DHABA STYLE DAL TADKA RECIPE| DAL TADKA

Dal tadka, though it is simple but many of our homes dal is a staple item. Especially for vegetarians, dal is the great source of protein. The way they make dal tadka in road side dhabas are always awesome. I still remember our travel to Haridwar from Delhi by road. It was some 12 years back and we told the driver that we want to eat food only in dhaba and not in any restaurants. Still when i think about the food the taste will come to my mind. The piping hot tandoori rotis, dal and subzis will be awesome and the tall glass of malai lassi is the highlight. I wanted to recreate the smae taste at home, but somehow, this masoor dal tadka was bit close but i won't say it was dhaba style. Last week when i was casually browsing for someother recipe, glued on this recipe of dal tadka here. I didn't alter anything and just followed the same recipe. It was exactly the same style of dhaba wale dal tadka. The smoky flavour gives the exact flavour of the dhaba style. Try this at home and i am sure your family will enjoy it.

KALA CHANA MASALA | KALA CHANA MASALA CURRY RECIPE

Kala chana Masala i have tried for the first time when i gave 30 side dish for roti recipes for Aval vikatan. I have posted 2 versions of chole masala already here. This chana masala curry was easy and tasted so yum too. Try this kala chana masala curry and let me know how it turned out. Follow Jeyashris Kitchen on facebook for latest updates.

POTATO KURMA | RESTAURANT STYLE KURMA RECIPE

Potato Kurma is an easy and delicious side dish. I have given this recipe in Aval Vikatan supplement in August 2014. This can be had with poori, chapathi and also for biryanis too. I want to post all the recipes i have posted in the supplement books so far, here. Since many of my non tamil readers are asking me to post them, i will be posting them here one by one every week. This restaurant syle potato kurma recipe is a must one to try, also potatoes can be replaced by mixed vegetables too.
  Check out my other kurma recipes:

• Navratan Korma
• Baby Corn Kurma

ALOO TAMATAR SABZI | ALOO TAMATAR RECIPE | NO ONION NO GARLIC RECIPES

Aloo tamatar sabzi is a super quick and simple recipe made with potato and tomato as main ingredient. I have given this recipe in Aval Vikatan supplement which got published in august 2014. Since it is navratri fasting for many North Indians, i thought it is the right time to post this recipe. I am sure about the exact rules and regulations followed during navratri but as i know onion and garlic will not be included in the food. Even if you don't have any vegetable at home simple potatoes can make this yummy sabzi. Aloo tamatar is a  perfect side dish for poori, chapathi|roti, and jeera rice or any pulaos.

GUTTI VANKAYA KURA| ANDHRA STYLE STUFFED BRINJAL RECIPE

Gutti vangaya kura is basically a dish from Andhra. I happened to taste this in a friend's place few months back. Hooked by the taste of this andhra style stuffed brinjals recipes, noted down the recipe from her. Last week while going to drop the kids to class, saw this cute brinjals | eggplants in the Indian store located there. They were so fresh too. Picked a pack of this keeping in mind to make the Gutti vangaya kura a popular andhra dish, made during weddings too. Everyone has their own touch of making this dish but i adopted this from my friend's recipe, from whom i learnt andhra style pulihora.

KADAI VEGETABLE RECIPE | RESTAURANT STYLE KADAI VEGETABLE

Kadai vegetable gravy is a similar recipe to the Kadai Paneer . But generally Kadai Paneer will a semi dry dish whereas this Kadai vegetable is a with a little thicker gravy. This is a perfect side dish for roti, naan, kulcha and even jeera rice and pulaos too. I have given this recipe for the supplement book given to Aval Vikatan in August 2014. But this recipe was left in choice as there are few more recipes with mixed vegetables. The mixed veg kurma, vegetable jalfrezi, Navratna korma were published. Yesterday when i was clearing my mail box, saw this mail in my folder and wated to try it out again. I vividly remember that everyone at home loved this Kadai vegetable. They all vouched that it tasted like the restaurant one too. I adapted the recipe from here.

