This Mother’s Day, We Will Try Everything. Mum Will Want Only One Thing.
No gifts allowed, boiled egg chilly fry for breakfast, and everyone at the same table. This is how our family celebrates Mother’s Day, Mumbai East Indian style.
Salads
Sweet salads, spicy salads, sour salads and tangy salads. From simple guava salads to tangy green tomato salad to the Indian ‘kachumber’, not cucumber salad, or the infamous onion sirka, we’ve got something perfect for you!
Diced Green Tomato, Onion and Cucumber Salad
The simple onion and green tomato salad Indian style is perfect for hot summer days.
Celebrating East Indian Feasts
How Mumbai’s East Indians celebrate feasts. Traditional East Indian celebrations by the people of Poinsur.
East Indian Simple Salad – Sliced Onion, Tomato, Cucumber
This quick and easy East Indian salad is called an Onion Tomato Cucumber Salad — onion, tomato, and cucumber sliced into rounds, not diced. Ready in minutes and cooling, especially in Mumbai’s hot …
Canapes With Russian Salad
The East Indian version of the famous Olivier salad, this is a cooling compliment to the spicy East Indian dishes. Perfect for the hot Indian weather, you can play around with the ingredients to suit your taste.
Easy Indian Green Tomato & Onion Salad
This quick and easy Green Tomato Salad can be ready in just a few minutes. The fresh & tangy green tomato salad with onions is cooling on a hot summer’s day!
Kachumber – Indian Onion-Tomato-Cucumber Salad
Kachumber or Cachumber is a fresh salad of onions, tomatoes, and cucumber that is part of Indian Cuisine. Serve alongside a delicious curry or dal with fryums, papad, and rotis or rice!
Tarbooz Ke Chilke Ki Sabzi (Watermelon Rind Stir Fry)
Watermelon rind stir fry is easy to make and taste delicious too! Serve this Indian tarbooz ke chilke ki sabzi with chapati or puris and you have a good tangy meal.
Refreshing Pink Guava Salad – Ready in 10 Minutes
This refreshing Guava salad is a great way to beat the summer heat. Easy to make and delicious, this salad is ready in less than 10 minutes.
Sirke Wala Pyaaz – Indian Pickled Onions Recipe
The popular sirke wala pyaaz is an easy to make Indian pickled onions recipe that uses only a few ingredients – onions, chillis, vinegar, sugar, salt, and water. Here’s how to make pyaaz sirka easily.
Simple Boiled Egg Salad Recipe
Mom’s easy egg salad recipe uses just a few gluten free ingredients; mayonnaise, boiled eggs, spring onions, cucumbers, green peppers, salt, pepper.
Mango Chutney – Aam Ka Murabba – Chunda
Here in Mumbai, we make this lush sweet mango chutney every summer. Sweet and slightly spicy, it’s similar to the aam ka murabba or chunda; and tastes as good as a dessert. This mango pickle perfect as an accompaniment to meals or as a spread on bread or roti for snacks or breakfast!
Raw Mango Kadmat Salad Recipe
The East Indian Kadmat or Cuchumber is a traditional East Indian salad made from raw mangoes, onions and chillies, and can be made in a matter or minutes.