Home style cauliflower potato fry.
Andhra style Indian broad beans curry. Chikkudu Kaya (Indian Broad Beans) Kura (Curry).
Indian Broad Beans ( Avarakkai in Tamil / Chikkudu kaya in Telugu / Sem in Hindi / Avarekayi in Kannada / Avara in Malayalam )
Ridge gourd (Peerkangai ) cooked in tomato onion gravy. (Peerkankai Curry / Beera Kaaya curry / Beerakaya Curry / Ghiya Tori / Nerua / Turai / Heeray Kayi / Luffa)
Fresh corn flavoured with mild curry sauce mixed with basmati rice makes this pulao a subtle surprise at the table.
Simple curry made with mashed potatoes often served with deep fried Indian bread called Poori / Puri. (Puri Masala / Poori Kizhangu / Puri Kizhangu / kilangu )
Chinese style Chicken Manchurian. This is not the typical manchurian you get in a fancy Indian restaurants, totally different kind of preparation, only some Chinese restaurants in India serve this dish. Usually regular chicken manchurian means chicken dipped in batter deep fried and added to gravy, whereas here…. chicken is mixed with some veggies, made into small kolas(Urundai/dumplings/koftas) , deep fried and then added to the gravy. Sure everyone would love this preparation, quite time consuming but worth a try.
Baingan means Brinjal / Eggplant / Aubergine and Bharta means Mashed. Baingan Bharta (Mashed Eggplant ) is a punjabi dish, prepared in unique way. Roasting in clay oven is the secret to make this dish to get that special aroma.
Baigan Bharta / Baigan ka Bharta /Baingan ka Bhartha / Mashed eggplant / Baigan Bhurta
American style appetizer made with spicy Jalapeno peppers.
Mohanthal is a popular Gujarathi sweet made with Besan(Gram flour). Many call it Besan burfi, only professional La las(sweet makers) call it by that name. This burfi is made during special occasions and festivals.
Swiss Chard also known as silver beet is a leafy vegetable tastes similar to Spinach. My local farmers market use to over flow with these and everytime I use to hesitate to pick a bunch, just for the fear of not knowning how to incorporate this in our Indian cooking. But now, after little exploration, found a way to include this in our meal. I have used green gram to make this lentil curry and to my surprise, it turned good.