
UP Style Sookha Kala Chana
Sookha kala chana is a dry black chickpea sabzi from UP, tempered in ghee with cumin and asafoetida.
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Sookha kala chana is a dry black chickpea sabzi from UP, tempered in ghee with cumin and asafoetida.

Farali misal builds the Maharashtrian misal from peanuts and potato instead of sprouts.

Upwas sweet potato poriyal cooks diced sweet potato dry with cumin, for fasting days.

Upwasachi batata bhaji is a Maharashtrian fasting-day potato dish, cooked in ghee with cumin, green chilli and crushed peanuts.

Suran bhaji cooks elephant foot yam in ghee with cumin, a Maharashtrian fasting dish.

Vangi bath tosses cooked rice with aubergine and a Karnataka spice blend made for this dish alone.

Variyali Sharbat is a Gujarati fennel drink with a pale green color, gentle sweetness, and a clean lemon-salt finish for hot afternoons.

Veg crispy batters mixed vegetables and fries them, tossed in a light Indo-Chinese seasoning.

Veg Kolhapuri cooks mixed vegetables in the fiery Kolhapuri masala of roasted coconut, sesame and red chilli.

Manchow soup is the Indo-Chinese standard, a dark peppery broth finished with fried noodles on top.

Veg manchurian fries vegetable balls and tosses them in a dry Indo-Chinese sauce.

Veg seekh kabab shapes spiced vegetables around skewers and grills them until the outside sets.

Veg seekh kebab, oven-baked, shapes the same spiced mix onto skewers without deep-frying.

Veg spring rolls wrap shredded vegetables in thin pastry and fry them until blistered.

Vegan badam pista milk blends soaked almonds and pistachios with oat milk, dates, saffron, and cardamom for a dairy-free festive drink.

Vegan chakka pradhaman is a Kerala jackfruit payasam with jaggery, coconut milk, dry ginger, cashews and coconut pieces.

Coconut barfi sets desiccated coconut with coconut milk, made without dairy.

Vegan coconut mango sago is a chilled dessert with tapioca pearls, sabja seeds, coconut milk and mango puree.

Vegan gajar ka halwa cooks carrots down in almond milk and coconut oil in place of the usual milk and ghee.

Peanut chikki sets roasted peanuts in jaggery, snapped into pieces once it cools hard.

Vegetable dum biryani layers part-cooked rice over spiced vegetables and finishes them sealed, so the steam does the rest.

Vegetable puffs fold spiced potato and peas into puff pastry and bake them, an Indian bakery staple.

Vegetable seekh kebab shapes a spiced vegetable mix onto skewers and grills it.

Uttapam pours idli batter thick and presses vegetables into the surface, more pancake than dosa.

Vella aval is a South Indian sweet poha made with jaggery syrup, grated coconut, cardamom and fried cashews.

Ven pongal cooks rice and mung dal soft with pepper, cumin and plenty of ghee.

Guava Chilli Shots are spicy-sweet Peru Pyala-style shots with ripe guava, lemon, black salt, and a chilli-salt rim.

Vrat ke paneer pakode batter paneer in buckwheat and water chestnut flour.

Vrat wala paneer cooks paneer with fox nuts in a cashew gravy, seasoned with rock salt.

Vrat wale aloo tamatar cooks potato in tomato with rock salt, seasoned for fasting rules.

Vrat wali lauki sabzi cooks bottle gourd in ghee with cumin and rock salt.

Watermelon Mint Cooler is a no-cook summer drink that blends seedless watermelon with mint, black salt, and lemon for a bright chilled glass.

Zarda is a sweet saffron rice with nuts and dried fruit, served at the end of a Mughlai meal.