SpiceBox and Cooking

Tomato Chokha recipe | How to make Tomato Bharta Tomato  Chokha or Tomato Bharta is a dish prepared using roasted tomatoes. Tomato Chokha comes from Bihar and eastern part of Uttar Pradesh. Litti Chokha from Bihar is popular worldwide. Sattu stuffed Litti is served with chokha recipes either it be Tomato Chokha, Potato Chokha (Aloo ka Chokha) or Eggplant Chokha (Baingan ka Chokha).

Garlic Chutney Recipe | How to make Garlic Chutney Garlic Chutney or Lahsun Chutney , again a very simple no cooking chutney. In North Indian  cuisine chutney is not cooked. It is just a paste of raw veggies/ greens and aromatic spice. Lahsun Chutney or Garlic Chutney is no exception. In Haryana this chutney is prepared almost every alternate in winter. People there like to eat chapati and chutney as a combination and they can skip sabzi or curry and meal can be only Chapati like missi roti or bajra roti along with this garlic chutney. 

Pudina Chutney Recipe | How to make Mint Leave Chutney Pudina Chutney or Mint Leaves Chutney is prepared using mint leaves only and no other part of the plant. There is a reason for that, first Mint stems are hard and need a bit more grinding then leaves and also the stems are very strong in taste. That is why whereas we use green coriander as a whole leaves along the stems, for pudina chutney we only use leaves. 

Guava Chutney Recipe | Amrood Chutney Recipe | How to make Guava Chutney Guava / Amrood chutney is a sweet and sour chutney which can be prepared in just 10 minutes. Guava chutney can be served with snacks like pakoda, chaats, samosa etc. It can be used as a sandwich spread also.