Veg Makhanwala is a creamy rich gravy made with the roasted ingredients and full of vegetables that makes a delicious side dish for Naans or Rotis. Vegetable Makhanwala or Vegetable Makhani as it is also referred to as is quite easy to make if you plan ahead with ingredients to make this dish. My Paneer […]
Zafrani Kofta Coconut Pulao
Zafrani Kofta Coconut Pulao is a layered pulao with vegetable kofta and browned onions. This surely makes a wonderful dish for a weekend special lunch. Its been a wonderful month long cooking for the Biryani / Pulao/ Khichdi Festival. I started cooking only by March and I wasn’t sure if I will be able to […]
Yakhni Vegetable Soya Pulao
Yakhni Vegetable Soya Pulao is delicious pulao made with stock made with vegetables and spices with soya chunks. This was inspired by the meat based Yakhni Pulao, where meat is used to prepare the stock and the pulao is made with the yakhni along with spices. Yakhni means the stock and this pulao is popular […]
Lima Beans Biryani
Lima Beans Biryani is easy to make one pot meal that’s healthy and filling as well with lima beans, mixed vegetables included in it. When I was deciding on letter L, I thought of Lobia, Lilva and couldn’t go any further. Suddenly something struck me that I could use Lima Beans as well. These beans […]
Thakali Rava Kichadi
Thakali Rava Kichadi is mostly a dish that’s made for breakfast. However, I make it for dinner, though. It’s always been Rava Kichadi for one of the Saturday nights. For the Tamil Nadu Hotel Style Mini Tiffin, I wanted to make a different form of Kichadi. Since the regular Kichadi has less tomato added, I […]
Chettinad Vegetable Biryani ~ Tamil Nadu Special | How to Make Chettinad Vegetable Biryani | Indian Cooking Challenge – February
For theĀ Indian Cooking ChallengeĀ this month, we travel little down from last month, to the famous Chettinad of Tamil Nadu. Chettinad Cuisine is very famous all over the world. While I don’t know if all the recipes that are famous as with either Chettinad suffixed or prefixed, I have enjoyed some of their special dishes and […]
Soya Vegetable Biryani | Soya Chunks Biryani Rice ~ Step by Step Recipe | Lunch Box Recipes
I remember Meal Maker from childhood, those soya chunks made a frequent appearance in many of the dishes that Amma made. Those were the days when I was eating meat and remember the meal maker soya chunks being included in all vegetable biryanis and gravies. Since it tasted and looked very much like meat, it […]
Vegetable Biryani Recipe
This easy Vegetable Biryani recipe comes handy when you have leftover cooked rice or try something new. One pot meal always comes handy be it when you want to pack for office or when you want to travel. Especially when you plan for a picnic, I am sure you will want to pack something that […]
Vegetable Biryani with Seeraga Samba | Kid Friendly Recipes | Kid Lunch Box
I wanted to start my Blogging Marathon with a favorite Rice dish that we often make and which the kids like a lot. Still, this was different as it is made with a different rice variety. Normally we make Biryanis or Pulao with Basmati but this time wanted to try with Seeraga Samba Rice, which […]
Mixed Vegetable Curry ~ A Bachelor’s Guest Post!
When I wanted to start Spice your Life, I only wanted to concentrate on Parenting and Kids. But I was getting so many requests for Bachelor’s recipes, I thought I might be able to cover it in this blog. Now, what’s more, interesting and encouraging than getting a post from a bachelor, who is going […]