Recipes

Cook with the ghaani

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

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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Gujarati Kadhi, a pale golden thin yogurt curry in a small steel katori, steam rising
Lunch

Gujarati Kadhi

Pale gold, thin enough to drink, sweet then sour in the same spoonful, with curry leaves and a slick of ghee floating...

Prep 10 min Cook 20 min Serves 4

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Mohanthal, thick matte squares of dark honey-brown besan barfi with a visibly grainy broken edge
Festive Sweet

Mohanthal

Deep honey brown, grainy under the teeth, the ghee and roasted besan reaching you a second before the sugar does. One square...

Prep 40 min Cook 50 min Serves 20

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Khandvi, a row of pale yellow silky besan rolls the thickness of a pencil, tightly coiled and glossy
Snack

Khandvi

Pale yellow rolls the thickness of a pencil, soft enough to give way at the first bite, with mustard seeds and sesame...

Prep 15 min Cook 25 min Serves 4

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Mixed vegetable undhiyu with stuffed brinjals, yam and muthiya in a clay pot
Lunch

Undhiyu

Papdi, purple yam, baby brinjals and methi muthiya stuffed with green masala and steamed under a lid until everything is soft but...

Prep 50 min Cook 55 min Serves 6

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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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Yellow khaman squares topped with grated coconut and coriander, served with green chutney
Snack

Khaman Dhokla

Bright yellow squares so light they wobble, soaked in a sweet mustard and green chilli tempering, with coconut and coriander scattered thick...

Prep 15 min Cook 20 min Serves 4

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Sukhdi cut into diamonds on a steel thali, topped with almonds and pistachios
Festive Sweet

Sukhdi (Gud Papdi)

Wheat flour roasted in ghee till it smells like toasted biscuits, jaggery stirred in off the flame, pressed into a thali and...

Prep 5 min Cook 20 min Serves 20

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Gujarati dal dhokli simmering in a brass kadhai, with a bowl of ghee on the side
Lunch

Gujarati Dal Dhokli

Soft wheat diamonds simmered right in a sweet, sour, spiced toor dal until they swell and go slippery. One pot, one bowl,...

Prep 25 min Cook 40 min Serves 4

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