Tag Archives: KK Signature

TikhaT MiThachya Purya – Masala Puri

  By KamalKitchen | February 21, 2011 - 12:00 am | Appetizers, Indian, KK Signature Recipe, Vegan
Leave a comment
masala puri

Puris are the ultimate Indian indulgence. They are generally made with wheat flour and fried to golden perfection. The most common kind is the plain or salted version which is eaten as a bread with any curry. This post is about the TiKhaT MiThachi puri or Masala puri. TikhaT is pepper and MiTh is salt, so this is salt and pepper puri, the pepper here being cayenne pepper, which is more common in Indian cooking than black pepper as a spice. This is a typical marathi dish and a family recipe. This is/was pretty common as food to be taken … Continue reading →

Share on TumblrSubmit to StumbleUponhttp://kamalkitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/IMG_1234-150x150.jpgShare via email

Makai Tikki – Sweet corn fritters

  By KamalKitchen | December 21, 2010 - 11:41 pm | Appetizers, Indian, KK Signature Recipe
1 Comment

These makai tikkis are great as appetizers or cocktail snacks and go really fast. They can be simply served with ketchup or any chili sauce of your choice. Makai Tikkis or corn kebabs as some call them appeared on catering menus almost two decades ago, and were a delectable offering that were difficult to ignore. Now we see Makai tikki on almost every restaurant menu, but alas they are becoming unhealthier and tasteless day by day. The versions we get at the few take out places we frequent are mostly laden with some kind of flour, over spiced, and deep … Continue reading →

Share on TumblrSubmit to StumbleUponSave on DeliciousShare via email

Vegetarian Three Pepper Fajita Burritos – homemade Mexican treat

  By KamalKitchen | December 10, 2010 - 12:44 am | Appetizers, Around the World, KK Signature Recipe, Main Dish and Entrees
3 Comments
IMG_1181

  oooohhh ‘Fa-Hee-Taz’!! who doesn’t love fajitas..Chili’s has one effective ad, I am sure, because everytime the ‘Chilis to Go’ advertisement aired ( from a couple years ago I think) wooing you with how easily you could pick up a platter of smoking hot fajitas carside, I just wanted to run out, rain or snow, to get some for myself. No pizza ad had me drooling that much. This is one thing that’s readily available for vegetarians in hotels, thank god, and they are either stingy or generous depending on the place. Some chain restaurants just do not have any … Continue reading →

Share on TumblrSubmit to StumbleUponhttp://kamalkitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_1181-150x150.jpgShare via email

Ajwaini Panch Daal – Five lentil Mix spiced with Carom Seeds

  By KamalKitchen | November 17, 2010 - 1:09 am | Dals, Lentils and Legumes, Indian, KK Signature Recipe
6 Comments
panch dal

I have always liked mixed lentils – be it the 10 bean or 15 bean soup mixes of dry lentils you get in any grocery store or any homegrown/made mix that’s born just to clear out the pantry. One of my cousins had a tarla dalal book with a recipe called ‘panchmel‘ daal, and lately even our local Indian grocery store sells a ready made blend called ‘paach daal‘ or 5 lentil mix – one more thing made easy for us to avoid more activity( to our detriment). This recipe was born when I wanted to create something that tasted … Continue reading →

Share on TumblrSubmit to StumbleUponhttp://kamalkitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/IMG_1164-150x150.jpgShare via email

‘Cool’ Millet rolls with a curried tofu filling – checking out a new whole grain

  By KamalKitchen | May 21, 2010 - 12:35 am | Indian, KK Signature Recipe, Main Dish and Entrees, Vegan
Leave a comment
millet rolls

Millet is also known as Ragi or as NachNi in Marathi. My introduction to this grain has been limited to nachNi papads which I may have eaten more than 10 years ago. The NachNi bhakri( thick pan bread or roti) is popular in Mahrashtra, but I have never had the opportunity to sample it before. There was a packet of ‘NachNi Satva’ lying around in my freezer for a very long time. On searching around I found out that this is eaten in an oatmeal kind of fashion, mixed with either hot water or yogurt, fruits etc. But I was … Continue reading →

Share on TumblrSubmit to StumbleUponhttp://kamalkitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_1031-150x150.jpgShare via email

Achari Dum Alu( Potatoes steamed in a sauce of pickling spices)

  By KamalKitchen | May 17, 2010 - 12:30 am | Indian, KK Signature Recipe, Main Dish and Entrees
Leave a comment
Achari Dum Alu

‘Achar’ is the hindi word for pickle, ‘Dum’ means steam, so this is just a simple vegetable dish of potatoes steam cooked in a spicy gravy using pickling spices. The pickling spices here are not your salt and vinegar kind, but Indian pickling spices. Dum Alu was a favourite growing up, since it traditionally uses tiny baby potatoes which are simmered in a spicy and tangy sauce. What child doesn’t love potatoes, and this was yet another way to eat the spud. Nowadays, I use any kind of potato available even in a medium size, just cut it in half … Continue reading →

Share on TumblrSubmit to StumbleUponhttp://kamalkitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_1030-150x150.jpgShare via email

Mung Beet Cutlets – nourishing finger food

  By KamalKitchen | May 6, 2010 - 12:06 am | Appetizers, KK Signature Recipe, Vegan
2 Comments
Mung Beet Cutlets

Low carb diets have been popular for a while now. Ranging from the controversial Atkins to the still in vogue South Beach Diet, they promote rapid weight loss. There are several other factions who also promote whole grains, and ‘whole grains’ have become such a buzz word that even a box full of chocos or other colorful cereal says it contains ‘whole grains’ in the box. It is hard to follow any plan that restricts food groups, be it certain fruits, or vegetables or staples like pasta or rice. However, I have found that low carb diets do show you … Continue reading →

Share on TumblrSubmit to StumbleUponhttp://kamalkitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/IMG_0997-150x150.jpgShare via email