Tag Archives: Indian food
Varieties of Indian breads Posted by Nitin Kumar on Oct 6, 2012
Varieties of Indian breads In India, there are two cuisines which are famous. These are North Indian cuisine and South Indian cuisine. In South Indian cuisine, Rice (चावल – Chawal) is popular while in the North Indian cuisine, breads (रोटी – Roti) are popular. In North Indian cuisine, there are varieties of breads. Breads enjoyed with…
Karnataka Cuisine Posted by kunthra on Sep 4, 2010
Karnataka is a southwestern state in India. Kannada is the official language and its capital city is Bangalore. Karnataka is a land rich with history and culture. The food is also great. Check out these wonderful palate pleasers. Ragi Mudde is made by making dough by mixing boiling water and flour. The dough is placed…
Chutney Posted by kunthra on Jan 3, 2010
Chutney is actually a Hinglish word for चटनी. Basically Chutney is a term used to describe a side dish that accompanies a main dish. The side dish is usually in a wet, liquidy, or thick saucy form, but sometimes dry spices are used as well. Chutney is usually either sweet or spicy. Long ago Chutney was made…
Indian Bread Posted by kunthra on Nov 2, 2009
Hope you’re not too hungry because we’re going to preview some delicious Indian varieties of bread! चपाती is a thin type of bread made from flour, water and salt. Very little if not any yeast is used in चपाती. The dough is flattened until it is very thin and heated on a skillet. Then some ghii…
Chicken Tikka Masala Posted by kunthra on Sep 28, 2009
Chicken Tikka Masala (चिकन टिक्का मसाला) is a curry dish with chicken tikka. Chicken tikkas (मुर्ग़ टिक्का) are roasted chicken chunks. The chicken is prepared by separating it from the bone and cutting it into chuncks on skewers. Then the chicken is marinated in spices like turmeric powder and yogurt. Then the chicken is baked in…
Pakora (पकोड़ा) Posted by kunthra on Mar 25, 2009
It’s common for people to eat pakora (पकोड़ा) during the Holi (होली) festival. A pakora (पकोड़ा) is a fried snack sometimes eaten as starters in restaurants. Pakora (पकोड़ा) is made by taking some vegetables, dipping them in a flour batter and frying them. There are different varieties of pakora (पकोड़ा). Some of the most common…