Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Shakkar Parre (Fried Sugary Flour Sticks)
A few snacks which are made to be salty can also be made in the sweet version with just a few adjustments and of course, the taste is quite different. This switch works quite well with matthis (fried salty cookies) and namkeen mutter (fried salty peas) which are also called namkeen parre (fried salty sticks). […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Wadiyan Da Pulao (Lentil Dumpling Rice Pilaf)
There are as many different ways to make pulao (rice pilaf) as there are cultures in the world. Each area’s pilaf dish one uses different types of ingredients, different spices and even different types of rice. Spanish people make a seafood paella; Arabs make a pulao using cuts of meat and the Chinese cook it […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Safayd CholeTuri Wale (White Chickpea Curry)
Punjabi-style chole are a staple dish in many gurdwaras and mandirs in North India as they are both nutritious and filling and you can easily make a huge pot full of them to feed the faithful. But they are also very popular in parties if you need a dish with plenty of curry and of […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Cheese da Parantha (American Cheese Parantha)
Punjabi paranthas (crispy flat bread) have become so popular and readily available the world over that they have taken on a new identity for the younger generation in a variation called the parantha roll which is nothing more than some filling rolled up in a plain parantha. So it’s like having the stuffing outside the […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: SUGAR KI DAVA (Home Remedy Sugar Control Medicine)
(This recipe was first published in December 2012 and is being repeated with some minor revisions for the fourth time by popular demand) Type 2 diabetes has become a worldwide epidemic which especially gets manifested when people reach mid-life and beyond. Among Indians, the situation is quite grave and the disease is rampant because the […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Bhature wale Chole (Chickpeas for Deep Fried Bread)
If ever there was a Punjabi dish that took off all over India, it probably has to be chole bhature (chick peas and deep fried bread). It is a dish that is at once spicy, eaten with plenty of garnishes like raw onions, sprinkled with chopped coriander leaves, achaar (pickles) and with those long, spicy […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Saada Punjabi Parantha (Plain Punjabi Crispy Flatbread)
Punjabi paranthas (crispy flatbread) are famous and loved the world over and found in most Indian restaurants. Though most places will serve a version of the plain parantha, they are seldom in the style of the home made parantha that most Punjabis have come to expect. These days, it is even hard to find a […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Paneer ka Parantha (Indian Cheese Parantha)
Punjabis love their paranthas (stuffed flat bread) with all kinds of stuffings and people are always experimenting to see what new variety they can create. The trick is not just in the stuffing, but the spices you use and then how you cook them so that you still get the crispy, buttery whole wheat taste. […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Sarson ka Saag (Mashed Mustard Greens)
Come the Fall, acres of fields in the Punjab will turn yellow as the seeds on the mustard greens sway in the breeze. Along with the seeds, mustard greens are commonly harvested in the winter months and cooked into a saag (mash), commonly eaten with a thick makki di roti (corn flour bread) with a […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Daliya Palao (Cracked Wheat Pilaf) Slow Cooker Recipe
Daliya is nothing more than cracked, roasted wheat, but it is not so easily available in many stores as compared to coarse wheat flour or even suji (semolina); though it is not very expensive. Cooking with daliya requires a little patience, since it takes longer to cook than regular rice; but unlike rice, it […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Custard
India has been a destination for foreigners for many centuries, and especially Northwestern India which has been the place of many battles with invading hoards from ancient empires like the Greeks, Persians and Mongols and later by the Europeans: the British, French, Portuguese and Dutch. Each foreign culture left its mark on Indian cuisine, and […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Khamiri Roti (Sourdough Wheat Flatbread)
In our ancestral home in Lyallpur, Punjab along the banks of the river Jhelum, during the summer months the temperatures would get so high that it wouldn’t be unusual if any atta (dough) left uncooked would naturally rise overnight. Though not frequent, the women folk wouldn’t panic, and instead would roll khamiri rotis (sourdough bread) […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Ghia te Wadiyan (Bottle Gourd Squash & Dumplings)
Although there are many types of gourd or squash, there are usually only two types that are readily available in most Indian marketplaces. One is the long, smooth and stout, leaf green type which resemble a bottle (hence its English name), which Punjabis call ghia or kadoo and others call doodhi or lauki. […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Mitthi Seviyaan (Sweet Vermicelli)
This dessert is a variation of the seviyaan kheer and is also especially made at Hindu, Sikh and Muslim festivals, just as many other dishes that are associated with the Punjab. It is a fast, easy and tasty desert to make, and considerably less calories than the kheer which uses richer ingredients. These seviyaan are […]
