Home cooking
India
328 dishes, kept by 14 cooks who put their own weeknights on the shelf.
The India shelf
What India cooks when it is cooking for itself.
One catalog, seen from one kitchen. The shelf opens on what households here cooked this week and closes on what gets made in twenty minutes, because that is what a weeknight actually looks like.
Cooked most this week
Masala Oats (Savory Oats)
Sunita
20 min
Panchmel Dal (Five Lentil Medley)
Sunita
45 min
Ubla Chana Nashta (Boiled Chickpea Breakfast Bowl)
Sunita
12 min
Vegetable Daliya (Broken Wheat Porridge)
Meenakshi
35 min
Moong Sprouts Bhurji (Sprouted Green Gram Scramble)
Meenakshi
18 min
Masala Omelette
Harpreet
15 min
Palak Dal (Spinach Lentils)
Harpreet
40 min
Moong Dal Chilla (Lentil Crepes)
Harpreet
30 min
Aloo Paratha (Potato Stuffed Flatbread)
Meenakshi
45 min
Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils)
Meenakshi
45 min
Besan Chilla (Chickpea Flour Pancakes)
Sunita
25 min
Egg Curry
Harpreet
35 min
Bengali cooking is mustard oil and patience. I am still working on the patience part.
Home cooking from North India
Aloo Paratha (Potato Stuffed Flatbread)
Meenakshi
45 min
Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils)
Meenakshi
45 min
Masala Omelette
Harpreet
15 min
Ubla Chana Nashta (Boiled Chickpea Breakfast Bowl)
Sunita
12 min
Vegetable Daliya (Broken Wheat Porridge)
Meenakshi
35 min
Vegetable Korma
Harpreet
45 min
Afghani Chicken (Creamy Malai-Marinated, Pan-Grilled)
Aloo Gobi
Sunita
40 min
Aloo Matar
Harpreet
35 min
Anda Masala
Harpreet
35 min
Baingan Bharta
Meenakshi
45 min
Besan Chilla (Chickpea Flour Pancakes)
Sunita
25 min
Home cooking from South India
Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils)
Meenakshi
45 min
Masala Omelette
Harpreet
15 min
Adai (Tamil Nadu Multi-Lentil Dosa)
Lakshmi
30 min
Anda Masala
Harpreet
35 min
Andhra Chicken Curry (Kodi Kura)
Ramya
45 min
Andhra Chicken Fry (Kodi Vepudu)
Appam (Kerala Fermented Rice and Coconut Pancakes)
Lakshmi
30 min
Beans Poriyal
Ramya
25 min
Beetroot Poriyal
Lakshmi
35 min
Bisi Bele Bath (Karnataka Hot Lentil Rice)
Ramya
45 min
Boondi Raita
Meenakshi
10 min
Cabbage Poriyal
Lakshmi
20 min
Home cooking from West India
Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils)
Meenakshi
45 min
Masala Omelette
Harpreet
15 min
Aamti (Goda-Masala Spiced Dal)
Bhavna
40 min
Akoori (Parsi Spiced Scrambled Eggs)
Bhavna
20 min
Anda Masala
Harpreet
35 min
Bajra Bhakri (Pearl Millet Flatbread)
Nikhil
35 min
Bangda Fry (Konkan Pan-Fried Mackerel)
Batata Bhaji (Dry Potato Bhaji)
Nikhil
25 min
Bateta Nu Shaak (Dry Potato Curry)
Bhavna
30 min
Bombil Fry (Bombay Duck Fry)
Boondi Raita
Meenakshi
10 min
Cabbage Foogath (Coconut Cabbage Stir-Fry)
Nikhil
20 min
Home cooking from East India
Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils)
Meenakshi
45 min
Masala Omelette
Harpreet
15 min
Aam Khatta (Odia Raw Mango Relish)
Rina
20 min
Aloo Bhaja (Bengali Fried Potato Strips)
Rina
20 min
Aloo Chokha (Mashed Roasted Potato)
Rina
30 min
Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste)
Rina
35 min
Anda Masala
Harpreet
35 min
Arhar Dal (Bihari-Style Toor Dal)
Rina
30 min
Baingan Chokha (Smoky Mashed Roasted Eggplant)
Rina
25 min
Begun Bhaja (Fried Eggplant Slices)
Rina
20 min
Besara (Odia Vegetables in Mustard-Poppy Paste)
Rina
35 min
Bhuni Khichuri (Rainy-Day Rice-Lentil One-Pot)
Rina
45 min
Home cooking from Northeast India
Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils)
Meenakshi
45 min
Masala Omelette
Harpreet
15 min
Akhuni Yam (Fermented Soybean with Yam and Mustard Greens)
Bandana
25 min
Aloo Pitika (Mashed Potato with Mustard Oil)
Bandana
20 min
Anda Masala
Harpreet
35 min
Assamese Chicken Curry
Bandana
45 min
Bai (Boiled Vegetable & Bean Stew)
Bandana
30 min
Bhorta (Roasted Pumpkin & Brinjal Mash)
Bandana
30 min
Boondi Raita
Meenakshi
10 min
Chamthong (Ngari-anchored Vegetable Stew)
Bandana
30 min
Chana Dal (Split Bengal Gram)
Sunita
45 min
Chana Masala
Harpreet
40 min
India, dish of the day
Bateta Nu Shaak (Dry Potato Curry)
West Indian home cooking, and on the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable.
