Recipes

Cook with the ghaani

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

A brass glass of warm kesar doodh with a small bowl of dhaga mishri beside it
Drink

Kesar Mishri Doodh

Milk simmered down till it turns thick and sweet on its own, saffron bloomed in a spoonful, cardamom, slivered almonds. The last...

Prep 10 min Cook 15 min Serves 2

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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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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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Besan laddoo topped with pistachio on a brass plate, with a lit diya behind
Festive Sweet

Besan Laddoo

Besan roasted slow in ghee until it turns the colour of wet sand and runs like batter. Grainy, rich, cardamom-warm, and the...

Prep 10 min Cook 30 min Serves 16

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Beetroot and sprouted moong salad in a ceramic bowl with a small bottle of flaxseed oil
Lunch

Beetroot & Sprout Salad with Flaxseed-Lemon Dressing

Beetroot turns the whole bowl pink. Sprouts snap, cucumber is cold, peanuts crack between the teeth, and a raw flaxseed and lemon...

Prep 15 min Cook 20 min Serves 2

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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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Kerala cabbage thoran with grated coconut in a clay bowl, served with red matta rice
Lunch

Kerala Cabbage Thoran

Cabbage cut fine, cooked just past raw, tossed with coconut crushed with garlic and cumin, and a spoon of raw coconut oil...

Prep 15 min Cook 15 min Serves 4

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Lemon rice with peanuts and curry leaves on a banana leaf, with a small bowl of sesame oil
Lunch

Sesame Oil Lemon Rice

Every grain turned yellow, studded with crunchy dals and peanuts, sharp with lemon and warm with sesame oil. It tastes better an...

Prep 10 min Cook 15 min Serves 3

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Crispy onion bhajiya on a steel plate with green chutney and a cup of chai by a rainy window
Snack

Crispy Onion Bhajiya (Kanda Bhaji)

Ragged, lacy onion bhajiya straight out of the kadhai, hissing on the plate, with green chutney and a cup of chai. The...

Prep 15 min Cook 20 min Serves 4

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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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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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