasn’t that great. Usually I don’t have patience until tomato and onion reduces. But last week I tried the below version and it turned out great. Consistency was perfect and it tasted heavenly. I prepared the whole dish in my Wok.