5 Traditional Food Dishes To Make Rainy Days More Awesome.

Monsoon is that season, when your heart and brain, by default start feeling good. When it’s raining heavily outside, your heart definitely wants just two things, one is an outing and the other is delicious, mouth-watering food. Staying indoors playing games, watching movies, and spending some quality time with family can give you the chance to make amazing and comforting food for the people you love.  It gives you a great excuse to indulge in your favourites. Our collection of recipes ranges from brunch morsels to casseroles to belly-warming soups. So roll up your sleeves and ask everyone to chip in. Rainy can also mean tasty!

Pakoras and Samosa

Mouth-watering pakoras and a cup of tea is a mind-boggling combination, during the monsoon. You can alter your choice by choosing from wide range of onion pakora, potato pakora, cauliflower pakora and paneer pakora. Homemade or buying those from the street-side, pakoras are the best option, topped with mint sauce and imli chutney.

Samosa can be considered as another drool-worthy snack, this monsoon. Gone are the days, when people had only potato samosa on their list, now you can choose from the wide range of specialized samosas. You can choose from Pasta samosa, chilly-paneer samosa, nutria- samosa, keema samosa and numerous other varities. So, without giving a second thought just drool on them.

Chicken Biryani

Let’s agree, we literally need no occasion to enjoy biryani. Aromatic rice mixed with spices and juicy meat – biryani spells indulgence. While our love for biryani knows no bounds, Biryani is one of the most popular dishes in South Asia, as well as among the diaspora from the region. Similar dishes are also prepared in other parts of the world such as in Iraq, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. Biryani is the single most-ordered dish in Pakistan.

Biryani is a mixed rice dish originating among the royal khansamah of the durbar of Old Delhi, under the Mughal Empire, during the late 16th century of the then Mughal Court. We have found an one pot chicken biryani recipe that has been designed to prepare biryani in a quick and easy manner. This one pot chicken biryani will yield you with the same tastes and flavours of a normal recipe, without the effort!

Marinate the chicken in curd, coriander leaves, turmeric powder, cumin powder, pepper powder and salt. Let it marinate for 30 minutes. Place a pressure cooker on low flame, add cumin seeds, bay leaves, cinnamon, anise, cardamom, cloves, ginger-garlic and chopped onions. Once the onion lose colour, add the marinated chicken and mix well. Let it cook slowly for 10 minutes. Next, add tomatoes, green chillies and stir. Once the tomatoes are mushy, add red chilli powder, garam masala powder, coriander powder, black pepper. Add the soaked rice in the pressure cooker and pour in water. Till now the chicken would be semi-cooked the rest of the cooking will happen with the rice. Seal the pressure cooker and let the biryani cook for 2 whistles. Release the pressure and the biryani is ready!

Hot & Spicy Soup

Monsoon is said to be a season when we should be a little more careful about our health. A bowl of hot soup is what we need, to provide us with the essential nutrients. At the same time it satisfies our craving tummy, and heart. Savoring, a bowl of hot and delectable soup while enjoying the drizzle outside is a treat for the battered soul.

Along with that A plate full of egg chop, a group of friends and of course, tea. A perfect moment! Thunder, lightning, downpour, uninterrupted conversations, a sip of tea or coffee along with the unassuming yet delicious egg chop, is something which reliefs one of all the stress and worries. A moment worth rejoicing.

Chaat and jalebi

People have their own way to relish the mouth-watering, twisted Indian jalebi. Many like it with ice-cream or yogurt, while others complement it with a spicy or salty snack. But having jalebi during the rains is a different experience. Hot fried jalebi dipped in sugar syrup. Yummy!

Chaat is one of the most lip-smacking delicacies in India and rainy season most definitely adds to its delectability quotient. So while it’s pouring outside and is getting all broody and sulky, why not spice things up with a zesty, drooly plate of freshly prepared chaat. On-the-go refreshments rolls and wraps are one of the most scrumptious fast foods. After a tiring day, these diets help to rejuvenate oneself. Rolls and wraps can bring relief when one is stuck in traffic as a result of heavy downpour. These are hot, spicy and filling.

Chai Paratha

Paratha is a flatbread native to the Indian subcontinent, prevalent throughout the modern-day nations of India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius, Fiji, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago where wheat is the traditional staple

Chai Paratha happens to be the soul of our food culture. We could perhaps, survive without water, but not without the crunchy Lachha Parathas and a hot cup of refreshing tea. (Of course, metaphorically, but that’s still more or less close to reality.) In the rainy weather, the love for layered flatbread intensifies. Almost within minutes, the earthy smell after rain combines with the aroma of scrumptious Parathas and the sweet and fragrant tea. To double up the joy and pleasure, often, the layers of this unleavened flatbread get stuffed with Aloo masala as well.