“monsoon”

West Bengal Lunch

Bengali Khichuri Rice Lentil

Moong dal and rice cooked together with warming spices and ghee until thick and good....

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Easy

Jharkhand Dinner

Jharkhand Rugra Wild Mushroom Curry Forest

A simple, dry curry made from rugra — the large white mushrooms that grow wild in the...

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Himachal Pradesh Snack

Himachal Patrode Colocasia Leaf Roll Steamed

Large colocasia leaves spread with a spiced gram flour paste, rolled tightly into...

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Medium

Tamil Nadu Snack

Vengaya Bajji

Whole pearl onion fritters — each small onion battered and fried whole, a monsoon...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy

Bihar Snack

Bihari Palak Pakoda

Spinach leaves in spiced gram flour batter and fried — the Bihar monsoon snack

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Beverage

Thulasi Kashayam

Traditional Tamil Nadu drink — Holy basil decoction — drunk during fevers and monsoon...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 10 min cook

Easy

Tamil Nadu Snack

Onion Pakoda

Tamil Nadu snack — Onion pakoda — the Tamil Nadu monsoon evening snack.

⏱ 20 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Medium

Punjab Snack

Pakora

Crispy gram flour fritters with onion, spinach or potato — the perfect monsoon-season...

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy

Punjab Snack

Onion Pakora

Thin crispy onion fritters in spiced besan batter — the ultimate monsoon tea-time snack.

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 15 min cook

Easy