It is still cabbage season and I’m sharing with you today one of my favorite ways to cook this homely but delicious and versatile veggie: a simply spiced cabbage curry. Simple vegetable sautes like these, called sabzi in north India and kari in the south, are served for dinner in Indian homes every day along with a flatbread like roti/chapati or dal and rice. Common Indian cabbage recipes Cabbage (patta gobhi in Hindi/muttakos in Tamil/kobi in Marathi) is widely eaten around India, as it is around the world....

How about a creamy vegetable curry with Indian flavors for dinner tonight? It’s packed with nutritious veggies and tastes absolutely amazing. I came up with the recipe when trying to put together a healthy and delicious dinner in a rush, but I guarantee it will taste like a dish you’d order at a high end Indian restaurant. The curry requires very few spices but they are balanced perfectly to give you the most delicious result....

on Feb 26, 2020, Updated Aug 10, 2022 Here you go fried rice lovers, this is literally the first thing we add to the cart when we order chinese takeout at home! It’s always egg fried rice with a side of some chicken and vegetables. Love Fried Rice? Also try my Veg Fried Rice, Thai Pineapple Fried Rice, Burnt Garlic Mushroom Fried Rice and Schezwan Fried Rice And I’ve been wanting to nail it for a while....

Love pesto? You might also like these recipes for a classic vegan basil pesto, green garlic pesto and carrot top pesto. I’ve been making a Fennel Fronds Pesto for years because it seems a shame to me to throw away those gorgeous, feathery greens. When you grow up in middle class India, one of the things you learn early on is to stretch every resource there is until it squeals....

You might also like these recipes for gluten-free multigrain sourdough sandwich bread, no-knead sourdough bread, and gluten-free Irish soda bread. For all of you sourdough lovers out there, I have today a beautiful boule made in a dutch oven. It’s a great bread, good for sandwiches or for dunking into soups and stews or throwing on the grill. And I love the way it looks, so artisanal, with that amazing cracked top....

on Oct 04, 2018, Updated Oct 21, 2024 This is a ridiculously easy recipe, but the complexity of flavors in this Green Coriander Chutney is really worth sharing! It’av ersatile dip that’s usually made every second day in Indian households. And whether you want to dip your pakodas and samosas or just want to spruce up the boring dal chawal, this green chutney is your answer! This coriander chutney has super fresh and earthy flavors from coriander and mint leaves....

A reader asked me for my Biryani Masala recipe, so here it is. I hadn’t shared this recipe before because it does include ingredients that most people in the West who cook Indian food would likely not have in their pantries, and it can be easier to just buy a pre-made biryani spice mix off the shelf or online. That said, however, there really is no storebought version that can compare with a good, fresh homemade spice mix....

on Aug 07, 2023 Have you ever decided to make chicken for dinner, only to realise that you forgot to take it out of the freezer in time? Yep, me too. But as someone who’s encountered this problem one too many times, I have learnt my lesson the hard way. I have now equipped myself with quite a few methods of defrosting chicken safely, and that’s exactly what I am going to share with you today....

on Jun 03, 2020, Updated Aug 15, 2020 The beauty of an Instant Pot is how fast and easy it is to cook food in it. Pressure cooking also infuses food with flavour because of how the food is cooked in it. Plus you’ll be rewarded with perfectly tender, juicy pieces of chicken. Thai Chicken Curry is a standard dinner at home because its so fast and easy and you can load it up with different veggies which makes it healthy and hearty too....

on Apr 28, 2022 I used to be one of those people who thought there was just one type of pulao out there – but I was SO wrong! There are so many ways you can prepare pulao and this recipe is a Karnataka Style preparation that will just blow you away. Love Eggs? Try Pressure Cooker Veg Pulao and Kabuli Chana Pulao! The first time I tried this pulao, I was amazed!...

Here’s yet another extremely grillable veggie burger that’s going to become one of your summer favorites: my Red Bean and Roasted Red Pepper Burger mixed up with all sorts of insanely delicious things, like brown rice, roasted almonds, roasted mushrooms, and tempeh. Here at Holy Cow Vegan I’ve been sharing burgers with you each summer (and sometimes winter, because is there really a time when you would say no to a burger?...

I make marinara sauce at least once a week because Jay is nuts about it. And as much as I love it and appreciate its healthfulness, I realized that I wouldn’t mind adding some extra nutrition to it, especially in the form of some healthy protein and fiber. Ergo, my French Lentil Marinara Sauce. I have at any time at least a dozen types of lentils and beans in my pantry, including the many types used in Indian cuisine....

I’ve seen a bunch of Momofuku pork belly recipes on the net. I’ve looked at the book. And I’m telling you it’s all wrong. All the recipes are the same. Cure it up to 24 hours. Blast it at 450 for an hour. Drop the temperature to 250F and then cook it to 165F. That’s a recipe for tasty but tough pork belly. Chewy. Not the Momofuku pork belly magic....

If making bread seems like a lot of work to you, I have for you today the perfect solution: my No Knead Sourdough Bread. This is really one of my favorite bread recipes, and one everyone at home loves, including my 9-year-old, Jay. He loves eating it fresh and once it’s a day old, I toast it up for him and he loves it even more. Because with a dab of vegan butter, this bread is heaven itself....

Aloo chaat chicken curry doesn’t exist on a menu anywhere that I’m aware of. I made it up. It’s different from the run-of-the-mill curries you see on almost every Indian restaurant menu. And what makes it special is the chaat masala. That really gives it a distinctive tang. If you’ve never had chaat you have no idea what I’m talking about. But if you have, you know. I’m loving the chaat masala these days....

Chicken korma can be a great dish. If it’s done right. This is a dish that has been around forever. Traces back to the 16th century. Legend says it was served at the inauguration of the Taj Mahal. That’s a pretty big deal. Chicken korma can have real flavour Traditionally, it can run from mildly spiced to fiery hot. That’s right. Fiery hot. But something happened. Something I don’t think was good....

on Mar 31, 2018, Updated Nov 16, 2021 If you, like me, are scared of making cakes because of the idea of decorating them scares you, then I have got just the perfect thing for you! Enter – this gorgeous strawberry poke cake. It’s basically baked in 13″X9″ baking pan and slathered with whipped cream on top. Pretty straightforward, right? After it’s baked, you all you really need to do is cut it into slices, and the thickness of each slice is enough for you to get a good forkful in every bite....

Green leafies make amazing pakoras, and some of you are likely familiar with methi pakoras, made with fenugreek leaves, and spinach pakoras. These Swiss chard pakoras are just as delicious and they are a great way to make use of a seasonal vegetable that’s packed with nutrients. I love Swiss chard as a gardener, a cook and a mom. It is one of the easiest leafies to grow and it is so easy to cook....

These are a great way to mix things up. To break out of your taco funk. For when you want something new. You can do them straight up as tacos or use an Indian flatbread. If you can get your hands on some parathas you can make one crazy sandwich. This may seem a little odd but think about it. Little bits of super tasty grilled chicken. A drizzle of sauce....

When I am short on time and need a delicious weeknight meal everyone will love, I stir up a pot of tehri, a healthy, fragrant one-pot dish of rice and veggies from north India. Think of tehri (also spelled tahari or tahri) as a cross between a pulao and a biryani. It’s not as rich as a biryani, but it is a bit more indulgent than a pulao. It’s also a really easy recipe to pull together because it requires little prep other than chopping a few veggies and blending a couple of tomatoes....