Recipes

Cook with the ghaani

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

Hyderabadi Vegetable Biryani, a heavy copper handi of Hyderabadi vegetable dum biryani with the lid lifted away
Dinner

Hyderabadi Vegetable Biryani

Long saffron-streaked grains, crisp fried onions and torn mint underneath, and a cloud of steam when the seal is broken at the...

Prep 40 min Cook 60 min Serves 6

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Phulkopir Dalna, large cauliflower florets browned gold at the edges and big chunks of potato sitting in a thin glossy
Dinner

Phulkopir Dalna

Cauliflower fried gold at the edges, potatoes cut big, and a light ginger gravy that goes red at the sides of the...

Prep 20 min Cook 35 min Serves 4

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Dal Makhani, near-black glossy lentil curry, thick enough to hold ladle marks
Dinner

Dal Makhani

Black urad dal simmered until it turns dark, thick and faintly smoky, with butter sliding across the top and a slow swirl...

Prep 20 min Cook 150 min Serves 4

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Pav Bhaji, a deep red-brown mashed vegetable bhaji glossy with melted fat in a wide steel plate
Dinner

Pav Bhaji

Dark red bhaji, glossy at the edges, with a yellow cube sliding off the top. The pav goes down face first in...

Prep 25 min Cook 40 min Serves 4

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Palak Paneer, vivid deep green spinach gravy with soft white paneer cubes half sunk in it
Dinner

Palak Paneer

Spinach so green it looks lit from inside, soft white paneer cubes sitting in it, and ginger and garlic still sizzling in...

Prep 15 min Cook 25 min Serves 4

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Smoky mashed brinjal glistening with mustard oil, topped with coriander in a black clay bowl
Dinner

Baingan Bharta

Brinjal blackened whole on the flame until it collapses, peeled and mashed rough, cooked down with onion and tomato in sharp mustard...

Prep 15 min Cook 35 min Serves 4

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Baked sattu-stuffed litti cracked open over ghee, served beside smoky roasted brinjal chokha
Dinner

Litti Chokha

Wheat balls stuffed with spiced sattu, baked till blistered, cracked open in your palm and dunked in ghee, with a rough smoky...

Prep 40 min Cook 40 min Serves 4

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Dal tadka in a copper handi with a sizzling ghee tadka being poured on top
Dinner

Dal Tadka with a Second Tadka (Dhaba Style)

Soft yellow dal, then a small pan of garlic and red chilli ghee tipped over it at the table. It hisses, the...

Prep 10 min Cook 35 min Serves 4

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Kashmiri dum aloo, baby potatoes in a red gravy, served in a copper bowl with rice
Dinner

Kashmiri Dum Aloo

Baby potatoes fried till the skins wrinkle, then cooked slow in a deep red curd gravy that clings to every one. No...

Prep 20 min Cook 45 min Serves 4

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Sarson ka saag in a clay bowl with a spoon of ghee on top, served with makki di roti
Dinner

Sarson ka Saag

Mustard greens cooked down for an hour, mashed rough, thickened with makki atta, and finished with a mustard oil tadka and ghee...

Prep 20 min Cook 60 min Serves 4

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