March 21st, 2013 
Jisha 
Spinach Potato Curry is a well-known North Indian dish. It is a wonderful way to incorporate fresh greens into your diet. I make this delicious Aloo Palak Curry when I get fresh spinach from the market. Spinach is usually cooked and then pureed for getting a thick gravy. However, I find the taste of pureed [...]
March 24th, 2012 Jisha 
Paneer Butter Masala or Paneer Makhani happens to be my favorite vegetarian curry. Every time I go to an Indian restaurant, this is one dish which I always try from the vegetarian section. I always wanted to try Panneer Butter Masala at home. I mean if you can make Butter Chicken at home, then it shouldn’t be [...]
July 5th, 2011 Jisha 
Here is another classic North Indian Curry – Palak/Spinach Chicken Curry also known as Saagwala Murgh. ‘Saag’ stands for ‘Greens’ in Hindi. You can use any greens for this recipe but spinach is commonly used. This is a nice way to include healthy greens in your non-vegetarian curry. This recipe was adapted from Madhur Jaffrey’s [...]
February 21st, 2011 Jisha 
Aloo Parathas are Whole Wheat Flat Breads made with a Mashed Potato Filling. It is made in almost every North Indian household. These soft parathas are typically served with Plain Curd or Raitha and a Pickle. Parathas have become popular throughout India and many South Indians make Parathas for breakfast. For the Potato Stuffing, you [...]
January 11th, 2010 Jisha 
According to Wikipedia, Baingan Bartha or Baingan ka Bartha is a predominantly Pakistani and North Indian Punjabi vegetarian dish made from eggplant. Though I am not sure of its origins, it is a North Indian dish and is quite famous. Baingan is the Hindi name for Brinjals/Eggplant/Aubergine. Brinjal is known as Vazhuthananga in Malayalam. Traditionally [...]
January 7th, 2010 Jisha 
When my friends had come home for New Year’s Party, I wanted to make a Mushroom dish for the vegetarians. I am not at all good in selecting vegetarian recipes and I had to ponder for a while before deciding on Mushroom Makhani. Most of us would have tasted the ever fascinating Panner Makhani. Well, [...]
November 12th, 2009 Jisha 
Paratha is an Indian Flat Bread made using Wheat Flour and Ghee. Parathas are softer and tastier when compared to Chappathis. There are so many different types of Parathas but these Triangle Parathas are the easiest to make. Though traditionally, ghee is used for making Parathas, I use Vegetable Oil for my parathas. We have [...]
June 23rd, 2009 Jisha 
Butter Chicken - the sweet and spicy Indian Chicken dish with thick, red colored tomato gravy, used to be my favorite Chicken Dish. We never used to make Butter Chicken at home but it was one of the dishes which we ordered at every restaurant along with Naan, Kulcha or Roti. Butter Chicken or Murgh [...]
