Muggle Diaries

Post Title:  BUTTERED LENTILS CURRY / DAAL MAKHANI RECIPE: A very versatile North Indian Curry,also known as Maa Ki Daal or Daal Makhani famously. A great curry which goes well with Rice, Pulao's or Roti's of any sort! Though we are originally North Indian's I guess living in the south for Generations sort of made us adapt to a lot of recipes from the south and so we never made daal Makhani at home, though it's my favourite and most ordered curry when I go to a restaurant. I didn't have any idea on how to cook this until I decided to give it a try, as I was falling short of options for dinner curries which is usually roti or wheat dosa's regularly!  I picked this recipe from cookingnme and voila! It turned out great of course I did make minor adjustments to suit the taste of my family....:). Preparation time: 20 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes Serves: 2 What Goes Inside: 1/2 Cup of Black Urad Dal, Soaked Overnight, 1...

Post Title: Kofta Curry (Bottlegourd/Lauki/Ghiya) A post from a fellow blogger, suddenly reminided me of the kofta curry my mum used to make for us. how i loved it as a little girl and how so i love it till date..! This urged me to cook some lauki ke kofte for myself! Ahh...pure satisfaction to my soul...;). The curry has a very subtle yet distinct flavor to itself, tough it is mildly spicy, the mild tang of the tomato based gravy adds zest and life to the already yum kofta's which just melt in the mouth. Really smooth..!! This can be easily eaten with roti's or rice...completely your choice...either way its really awesome..!! My mother would add cashews to the tomato based gravy to achieve the creamy,and rich flavor,added to the curry also gave her children calories...but being a mother in this century i chose to give my children a creamy, rich yet healthy variation of this curry by adding Almonds instead of Cashews. and instead of ...