Punjabi Mooli Lacha Salad
Mooli lacha salad shreds radish fine and dresses it with green chilli and lemon.
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Punjabi Mushroom Matar Malai
Mushroom matar malai is a mild Punjabi curry of mushrooms and peas in a cashew and melon seed gravy.
Punjabi Nutri Matar Keema
Nutri matar keema uses soya granules and green peas in place of mince, cooked in a Punjabi onion and tomato masala.
Punjabi Palak Gosht
Palak gosht simmers goat meat with spinach until the meat is tender and the greens have thickened around it.
Punjabi Rajma Masala
Rajma masala simmers red kidney beans in a Punjabi onion and tomato gravy until the beans start to break and thicken it.
Punjabi Saag Chicken
Saag chicken cooks chicken into a base of spinach and mustard greens, so it eats like saag with meat in it.
Punjabi Soya Chaap Do Pyaza
Soya chaap do pyaza cooks soy chaap with onion added twice, browned into the base and again late so it stays crisp.
Punjabi Soya Chaap Masala
Soya chaap masala cooks soy chaap in a Punjabi yoghurt and onion gravy it soaks up as it simmers.
Punjabi Tandoori Mushroom Chaat
Tandoori mushroom chaat chars marinated mushrooms and dresses them with chaat masala.
Punjabi Til Bugga
Punjabi til bugga is a Lohri sweet of roasted sesame, khoya, powdered sugar, cardamom and nuts shaped into ladoos or pedas.
Puran Poli
Puran Poli is a Maharashtrian sweet flatbread stuffed with chana dal, jaggery, cardamom, and nutmeg for festival meals.
Purani Dilli Style Chicken Jahangiri
Chicken jahangiri is an Old Delhi Mughlai curry, mild and thick with cashew and cream.
Quick Soya Matar Pulao
Soya matar pulao cooks soy chunks and peas into the rice, quick and filling.
Rabdi Malpua
Rabdi malpua is a North Indian festival dessert of lacy fried pancakes soaked in saffron syrup and topped with thick rabdi.
Radhaballavi
Radhaballavi stuffs urad dal paste into a fried Bengali flatbread.
Railway Veg Cutlet
Railway cutlet binds boiled vegetables into a patty, crumbs it and fries it, the dish that fed Indian trains.
Rajasthani Aloo Pyaz Paneer
Aloo pyaz paneer brings together baby potato, shallots and paneer in a Rajasthani yoghurt gravy.
Rajasthani Gatta Pulao
Gatta pulao cooks rice with fried gram flour dumplings, a Rajasthani way of eating well without vegetables.
Rajasthani Gatte Ki Sabzi
Gatte ki sabzi simmers steamed gram flour dumplings in a Rajasthani yoghurt gravy, a dish built for a desert with no fresh vegetables.
Rajasthani Gulab Jamun Ki Sabzi
Gulab jamun ki sabzi is a Rajasthani wedding dish that puts fried khoya dumplings into a savoury gravy rather than syrup.
Rajasthani Junglee Maas
Junglee maas is a Rajasthani hunting-camp curry made with almost nothing but goat meat, ghee, garlic and dried red chillies.
Rajasthani Kabuli Pulao
Kabuli pulao is a Rajasthani dish layering rice with bread, potato and a yoghurt gravy.
Rajasthani Laal Maas
Laal maas is a fiery Rajasthani goat curry coloured with dried Mathania chillies and cooked down in yoghurt.
Rajasthani Malai Ghevar
Rajasthani malai ghevar is a Teej and Raksha Bandhan sweet with a honeycomb fried disc soaked in syrup and topped with rabdi.
Rajasthani Meethi Boondi
Rajasthani meethi boondi is tiny fried besan droplets soaked in saffron-cardamom syrup for prasad and festival sweets.
Rajasthani Safed Maas
Safed maas is the white counterpart to laal maas, goat cooked in yoghurt and cashew with no chilli colour at all.
Rajgira Kadhi
Rajgira kadhi thickens a yoghurt kadhi with amaranth flour instead of gram flour, so it can be eaten while fasting.
Rajgira Paratha
Rajgira paratha binds amaranth flour with boiled potato, the usual way to roll a fasting-day flour that has no gluten.
Rajgira Puri
Rajgira puri fries an amaranth flour dough bound with potato, for fasting days.
Rajgira Sheera
Rajgira sheera is a fasting-day amaranth flour halwa, roasted in ghee and sweetened lightly.
