

A South Indian kootu that brings together tender plantain stem, tangy curd and fresh coconut milk with a roasted spice paste of fenugreek, red chillies and cumin.

A prawn and mango curry built on freshly ground spices, coconut milk and tamarind, this Goan-style dish comes together without any complicated technique.

A substantial one-pot curry that brings together chicken pieces, drumstick vegetable and potatoes in a spiced coconut gravy.

Make this Coconut Shrimp with Cucumber Salad Recipe with broiled coconut-crusted shrimp skewers, coriander rice, and cool cucumber ribbons in one easy meal.

A bowl of rice noodles topped with a slow-simmered coconut fish curry, served alongside hard-boiled eggs, crunchy cabbage, cucumber, bean sprouts and lemon basil.

Coconut-coated tiger prawns are threaded onto skewers and grilled until lightly browned, then served over brown basmati rice tossed with toasted coriander seeds and fresh coriander.

A layered rice dish where spiced paneer, capsicum, onion and tomato are marinated in a curd-based masala, then arranged over basmati rice cooked with whole spices.

A hearty Gujarati mixed vegetable dish, Oondhiyu brings together surti papdi, purple yam, sweet potatoes, brinjals and methi muthiya in a richly spiced coconut and fresh coriander masala.

Shrimps marinated in lime, coated in seasoned flour, egg, coconut milk and sweetened coconut flakes, then fried until golden.

A cooling kheer made with tender coconut flesh, coconut water, coconut milk and condensed milk, this payasam comes together with very little effort.

A thick, spiced coconut sauce coats tender prawns in this straightforward recipe that relies on pantry staples and a few whole spices.

These muffins come together with one bowl of wet ingredients and one of dry.

Bitter fenugreek leaves and rich coconut milk sitting in the same curry sounds like a contradiction, but it works in a way that is hard to explain until you taste it.

What sets this curry apart is the freshly ground whole spice paste -- made right in your kitchen before anything hits the pan.

There is a particular kind of satisfaction in a rasam that has body to it without being heavy, and Udipi Saaru delivers exactly that.

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A curry that builds its backbone from a home-ground red masala paste -- one that you make once and keep in the refrigerator for weeks.

Most vada curries rely on deep frying, which means oil, effort, and timing pressure all at once.