Steamed Recipes

A light, fragrant, and deeply comforting Bengali fish stew cooked with potatoes in a mustard oil and nigella seed base.

A hearty, nutritious South Indian lentil and mixed vegetable stew, flavored with a unique spice blend (Sambar powder) and tamarind.

An elegant, subtle, and iconic Bengali delicacy of large prawns cooked in a luxurious, gently spiced coconut milk gravy.

A fiery, incredibly aromatic chicken curry from Tamil Nadu, famous for its complex paste of freshly roasted whole spices and coconut.

A bright, fiery, and deeply tangy coconut-based fish curry from the coastal state of Goa, flavored with tamarind and Kashmiri chilies.

A hearty, spiced chickpea curry cooked in a tangy and robust onion-tomato gravy, flavored with roasted cumin and dry mango powder.

A comforting Punjabi dish featuring crispy onion-gram flour fritters (Pakoras) submerged in a tangy, thick, slow-cooked yogurt curry (Kadhi).

The ultimate North Indian comfort food: soft, creamy red kidney beans cooked in a spiced onion-tomato gravy, served over steaming hot rice.

A signature Kashmiri dish of tender lamb/mutton slow-cooked in a fiery red, incredibly aromatic, yogurt-based sauce flavored with fennel and dry ginger.

A popular breakfast from Kerala consisting of steamed cylinders of ground rice layered with fresh coconut shavings.

An instant, no-fermentation idli made from roasted semolina (rava), yogurt, and a tempering of mustard seeds and cashews.

A soft, spongy, and incredibly airy steamed savory cake made from gram flour (besan), soaked in a sweet, sour, and spicy tempering water.