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Dal Dhokadi (Spicy Dal Gravy)
A filling Gujarati dish where small pieces of spiced wheat flour roti are cooked directly in a tangy, mildly sweet tuvar dal gravy.
Dahi Batata Puri
Crisp puris filled with spiced potatoes and blanched sprouted mung beans, topped with sweetened yogurt, coriander mint chutney, tamarind dates sweet chutney and plain sev.
Cabbage Pan Rolls
Soft pancake-style rolls filled with spiced cabbage and mashed potato, sealed and shallow fried until the outside turns golden and crisp.
Potato Onion Fry / Sukha Aloo
A dry, lightly spiced stir-fry of chopped potatoes and onion tempered with mustard seeds, cumin and dry red chillies.
Chicken Kofta Balti with Paneer
Make Chicken Kofta Balti with Paneer at home with spiced chicken balls, colourful peppers, sweet corn and paneer, all ready in one kadai.
Vazhakkai Thayir Vadai (Raw Banana Curd Vadai)
A crisp raw banana vadai soaked in lightly spiced curd makes for a satisfying South Indian snack.
Dahi ki Gujiya
Soft urad dal dumplings filled with ginger, green chillies, mint and sultanas are fried until pale gold, briefly soaked in warm salted water, then arranged in cool, spiced curd.
Oondhiyu (Undhiyu)
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.
Kadhi
A tangy, spiced yoghurt curry cooked low and slow with a full set of whole spices in mustard oil, then finished with a clarified butter and red chilli tempering.
Prawns in Spicy Coconut Sauce
A thick, spiced coconut sauce coats tender prawns in this straightforward recipe that relies on pantry staples and a few whole spices.
Spiced Sweet Potato Latte (Cozy Middle Eastern Twist)
A cozy, restaurant-quality Spiced Sweet Potato Latte made with slow-roasted sweet potato, homemade date syrup (dibs), warm cardamom, and smooth espresso.
Beetroot Chops
A crisp vermicelli crust and a spiced beetroot-potato filling make this snack genuinely worth the effort.
Black Bean and Spinach Tacos
On nights when dinner needs to happen fast but still feel like a proper meal, this one delivers.
Chettinad Lamb Bone Sambar (Chettinad Elumbu Kuzhambu)
Bone-in meat does something to a sambar that boneless cuts just cannot.
Curried Stuffed Peppers
What makes this worth your time is the paste -- built from dry-roasted seeds, coconut, and fresh chillies, then fried into spiced mashed potato and packed into whole peppers that steam gently in a tamarind and cumin broth.
Lamb Koftas in a Spicy Sauce
Spiced lamb balls cooked directly in a yogurt and tomato sauce sounds simple, and it is, but the method is what keeps this one in my regular rotation.
Mini Honey Pavlovas with Spiced Apples (A Sweet New Year Dessert)
Individual honey pavlovas topped with warm spiced apples — a stunning make-ahead Rosh Hashanah dessert that's easier than it looks.
Surti Undhiyu
Winter in Gujarat means one thing in many households -- a pot of Undhiyu, packed with root vegetables, papdi, and those small fried methi dumplings called muthiyas.
Chicken Tamales
Wrapping food in banana leaves before boiling is one of those techniques that feels like it belongs to a different time -- unhurried, deliberate, slightly ceremonial.