Archana's Kitchen

Bell Pepper & Parsley Rice Recipe is a super simple recipe of a yummilicious stir fried continental rice. Rice is cooked along with some roasted garlic, onions and a hint of rosemary.  The pre cooked rice is then tossed with pan roasted peppers and some fresh parsley. Great to be served with ...

Baingan Sarson Ka Saag Recipe where small purple brinjal is cut into 4 and then first stir fried in mustard oil and then sauteed with Spice powders like turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and amchur powder. The mustard leaves are then cooked separately and then tossed ...

Sprouted Kollu Sambar Recipe is simple and completely satisfying to eat. Vegetables like carrots and bottle gourd are cooked with tangy tamarind water and sambar powder and later mixed with cooked Sprouted Kollu or horse gram dal to make this delicious sambar.  Did you know: Horse gram is ...

Vazhaipoo Paruppu Usili Recipe is a traditional South Indian Dish which is a combination of steamed crumbled lentils combined with sautéed vazhaipoo or banana flower. Steamed toor dal idlis are sauteed and cooked further in a pan and later combined with tasty vazhaipoo (banana flower).  Banana ...

Amla Methi Sukhi Sabzi Recipe is a lip smacking dish with spicy and tangy flavours. The tangy amla is boiled and tossed along with some methi leaves in a chunky onion - tomato base, and our Indian masalas.  This sabzi can be served along with a main meal of dal and roti or can even be used a s ...

Corn and Peas Curry Recipe is a unique recipe of a corn on the cob curry.  The gravy is made by roasting the whole spices and ginger, garlic and onions into a spice paste and then simmered with the pre boiled corn on the cob cut into pieces.  This dish also contains green peas that adds a ...

Green Moong Dal Sundal Recipe is a super healthy South Indian stir fry of sprouted whole green moong dal. The green moong sprouts are tossed along with mustard, cumin and curry leaves and finished off with some coconut and fresh lemon juice.  It can be served along with a South Indian meal ...

If you are looking for a calcium rich recipe then you must make this tasty Palak Lobia Curry. Cooked lobia or black eyed beans are simmered in a gravy made with dry roasted spices, coconut and tamarind paste. This curry tastes great with roti and rice. Did you know: It contains almost all ...

Ragi Masala Roti Recipe is a diabetic friendly recipe made using ragi flour and carrots, dill leaves, coriander leaves, onions and green chilies. Mostly popular in  South India these ragi rotis can be had for breakfast lunch or dinner with a simple chutney or gravy. Did you know: Ragi is rich ...

Carrot, Cauliflower, Peas Sabzi Recipe is made in a minimalist way and yet is full of flavour and tastes delicious. Carrots, cauliflower and peas are sauteed and simmer in a oil flavoured with ajwain, an whole spices like pepper, bay leaves and cardamon. It's a simple and saatvik recipe that brings in ...

Kerala Pumpkin Black Eyed Beans Erissery Recipe is a quick pumpkin dish made healthier by adding black eyed beans. Flavors of Kerala like curry leaves, coconut, cumin are all present in the dish. A tadka of sliced sambar onions browned in coconut oil lifts the dish up.  Serve Kerala Pumpkin ...

Sarson Saag Pulao Recipe is a simple one pot dish. Made with all the mixed greens, this dish is highly nutritious and tasty. The addition of spinach leaves, bathua leaves and mustard leaves along with aromatic spices brings immense taste and nutrition to this pulao. Did you know that One cup of ...

If you are looking or a comforting wholesome Continental dinner recipe then try Herbed Tofu & Spinach In Tomato Basil Sauce. Made with capsicum and spinach cooked in a herbed  tomato gravy and topped with pan seared herbed tofu this is a comfort delicious meal on its own. Easy and simple to ...

Curried Carrot Celery Soup Recipe is made with carrots and celery sauteed along with onions and garlic in olive oil and then spiced with some whole spices and garam masala. The carrots and celery is then blended and garnished with coriander leaves and sunflower seeds which add a nice crunch to the soup. Serve Curried ...

Sukhi Suran Masala Sabzi Recipe is a delicious flavourful recipe made with suran/yam stir fried along with onions and spices. This simple to make recipe is a good way to include yam in your diet.  Yam is known as ‘Suran‘ or ‘Jimikand‘ in Hindi, ‘Kandagadda‘ in Telugu, ‘Senai ...

Sarson Chole Ka Saag Recipe is a highly nutritious sabzi made with the goodness of winter greens.  Kabuli chana is boiled and dunked in a lush green gravy that is made by combining greens like mustard leaves - sarson, spinach leaves - palak and bathua leaves.  These greens are pre cooked ...

This recipe of Rasna, Ayurvedic Medicinal Plant Tea is really simple. You need to take a few roots and a few leaves and boil them in enough water with peppercorns till the water reduces to half the quantity.  You can add other ingredients like, jeera or cinnamon  or cloves in the tea if you ...

Paneer Stuffed Bhindi In Ajwain Tomato Gravy Recipe is a tasty and simple North Indian gravy recipe. Made with spiced crumbled paneer stuffed into bhindis which are cooked separately and then dunked in a tomato ajwain gravy.  Ajwain is a popular spice and apart from adding flavour it is also very ...

Ragi Appams are a good way to include healthy rich in calcium ragi into your diet. Ragi appams are delicious as they have the earthy flavours of ragi in them and they go well with any gravy or stew.  Ragi is really healthy and diabetic friendly grain yet most of us do not include it in our daily ...

Doi Shorshe Chingri - Bengali Prawn Mustard Curry Recipe is a popular Bengali Recipe where fresh prawns are marinated in turmeric and chilli powder and then cooked in a mustard, poppy seed gravy. A few simple ingredients go into this dish but it makes the gravy extremely flavourful. Serve Doi Shorshe ...

Sprouted Horse gram Thoran Recipe is made without any onion and garlic making it a healthy sattvik recipe. Made with sprouted horse gram and cooked in a coconut, ginger and green chillies mixture it tastes amazingly good. Horse gram or Kulthi dal is not widely eaten as other dals but according ...

Parwal is a native vegetable of the Indian subcontinent and can be cooked in many ways. No Onion No Garlic Parwal Masala Recipe is a gravy recipe where parwal is first pan fried and then cooked in a tomato, ginger, watermelon seed gravy along with regular Indian spices. Did You know: Parwal/ Pointed ...

Warqi Paratha Recipe is a delicious flaky paratha. Warqi means layers, the dough is flattened and folded multiple times, each times brushed generously with butter and dusted with flour to help those layers stand out beautifully.  A rich paratha, warqi dough is loaded with ghee and milk, to give ...

Mushroom Babycorn Kaalimirri Recipe is a lip smacking North Indian gravy dish which uses mushrooms and baby corn as the star ingredients.  Mushrooms and baby corn are pre cooked and simmered in a delectable white gravy that is made using boiled onions, cashew nuts, and poppy seeds, that add a lovely ...