Recipes

Cook with the ghaani

Everyday Indian recipes, made with Truly Cold Pressed oils and bilona ghee.

Thalipeeth, one thick hand-patted multigrain flatbread, deep brown with dark speckled blisters and a crisp uneven rim
Breakfast

Thalipeeth

Patted thin by hand, cooked till the edges go dark and crisp, and eaten the minute a knob of white butter starts...

Prep 20 min Cook 30 min Serves 4

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Idli with Milagai Podi, three soft white idlis on a round steel plate, one split open with steam rising from the crack
Breakfast

Idli with Milagai Podi (Gunpowder)

A white idli split open, still steaming, a small hill of brick-red podi beside it, and sesame oil running down into the...

Prep 30 min Cook 40 min Serves 4

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Sattu Paratha, a sattu paratha torn open on a steel plate
Breakfast

Sattu Paratha

The paratha puffs on the tawa and steam pushes out at the edge, carrying the smell of mustard oil, ajwain and pickle...

Prep 25 min Cook 25 min Serves 4

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Handvo, a thick round Gujarati savoury lentil and rice cake cut into wedges
Breakfast

Handvo

The crust cracks like a biscuit under the knife, then gives way to a soft savoury middle flecked with dudhi and green...

Prep 20 min Cook 45 min Serves 6

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Rava Dosa, a large paper-thin rava dosa on a black iron tawa
Breakfast

Rava Dosa

Thin, brittle, full of holes and gold at the edges, so crisp it crackles when you fold it off the tawa and...

Prep 15 min Cook 30 min Serves 4

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Dhuska, three golden deep-fried dhuska
Breakfast

Dhuska

The batter hits hot oil and swells into a puffed golden disc in seconds, crisp all around the rim and soft in...

Prep 20 min Cook 30 min Serves 4

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Puttu with Kadala Curry, a warm white cylinder of steamed puttu on a banana leaf
Breakfast

Puttu with Kadala Curry

A warm white cylinder of puttu that crumbles at a touch, and a dark, thick black chana curry that smells of roasted...

Prep 20 min Cook 45 min Serves 4

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Luchi with Aloor Dom, four puffed white luchi, pale and unbrowned
Breakfast

Luchi with Aloor Dom

The luchi swells into a white balloon in eight seconds. Beside it, small potatoes sit dented and dark in a mustard oil...

Prep 30 min Cook 45 min Serves 4

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Appam with Vegetable Stew, a single Kerala appam on a banana leaf
Breakfast

Appam with Vegetable Stew

Thin crisp lace at the rim, a thick soft white middle, and a ladle of warm coconut stew poured right into the...

Prep 25 min Cook 40 min Serves 4

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Creamy ven pongal with ghee, fried cashews and black pepper in a brass bowl
Breakfast

Ven Pongal

Rice and moong dal cooked until they lose their edges, crushed pepper and cumin through every spoon, cashews fried in ghee, and...

Prep 10 min Cook 30 min Serves 4

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Spicy sprouted matki usal under farsan, onion and lemon, served with soft pav
Breakfast

Misal Pav

Sprouted matki under a layer of red kat that floats a slick of chilli oil on top, buried in farsan and raw...

Prep 25 min Cook 45 min Serves 4

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Soft spiced methi theplas stacked warm, served with thick curd and mango pickle
Breakfast

Methi Thepla

Soft, thin, speckled green flatbreads that stay tender for two days in a dabba. Slightly bitter from fresh methi, warm with ajwain,...

Prep 20 min Cook 25 min Serves 4

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Crisp golden urad dal vadas served hot with sambar and coconut chutney
Breakfast

Medu Vada

Dark gold and craggy outside, white and airy inside, dropped hot into sambar or eaten with coconut chutney. The crunch only lasts...

Prep 20 min Cook 25 min Serves 4

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Glassy sabudana pearls with potato cubes and crushed peanuts in a clay bowl
Breakfast

Sabudana Khichdi

Glassy separate pearls, coarse crushed peanuts, soft potato cubes and a squeeze of lemon. Not one sticky lump, which is the only...

Prep 15 min Cook 15 min Serves 3

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Crisp golden dosa wrapped around potato bhaji, served with sambar and coconut chutney
Breakfast

Masala Dosa with Potato Bhaji

A ladle of batter meets an iron tawa and hisses. Two minutes later it lifts off thin, crisp and dark gold, folded...

Prep 30 min Cook 40 min Serves 4

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Stack of golden aloo parathas torn open, melting butter on top, curd and pickle beside
Breakfast

Punjabi Aloo Paratha

A thin paratha with crisp brown ghee spots, torn open to soft spiced potato inside, eaten with cold white butter sliding off...

Prep 35 min Cook 25 min Serves 4

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Kanda poha with peanuts, sev and a lemon wedge on a steel plate, with a glass of chai
Breakfast

Maharashtrian Kanda Poha

Mustard seeds popping, peanuts turning gold, onions going soft and sweet, then poha folded through until every flake is yellow. Lemon at...

Prep 15 min Cook 15 min Serves 3

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