RAW BANANA & PANEER STUFFED PARATHA

Raw Banana & Paneer Stuffed Paratha (Jain Paryushan Special) During Paryushan, the most auspicious Jain festival, food is prepared with utmost simplicity, purity, and devotion, avoiding green vegetable, onion, garlic, and root vegetables. This Raw Banana & Paneer Stuffed Paratha is a perfect Jain-friendly delicacy, combining sattvic flavors with nourishment. The mild sweetness of raw…

KATHIYAWADI DHOKLI NU SHAK

KATHIYAWADI DHOKLI NU SHAK Kathiyawad/Saurashtra region of Gujarat is famous for it’s delicious and spicy food. This region includes major cities like Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Surendranagar and Porbandar. Food here is spicy, oily with lot’s of garlic and red chilli.Dhokli nu shak is one of the popular Kathiyawadi dishes. This is a very flavourful and…

NO ONION NO GARLIC GRAVY ( JAIN GRAVY )

NO ONION NO GARLIC GRAVY (JAIN GRAVY ) Jain vegetarinism is practiced by the followers of the Jain culture and philosophy. It is one of the most rigorous form of spirituality motivated diet on the Indian sub continents and beyond.The Jain cuisine vis completely vegetarian and excludes root and underground vegetables such as potato, onion,…

CHICKPEA KEBAB IN PEANUT TART

CHICKPEA KEBAB IN PEANUT TART A kitchen is a laboratory for housewives to show their culinary skills. As a responsible housewife, mother and wife, I try to ensure that the food prepared in my kitchen is tasty and healthy. As Paryushan is going on, I prepared a Jain gourmet delicacy and the result is before…

RASIYA MUTHIYA

RASIYA MUTHIYA (RICE DUMPLINGS IN GRAVY) This super yummy dish is favourite of Gujaratis, which is made from leftover rice. This melt in mouth dumplings can be one pot meal. We jains consume it during Paryushan (religious Jain festival) & tithi days when we are not allow to have green vegetables. Ingredients:1 cup leftover rice4 tbsp…

Kacche Kele ki Sukhi Bhaji

KACCHE KELE KI SUKHI BHAJI Nendran banana is a variety of banana cultivated in Southern part of India and commonly used for cooking in India, also known as plantain or cooking banana. It’s large, starchy and less sweet than dessert bananas.  These bananas are used yo make chips, curries and dessert like halwa. ‘Nendran banana…

GATTE KI SABZI

GATTE KI SABZI Gatte ki sabzi is a traditional curry from Rajasthani cuisine which is prepared with Gatta aka gramflour dumplings in yogurt based gravy. We knew that Rajasthan is state with maximum desert area and plantation and cultivation of vegetables is comparatively less. When we are running out of green vegetable, this curry is…

BESAN SEV KADHI

BESAN SEV KADHI This yummy dish is from Gujarat and it is often made in Jain Community due to religious reason, as this dish does not contain any green vegetable. This dish can be made also when there are no vegetables available. The process of making differs from home to home, as per taste. Here,…