RAW BANANA KOFTA | KACHA KELA KOFTA CURRY RECIPE

Koftas are always popular among the gravies we make for chapathi. I have posted few kofta recipes here such as Malai kofta , Palak kofta and Cabbage kofta. Though koftas take place rare in my kitchen, we all love it very much. This raw banana kofta is one among the recipes which i gave for the magazine and i made this without onion and garlic. Today i tried it again with a gravy which includes onion and garlic. A best pair with both roti and jeera rice.

LAUKI CHANNA DAL RECIPE | BOTTLE GOURD KOOTU

Lauki |Suraikkai | Bottle gourd is a very healthy vegetable, but in our houses we don't cook it much. It is best for people weight watchers and lactating mothers. We can make this in a South indian sytle kootu too. I learnt this recipe from one of my friend here. She hails from a authentic Punjabi family and she shared few dishes which they make at home regularly. This simple Lauki channa dal curry turned out very well and you can have this with rice as well as rotis too. Thanks for the recipes Punitha. Will post more authentic Punjabi dishes soon.

CAPSICUM MASALA RECIPE | BELL PEPPER MASALA | SIDE DISH FOR ROTI

Capsicum we generally add for paneer gravies or other onion tomato based gravies. We make south indian style Sambar with Capsicum too. I have already posted a Capsicum dry curry too. This recipe was published in the Aval Vikatan Supplement book which i contributed 3 months back. A very easy and rich gravy with capsicum and a perfect side dish for roti too.
Check out my

• Phulkas
• Plain paratha
• Lachha Paratha

CARROT DAL FRY RECIPE | SIDE DISH FOR ROTI|CHAPATI

Dal is a very staple food at our house and all of us love to have dal with plain rice or roti too. Especially kids will eat dal without any complaints. When i shared 30 recipes for Aval vikatan magazine, i gave this recipe of carrot dal too. In the normal dal ,which we make i added carrots and used masoor dal in the place of normal dal. While making this post again for blog, i don’t have masoor dal at home , so replaced with yellow moong dal. Check out my masoor dal tadka. 

JEERA ALOO RECIPE| ALOO JEERA DRY | NO ONION NO GARLIC RECIPES

Aloo jeera | Jeera is an easy and simple recipe with potatoes. It can be had with roti and rice too. Even it tastes great with south indian sambar too. This recipe was passed on to me by a punjabi friend of mine. Few more punjabi recipes too she shared ,which i will try soon and post here.  We had with dal tadka and plain rice.

BHINDI BADAM MASALA RECIPE | SIDE DISH FOR CHAPATHI |ROTI

I have already shared that my recipes got featured in Aval vikatan a popular Tamil magazine. I also promised that i will post some of the classic recipes from that book here with step wise pictures. Today i am sharing the recipe of Bhindi badam masala , a classic rich gravy, a perfect side dish for roti |naan. this bhindi masala never fails to impress your family and guests too. I got this idea from a cookbook of Tarla dalal which i happened to see in a book store in Chennai..The original recipe was with cashew nuts and was slightly different too. Bhindi was not added in the recipe. I tweaked the recipe according to my convenience and it turned out amazingly well. When i made the recipe for the magazine, i  couldn't take step wise pictures. Also i used tomato puree and so the colour you in the final picture is slightly brownish than in the step wise picture.Stay tuned for more side dish for roti recipes.

MASOOR DAL TADKA | RESTAURANT STYLE DAL TADKA RECIPE

Whenever i made dal at home, though everyone say it is good, i somehow feel it is not like the one we have in restaurants. Since i am not satisfactory, i haven't posted the dal tadka recipe so far. I had a pack of Masoor dal which i bought from Delhi during our visit in March. When i was casually talking to a friend few days back over phone, i told her i have a pack of Masoor dal and wanted to make a dal tadka. She immediately gave me the recipe. She learnt that recipe of dal from her aunty and she told it will be very nice. When i made it it tasted so awesome and it was like the one which we eat in restaurants. finally i got the perfect taste and i thought i should share this with you all. This can be made with yellow moong dal too.

