India

• Aloo channa masala - Potato and chickpeas masala

  Cooking time: 30 min. / 5 min.Difficulty: easyvideo

  On the suburb of Pushkar, picturesque town in Rajasthan in the North India, is a small restaurant, where I got this masala. It was amazing and even better thank to the fact the chapati served with it was made traditional way, in a clay tandoori oven.

  

• Gobi - Cauliflower without onion and garlic

  Cooking time: 5 min. / 20 min.Difficulty: easy

  There are recipes in Indian cuisine, where you will find no onion and garlic, which are ingredients used very often otherwise. One of the reasons is, that garlic and onion are considered as medicine and thats why they should be used moderately. Very easy and tasty recipe from North India.

  

• Aloo jeera fry - Fried potatoes with cumin

  Cooking time: 10 min. / 20 min.Difficulty: easy

  If you love fried potatoes, it is time to tune them up a bit by some great Indian spices :) Great as a side dish, but in India they serve them with rice or local bread.

  

• Dhal - Lentils Kerala style

  Cooking time: 10 min. / 15 min.Difficulty: easy

  The most frequented dish, which you will find in hundreds of variants allover India. This recipe is from Kerala, South India, where fresh coconut is a very common ingredient. Dhal is not an exception.

  

• Dosa - Rice pancakes

  Cooking time: 30 min. / 3 min.Difficulty: easyvideo

  Indian cuisine is rich for all kinds of flat breads and crepes made of wheat or rice flour. One of them is dosa, which you can find allover India in many variations - which differ in size, thickness, filling / topping ..... They have one thing in common though and it is the batter. The base are blended rice and white lentils, which ferment overnight. This time is not included in the time of preparation mentioned above :)

  

• Aloo roast - Potato roast

  Cooking time: 10 min. / 12 min.Difficulty: easy

  Another from the range of Kerala specials from South India. I have learnt this recipe from a lady, who except all the other delicacies made the best curries in whole South India I had a chance to try!

  

• Beetroot pachadi

  Cooking time: 10 min. / 4 min.Difficulty: easy

  Gently spiced beetroot salad, which belongs to Kerala specials, state of South India. It can be served both, warm and cold. And it is vegetarian dish as majority in India.

  

• Kaddu rajma - Pumpkin with red beans

  Cooking time: 15 min. / 45 min.Difficulty: easy

  Another delicacy from Norh Indian cuisine. Full of proteins thanks to red kidney beans, which add to the dish nice hardish consistency. On the other hand combined with tender pumpkin with nice orange color. I do miss it! :)

  

• Paneer palak - Cheese with spinach

  Cooking time: 10 min. / 20 min.Difficulty: easyvideo

  One of my favorite North Indian recipes, which I learned in a small restaurant, including a recipe, how to make a home made paneer. I was surprised how simple it is :)