Top 10 Recipes | 10 Favorite Recipes 2013

2013 coming to end and as we always say days are indeed flying and this year passed away just too quickly I think.  Blogging wise this year has been great for Indian Khana, I finally shifted to own domain after lot of troubles that I was facing for long time and in the end opted for the easy route of domain change than doing what I was actually had in mind.  This year I blogged 200+ recipes highest number of recipes in a year for me so far.

Merry Christmas | Christmas Wishes 2013

The Blessings of Peace
The Beauty of Hope
The Spirit of Love
The Comfort of Faith
May these be your gifts this Christmas Season

Mooli Chana Dal | Radish Dal | Dal Recipes

Mooli Chana Dal or Radish Chana dal is easy dal recipe made with mooli. People normally use mooli or radish in paratha, salad, sambar and here is the dal version with chana dal. If aahar or toor dal is used with mooli then the taste is different & chana dal taste is different and this dal taste best if chana dal is used. Radish is high in folic acid and potassium and they have good source of vitamin B6, copper, calcium etc.

Christmas Recipes | Christmas Cakes and Bakes Recipes 2013

Christmas is here and this festive season means baking cakes, cookies, muffins etc for family, friends and enjoy the joy the giving. I didn't made anything specific to blog this year so posting collection of cakes, cookies, muffin, cupcakes that I have already in blog here so you can plan your Christmas baking and enjoy with family. Do try the eggless, alocohol-free Christmas Fruit Cake it doesn't require days of soaking fruits too and taste too good and also the popular Gingerbread man Cookies to wow your kids.

Aratikaya Vepudu Recipe | Plantain Stirfry Andhra Style

Aratikaya Vepudu, Balekai Palya, Raw Banana Stirfry, Plantain Fry, Kachha Kela ki Sabzi, Vazhakkai Varuval or whatever we may call it is easy plantain or raw banana fry in Andhra style. It's basic plantain (Vazhakkai) pan fry with basic spices, onion, ginger-garlic paste etc. In normal Vazhakkai Varuval or plantain fry we don't add onion, ginger-garlic paste etc but in this Andhra version few extra ingredients are added which enhance the taste more.

Bombay Chutney | Besan Chutney Recipe (For Dosa, Poori)

Bombay Chutney or Besan chutney is easy chutney or side dish with poori, roti, paratha, dosa etc. This bombay chutney comes handy when you are bored of usual side dish with poori, paratha or don't have any vegetable in hand or instead of normal chutney try this bombay chutney with any dosa and you will love it, the combination works like a charm.

Mixed Dal Adai Dosa | Dosa Recipes

Mixed Dal Adai Dosa or multi dal dosa is healthy, nutrition does made with different legumes, rice and spiced up with ginger, chili. Mixed dal dosa or adai is great way of starting a day or even for lunch, dinner pair along chutney, sambar or anything else of your choice for a powder packed breakfast. We can do lot of variations in this dosa like normally instead of green bean or moong dal I use sprouts.

Tindora (Ivy Gourd) Chana Dal | Dal Recipes

Tindora Chana Dal, Ivy Gourd Chana Dal or Kundru dal is easy dal recipe and works as great side dish with steamed rice, jeera rice, roti, paratha etc and we doesn't require any other vegetables as side along with this dal. I normally add vegetables in dal and make a side vegetables too but when rush these dals are really good option specially on week days.

Gajar Halwa | Carrot Halwa | Easy Halwa Recipes

Carrot Halwa or Gajar Ka Halwa is something that everyone loves I am sure and it's one of the most popular Indian sweet/dessert for any occasion, celebration. Carrot halwa is best winter dessert specially if you get the North Indian variety of red carrots then it's best to make halwa :) This recipe is my sister recipe where carrot is not grated but made puree.

Rava Upma | Upma Recipe | No Onion No Garlic Recipe

Rava Upma or upma is one of the popular, easy, quick breakfast option when we don't have any idea on what to make for breakfast then upma comes very handy and like any other recipe there are various way we can make upma and jazz it up too. Today I am posting easy upma recipe without onion so this comes handy if you don't get onion or if you ran out of onion you can still make upma.