NAVRATAN KORMA RECIPE | NAVARATNA KURMA RECIPE | SIDE DISH FOR ROTI

   Navratan korma | Navratna kurma is a rich Mughlai gravy. It is slightly sweetish in nature and so  generally we never order when we go out for eating in restaurants. i have few requests for this Navratan korma and i remember watching this recipe in a video too. Though i forgot the source, i noted down(scribbled)  the recipe roughly in my notebook and made this finally last week. It was very tasty . The original recipes includes the addition of pineapple, but i skipped adding it. so the navratan korma was not so sweet as i expected. Try out this easy korma recipe .

BABY CORN MANCHURIAN GRAVY- INDO CHINESE RECIPES

 Baby corn manchurian is a popular indo chinese dish, which can be made as a dry version and also as a gravy too. I have tried Vegetable manchurian , but never tried manchurian gravy with baby corn. Last week, i called my friend's daughter to join for dinner with my kids. I asked her anything she likes so much so that i can make for her. She instantly said fried rice and baby corn manchurian. I tried and it came out pretty well and all the kids enjoyed and we too loved it.
   After gaining more confidence in making the indo Chinese gravy, i made this baby corn manchurian again few days back. It goes very well with Schezwan fried rice , Sprouts fried rice and Vegetable fried rice.
Check out my dry Chilli paneer and Cauliflower Manchurian.

ALOO PALAK RECIPE | ALOO PALAK GRAVY | SIDE DISH FOR ROTI

Aloo palak is an easy  and rich gravy made with palak ( Indian spinach) and potatoes. i have first tasted this in a restaurant but after that i forgot about that. Last year during my India trip, i noted down few recipes from a handwritten book of my mom. Few weeks back when i saw fresh  palak leaves in the market , without any second thought i bought those palak and tried this aloo palak following the same recipe in the book.
I loved this aloo palak with jeera rice .

 Check out my Palak Paneer and Dal palak 

PAPAD KI SABZI |SIDE DISH FOR ROTI | NO ONION NO GARLIC RECIPES

Papad ki sabzi is a rajathani dish , which i learnt from my friend very long back. I noted down the recipe in my book but forgot to try. Last week when i made rotis for me and my hubby for breakfast(rotis for breakfast is very rare) i thought i will try out this sabzi. Actually i was running out of veggies and even onions too. It turned out very nice and we both liked this.This can be made in a jiffy .

SHAHI PANEER RECIPE | PANEER RECIPES|SIDE DISH FOR ROTI

Shahi paneer i wanted to try for a long time, but i am not sure how to make it exactly. Two weeks back when bought a a paneer packet , i saw the recipe of Shahi paneer behind the cover and i thought i will give it a try. Believe me, it turned out extremely well and it was a super hit among all. I can say this is a restaurant style Paneer recipe. Do try this paneer recipe at home and enjoy.

TOMATO DAL RECIPE | DAL RECIPES

Tomato dal or tomato pappu is an easy dal recipe. A simple and comforting dal  recipe which i learnt from my friend long back. Few days back , when was in no mood to cook i wanted to make something very simple yet tasty. I have little beetroot and few tomatoes and some carrots left over in the fridge. So i decided to make this tomato dal, Beetroot Chutney and carrot curry. It was absolutely a comforting meal and i thoroughly enjoyed the combo of tomato dal with beetroot chutney.  Try out this easy tomato dal recipe. Even you can have this roti too.

GOBI MUTTER DRY RECIPE | CAULIFLOWER PEAS CURRY

The combination of peas and cauliflower and even with potato(Aloo Gobi mutter) is always a  super hit and i never realised that i haven't posted this wonderful combo of Gobi mutter dry in my blog.  Last week when i was updating my recipe index page, i noticed that i haven't posted this recipe and made and clicked the pictures too. Without much introduction let me move to this delicious combo of Cauliflower and peas curry.
 Check  I have already posted Cauliflower Kheema and Cauliflower Peas kurma.