Breakfast, so nobody decides at dawn
Aloo Paratha (Potato Stuffed Flatbread)
Meenakshi
45 min
Masala Omelette
Harpreet
15 min
Ubla Chana Nashta (Boiled Chickpea Breakfast Bowl)
Sunita
12 min
Vegetable Daliya (Broken Wheat Porridge)
Meenakshi
35 min
Adai (Tamil Nadu Multi-Lentil Dosa)
Lakshmi
30 min
Akoori (Parsi Spiced Scrambled Eggs)
Bhavna
20 min
Appam (Kerala Fermented Rice and Coconut Pancakes)
Lakshmi
30 min
Besan Chilla (Chickpea Flour Pancakes)
Sunita
25 min
Besan Toast (Chickpea Batter Toast)
Sunita
25 min
Bread Omelette (Anda Bread)
Sunita
12 min
Bread Upma (Double Roti Nashta)
Meenakshi
15 min
Chakuli Pitha (Odia Savory Rice-Lentil Crepe)
Rina
30 min
Lunch, without deciding twice
Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils)
Meenakshi
45 min
Aam Khatta (Odia Raw Mango Relish)
Rina
20 min
Aamti (Goda-Masala Spiced Dal)
Bhavna
40 min
Afghani Chicken (Creamy Malai-Marinated, Pan-Grilled)
Akhuni Yam (Fermented Soybean with Yam and Mustard Greens)
Bandana
25 min
Aloo Bhaja (Bengali Fried Potato Strips)
Rina
20 min
Aloo Chokha (Mashed Roasted Potato)
Rina
30 min
Aloo Gobi
Sunita
40 min
Aloo Matar
Harpreet
35 min
Aloo Pitika (Mashed Potato with Mustard Oil)
Bandana
20 min
Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste)
Rina
35 min
Anda Masala
Harpreet
35 min
Tonight's dinners
Lauki Chana Dal (Bottle Gourd and Lentils)
Meenakshi
45 min
Vegetable Korma
Harpreet
45 min
Aamti (Goda-Masala Spiced Dal)
Bhavna
40 min
Adai (Tamil Nadu Multi-Lentil Dosa)
Lakshmi
30 min
Afghani Chicken (Creamy Malai-Marinated, Pan-Grilled)
Akhuni Yam (Fermented Soybean with Yam and Mustard Greens)
Bandana
25 min
Aloo Bhaja (Bengali Fried Potato Strips)
Rina
20 min
Aloo Chokha (Mashed Roasted Potato)
Rina
30 min
Aloo Gobi
Sunita
40 min
Aloo Matar
Harpreet
35 min
Aloo Pitika (Mashed Potato with Mustard Oil)
Bandana
20 min
Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste)
Rina
35 min
Under thirty minutes
Masala Omelette
Harpreet
15 min
Ubla Chana Nashta (Boiled Chickpea Breakfast Bowl)
Sunita
12 min
Aam Khatta (Odia Raw Mango Relish)
Rina
20 min
Adai (Tamil Nadu Multi-Lentil Dosa)
Lakshmi
30 min
Akhuni Yam (Fermented Soybean with Yam and Mustard Greens)
Bandana
25 min
Akoori (Parsi Spiced Scrambled Eggs)
Bhavna
20 min
Aloo Bhaja (Bengali Fried Potato Strips)
Rina
20 min
Aloo Chokha (Mashed Roasted Potato)
Rina
30 min
Aloo Pitika (Mashed Potato with Mustard Oil)
Bandana
20 min
Appam (Kerala Fermented Rice and Coconut Pancakes)
Lakshmi
30 min
Arhar Dal (Bihari-Style Toor Dal)
Rina
30 min
Bai (Boiled Vegetable & Bean Stew)
Bandana
30 min
Who keeps this shelf
14 cooks, one kitchen, no editors in between.
Plan a week from India
Dinejot builds the week around this kitchen: the same spice tolerance, the same effort on a Wednesday, and the things nobody at your table will eat, left out by construction.