Cook with Priya - Garden of Recipes

Watermelon Juice

If you research on watermelon, you will read that watermelons have known to be grown for around 5000 years. It is believed that this originated in Africa with the drought-tolerant and tough ancestors to our modern day watermelons. Watermelons are rich source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and various other nutrients.

Bhindi Masala

Bhindi or Okra was initially grown in Sudan. It travelled to India with Bantu tribe of Egypt who migrated around the world in 2000 BC, also settled in river valleys of India and China and brought us Okra.

Baingan Bharta

Bharta is a North Indian set of dishes where the ingredients are mashed either before or after preparing the dish. Baingan Bharta is one of the variant of Bhartas made of Baingan or Eggplant. Eggplant is one of ours. Everyone took Eggplant from Indians – Turks, Italians, Persians and everyone else.

Gajar Halwa

Gajar halwa or carrot pudding came into existence during the Mughal reign. The word ‘halwa’ is derived from Arabic word which means “sweet”. It literally translates to pudding made of carrot. It is believed that halwa was made in Persia using dates and milk. The first known recipe of halwa appeared in an Arabic book…

Keto Poha

Keto poha is a low carbohydrate recipe that serves as an alternate to your regular poha and is good for people on Ketogenic diet, or Keto diet for short. So, what is a ketogenic diet? A Keto diet is a low carb, high fat diet. It is meant to drastically reduce the carbohydrate intake and…

Misal Pav

Misal Pav is a popular Marathi dish from Maharashtra, India. The main ingredients for this is misal which is a spicy curry made from sprouted Moth bean (Matki), Pav or Indian bun and topped with Farsan – a spicy mixture of various savouries made out of gram flour, peanuts, and pulses and chopped onion and…

Peanut Chutney

Peanut chutney can be served as an accompaniment with many snacks. Peanut chutney is usually used to provide a nutty taste to your dishes. It goes well with soft texture dishes such as idly, dosa or uttapam, but can also be used with other snacks. Below is my recipe of peanut chutney. Hope you will…

Sandwich Green Chutney

Unlike the other chutneys, that can be served as an accompaniment with my savouries and snacks, sandwich chutney serves the specific purpose of having this chutney with Sandwich, or especially Bombay grill sandwich. Though the purpose of the chutney is to be served or applied on the Sandwich, you can still serve as an accompaniment…

Tomato Chutney

Unlike other chutneys where tomatoes is used as a secondary ingredient, this chutney is made up of tomatoes. You can serve tomato chutney with savoury items, which adds a tangy and spicy taste to your dish. Below is my recipe of Tomato chutney. Hope you will like it.

Coriander Chutney

Coriander chutney is the most common chutney found in Indian households. It is served as an accompaniment for many savouries and snacks. This is kind of traditional chutney that was served before the other variants came out. Below is my recipe of coriander chutney. Hope you will like it.