West India Recipes

Magaj
Magaj

Magaj is a popular dish in Bangladeshi cuisine, which is cattle or sheep/goat brain sautéed in hot spices. Almonds and Pistacchios are often added. Magaj is also the name for an Indian sweet made with chick pea flour.

Khaman Dhokla
Khaman Dhokla

Khaman Dhokla is a vegetarian food item that originates from the Indian state of Gujarat. It is made with a fermented batter of gram flour (chickpeas). Dhokla can be eaten for breakfast, as a main course, as a side dish or as a snack. It can usually be bought from a sweet shop.

Tuvar Dal
Tuvar Dal

Tuvar Dal or arhar dal is a split pigeon pea with subtle nutty flavor. It is one of the yellow dal. Toor dal is an ancient crop, believed to be cultivated for food since last 3000 years. Toor dal looks similar to chana dal and can be substituted with or for chana dal. In Indian grocery store, you can get toor dal with oil coating to increase its shelf life or one without oil coating. Tuvar Dal is also used to make a poula Andhra dish Kandi Podi, which is ground toor dal with with chana dal or mung dal along with spices such as dried red chili, hing, cumin, curry leaves, salt.Toor dal is also commonly known as rahar, toovar, togari, tuvaram paruppu, etc in local languages around Indian subcontinent. Also spelled, Tur dal.

Stuffed Bread Mushroom Bakes
Stuffed Bread Mushroom Bakes

This is a soft, stuffed bread of melted Italian Provolone cheese, sautéed Portobello mushroom with a hint of white wine and fresh garlic. Serve with a side of warm marinara or your own homemade tomato sauce, as an added treat!

Chakri Spicy Crunchy Spirals
Chakri Spicy Crunchy Spirals

Chakli's as some people call them are crispy a spiral shaped Gujarati snack usually made from Rice flour (although I have seen recipes with wheat flour too -I have always used rice flour). I usually make them as a snack during school holidays and make them specially for Diwali.

Bhakri
Bhakri

Bhakri is part of a traditional Indian meal and is served with curd, chutney, vegetables and rice. Like breads around the world, bhakri is a staple food. It is made mostly from wheat flour, jowar flour, bajra flour, nachni(or finger millet) flour[2] and even rice flour (in the Konkan region). Bhakris are made primarily with hot water, and flour.[1] It has traditionally been the farmer's food[2] which would be carried to the farm at the crack of dawn and make up for both breakfast and lunch.

Biscuit Pizzas
Biscuit Pizzas

"This is my granddaughter's most requested meal when she comes to visit. It's a meal in itself, but a salad would go nice with it. Have fun experimenting with your favorite pizza.These easy little pizza snacks are so versatile...you can include any toppings you want.

Hara Bara Kebabs
Hara Bara Kebabs

A tasty alternative for those who love kababs but are vegetarian, Hara Bhara kabab gets its name and green colour from the healthy spinach in it.

Egg Samosa
Egg Samosa

Egg samosa is rich starter or a snack. This is a double fried recipe, which is a spicy preparation so reduce the quantity of chilies as per your taste.

Tandoori Chicken
Tandoori Chicken

Tandoori Chicken is a dish of Mughlai cuisine. It was popular among the noble families and Nawab families. This dish became popular with the ordinary Muslims of South Asia as the Mughal Empire declined. The tandoori chicken at Moti Mahal so impressed the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, that he made it a regular at official banquets. Visiting dignitaries who enjoyed tandoori chicken included American Presidents Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, Soviet leaders Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, the King of Nepal, and the Shah of Iran. The fame of tandoori chicken led to many derivatives, such as chicken tikka (and eventually the Indian dish popularized in Britain, chicken tikka masala), commonly found in menus in Indian restaurants all over the world.

Egg Bhaji
Egg Bhaji

Egg Bhaji recipe is easy recipe to make it in home any one can make this recipe at home. This recipe is usually served with boiled rice, roti or bread. Here is a recipe video from sanjeev kapoor khazana by which you can make Egg Bhajirecipe at home easily . Here is also a written instruction on how to make Egg bhurji recipe .Hope you will enjoy this Egg bhurji recipe at home.

Chicken Curry with Tomatoes
Chicken Curry with Tomatoes

This is a simple, but really good recipe for a spicy Indian-style chicken curry.

Chicken A La King
Chicken A La King

Chicken a la King is a recipe consisting of diced chicken in a cream sauce, and often with sherry, mushrooms, and vegetables, served over rice, pasta, or bread. most likely account is that Chicken à la King was created in the 1890s by hotel cook William "Bill" King of the Bellevue Hotel in Philadelphia. Several obituaries in early March 1915 credited King after he died on March 4, 1915. A New York Tribune editorial at the time of King's death stated.

Patrani Machchi
Patrani Machchi

Patra ni Macchi, a Parsi signature dish is the dish for the day…Literally translates to "fish wrapped in a leaf". It's fish covered in green chutney.

Dhokla
Dhokla

Dhokla is a vegetarian food item that originates from the Indian state of Gujarat. It is made with a fermented batter of gram flour (chickpeas). Dhokla can be eaten for breakfast, as a main course, as a side dish or as a snack. It can usually be bought from a sweet shop.