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Paneer Jalfrezi Recipe | How to make Paneer Jalfrezi Paneer Jalfrezi is a Calcutta dish originally. This dish has been very popular outside of Indian, specially in Britain. Paneer Jalfrezi is very easy and quick preparation. It is prepared with a mix of vegetables and paneer. The vegetables which is popularly used to prepare Paneer Jalfrezi are baby corn, capsicum, onion and tomato.  

Baingan Salan Recipe | How to make Baingan Salan Most of us are familiar with Mirchi ka Salan which is a hyderabadi dish. It is often accompanied with Hyderabadi Biryani. If you have thought that Mirchi ka Salan is a special dish which can only be cooked with mirchi, that is not true. We can make pretty much any vegetable as salan. Baingan ka salan is one of them.

Kuttu Aloo Paratha Recipe | How to make Kuttu Aloo Paratha Kuttu Aloo Paratha is a famous Indian bread during fasting days of navratri. Kuttu or buckwheat flour is kneaded with boiled potato to make kuttu Aloo ka paratha. 

Tawa Paneer Masala Recipe | How to make Tawa Paneer Masala Just like the Bhaji is done for Pav Bhaji, same way Paneer is also cooked to make Tawa Paneer Masala.  Tawa Paneer Masala can provide a variety from the other popular paneer dishes like Palak Paneer and Paneer Makhani.

Ajwain Partha Recipe | How to make Ajwain Paratha  हिंदी में अजवाइन पराठा रेसिपी   Ajwain or carom seeds is full of medicinal values. Ajwain seeds are used a lot in Ayurveda medicines, and it is supposed to be a very good medicine for indigestion. Ajwain paratha is an easy way to consume ajwain.

Chili Baingan Recipe | How to make Chili Eggplant  This Chili Baingan Recipe is inspired by Andhra Chili Chicken Recipe where chicken is cooked in the green chili paste / gravy. I like Andhra chili chicken. So , when I tried the that preparation and method with baingan, this was very different and very tasty baingan dish.  Not to mention that it is a super chilly dish and super tasty too. I modified the Andhra Chilli Chicken recipe slightly to make the Chili Baingan dish. I did not use cloves, black cardamom and other whole spices to make chili baingan. I kept it simple. I added a little mango powder and instead of green chili paste, I used chopped green chili. Green chilli paste also can be used in this dish but I thought it would need at least 4 - 5 green chilli to make a fine paste and that will make chili baingan super hot and not easy to eat also.  I am not fond of red chili powder much so i skipped that in my recipe, but if one likes red chili powder, that al