Rajma Galouti Kebab
Rajma galouti uses the Awadhi melt-in-the-mouth method on kidney beans instead of meat.
Rajwadi Mawa Kachori
Rajwadi mawa kachori is a Rajasthani fried pastry filled with khoya and nuts, then dipped in saffron sugar syrup.
Red Velvet Cupcakes
Red velvet cupcakes are eggless cocoa-buttermilk cupcakes topped with tangy cream cheese frosting.
Restaurant Style Egg Fried Rice
Egg fried rice is the Indo-Chinese version, cooked fast over high heat with garlic and scrambled egg.
Restaurant Style Veg Jalfrezi
Veg jalfrezi keeps its vegetables and paneer in strips, cooked fast so everything stays crisp.
Restaurant Style Veg Tawa Masala
Veg tawa masala cooks mixed vegetables hard on a flat griddle, so the masala catches and browns rather than simmering.
Restaurant-Style Jeera Rice
Jeera rice is basmati cooked with a heavy tempering of cumin in ghee, meant to sit beside a curry rather than lead.
Roasted Makhana Chivda
Makhana chivda roasts fox nuts with peanuts and cashews in ghee into a dry fasting-day snack.
Roasted Paneer Tikka Salad
Paneer tikka salad puts charred marinated paneer over raw vegetables rather than in a gravy.
Roasted Peanut & Tomato Chaat
Peanut and tomato chaat dresses roasted peanuts with onion, tomato and lemon.
Royal Mango Falooda
Royal mango falooda is a layered Indian dessert drink with mango puree, sabja seeds, falooda sev, chilled milk and ice cream.
Rumali Roti
Rumali Roti is a soft handkerchief-thin Awadhi flatbread stretched wide and flash-cooked on an inverted kadhai.
Sabudana Appe (Paniyaram)
Sabudana appe steams the usual sabudana mixture in an appe pan, which needs far less oil than frying.
Sabudana Khichdi
Sabudana khichdi is a Maharashtrian fasting dish of soaked tapioca pearls tossed with crushed peanuts, potato and green chilli.
Sabudana Thalipeeth
Sabudana thalipeeth presses soaked tapioca with potato and peanuts into a flat cake and crisps it in a pan.
Saint Kitts Goat Water Stew
Saint Kitts-style goat water stew with tender goat meat, herbs, spices, and small dumplings.
Sakkarai Pongal (Sweet Pongal)
Sakkarai pongal is a South Indian harvest festival sweet made with soft rice, moong dal, jaggery, ghee, cashews and cardamom.
Sama ke Chawal (Bhagar)
Bhagar cooks barnyard millet like rice with potato and crushed peanuts, the standard fasting-day grain substitute.
Sama Ke Chawal Ki Kheer
Sama ke chawal ki kheer simmers barnyard millet in milk until it thickens, a fasting-day version of rice kheer.
Sama Rice Pulao (Vrat Ke Chawal)
Sama rice pulao cooks barnyard millet like rice with potato and peanuts, for fasting days when grain is avoided.
Sarmale (Romanian Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)
Romanian sarmale are sour cabbage leaves wrapped around a pork-rice filling and simmered gently in a savoury tomato sauce.
Sarson Ka Saag
Sarson ka saag simmers mustard leaves with spinach and bathua for hours, then mashes them into a thick, faintly bitter dish.
Scottish Shortbread
Classic Scottish shortbread with a rich buttery crumb, crisp edges, and a simple tea-time finish.
Seb Ki Rabdi
Seb ki rabdi is a North Indian apple rabdi with reduced milk, cooked grated apple, cardamom and nuts.
Serbian Grilled Ćevapi
Serbian ćevapi are small skinless grilled minced-meat sausages seasoned simply with garlic, paprika, and black pepper.
Serradura (Macau Sawdust Pudding)
Serradura is a Macau-style sawdust pudding layered with whipped cream, condensed milk and fine biscuit crumbs.
Sev Tamatar Nu Shaak
Sev tamatar nu shaak spoons crisp sev over a sweet-sour tomato curry just before serving, so it softens at the table.
Seviyan Kheer
Seviyan kheer simmers roasted vermicelli in milk until it thickens.
Shaam Savera Kofta
Shaam savera hides a paneer ball inside a spinach kofta, so each one is green outside and white within.
Shahi Anda Pulao
Anda pulao cooks boiled eggs into a mild Awadhi rice with cashews.