From the successful food start-ups to the established ones who have stood the test of time like Salad Servers Direct, all have a simple psychological appeal – they promise healthy meals at the doorstep and, in the process, save you both effort and time.

Here is a descriptive account of how these meal delivery services work if you want to capitalise on this trend.

Steps How Online Meal Delivery Services Work?

The online meal delivery services enable a convenient way for the customers to have delicious and nutritious food at home without any effort or plan.

Thanks to these online portals, people can choose meals from a menu that is updated every week or so. As a result, fresh and premeasured food along with the recipes (so that customers can cook chef-styled meals at home) are delivered right at the doorstep.

Here is a breakdown of the processes followed by most of these portals.

• Each week the online meal delivery services display a new menu that features delicious and nutritious recipes prepared by professional chefs.
• Customers can choose their meals directly from the menu on the website according to their choice.
• They have the freedom to personalise their order based on:

a) Number of members
b) Number of meals

• The online meal delivery services then deliver the fresh ingredients as ordered by the customers along with the recipes at the doorstep.

As a result, you can prepare chef-quality meals right in your home with the right recipes and ingredients at hand. It is a win-win situation for all.

So, it can be said that online meal delivery service caters to serve not just the taste buds but also helps to ensure healthy meal planning for the customers.

The Future of Online Meal Delivery services

The online meal delivery service has a lot of prospects since it is predicted to grow manifolds in the next few years.

It has devised a way for customers to get easy food without cutting any corners as far as nutrition is concerned. So once you return home after your daily hustle, you can relax without stressing about preparing meals for your family.

With ready-made hot meals, you don’t have to give a thought about the taste or the nutrition factor, too. You can rest assured that you and your family will finish up eating every meal, licking your finger.

Hence you won’t also lose your face in family gatherings, where preparing meals that would satiate everyone’s preferences can be a challenge. Naturally, once you opt for these, you can achieve complete peace of mind from them.

There is a lot of scope in this, and you should make the most of what this has to offer through delivery services like Salad Servers Direct that can easily become the next big name in this industry.

Some people roast the eggplant in microwave but if you want that smoky aroma flavor then roast it just on an open flame. Here, I am sharing recipe of Punjabi style Baingan Bharta in which flavor come from roasting eggplant well.

The smoky flavor makes its so flavorful and you love it even if you don’t like eggplant. It can be serve with Indian bread, roti or paratha.

Ingredients For Baingan Bharta Recipe

• 1 large brinjal
• 3tbsp oil
• 1/2tsp cumin seeds
• 1/2tsp mustard seeds
• 1tsp ginger garlic paste
• 1finelly chopped green chili
• 1finelly chopped tomatoes
• 1finelly chopped medium onion
• 1tsp red chili powder
• 1tsp turmeric powder
• 1tsp coriander- cumin powder
• 1/2tsp sugar
• Salt to taste
• Green coriander leaves for garnishing

Method For Baingan Bharta

1. Take large brinjal and grease it with oil. Roast it on an open flame for 8-10 minutes until the brinjal’s skin blistered completely and become soft. Prick it with knife and checked it cooked from inside.

2. Once it roasted, submerge it in a water and peel the skin. Cut of the stem and smash it.

3. Heat the oil in a pan and add cumin seeds and mustard seeds, wait till crackled.

4. Add ginger garlic paste and saute till it turns golden brown.

5. Add chopped onion and saute until it become soft.

6. Add tomatoes, red chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander-cumin powder, salt and mix well. Cook until the tomatoes become soft.

7. Add smashed brinjal and mix it well.

8. Add sugar and cook for 2-3 minute.

9. Garnish it with green coriander leaves and serve with Indian bread.

Hope you like my Baingan Bharta Recipe. If you have some more twist in this recipe than comment below.

In India we temper everything like vegetable dishes, dal, chutneys. In India every state has its own recipe of making dal. This dal tadka recipe is north indian style, you can use any yellowish split lentils. Making dal tadka is very easy first made a dal and then temper it just before serving.

It can be served with jeera rice or steamed rice. It can be also served with roties.

Ingredients for Dal Tadka Recipe

tbsp = Table Spoon
tsp = Tea Spoon

• 1 cup toor dal
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• 3.5 cups water
• 1 inch ginger
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 green chili
• 1.5 tbsp ghee
• 1 tbsp crushed coriander seeds
• 1 tsp cumin seeds
• 2 cloves medium
• 2 copped medium tomatoes
• 1 chopped medium onion
• 1/2 tsp coriander powder
• 1/4 Kashmiri red chili powder
• 1/4 tsp garam masala
• 1/8 tsp red chili powder
• 2 tbsp chopped cilantro
• 1 tsp Kashmiri methi

For Tadka

• 2 tsp ghee
• 2 chopped garlic cloves
• 1/4 tsp hing
• 2 dried red chilies
• 1/4 Kashmiri red chili powder
• Metled ghee, tiece of charcoal for dhungar method

Method for Dal Tadka Recipe

1. Add toor dal along with turmeric, 1 tsp salt and 3 cups water to a pressure cooker

2. On high heat pressure cook it for four whistle, then lower the heat and cook for 3-4 minutes

3. Let the pressure release it self.

4. Mean while crush ginger, garlic and green chili

5. Then heat ghee in pan on medium heat. Add cumin seeds, cloves and crushed coriander seeds saute until fragrant.

6. Then after add onion and cook till it become soft and golden brown.

7. Add crushed ginger-garlic-green chili. Cook for 1-2 minute

8. Then add chopped tomatoes and salt and mix well.

9. Cover the pan and cook for 7-8 minutes until tomatoes become soft.

10. Add garam masala coriander powder, Kashmiri red chili powder, Red chili powder, Kasuri methi and cilantro

11. Stir the spices for few seconds

12. Add the boiled dal to the pan.

13. You can also add the water if Dal look very thick. Let the Dal simmer for 3-4 minutes.

Tadka Method

For tadka heat 2 tsp ghee in a small pan. Add 2 chopped garlic cloves, hing and dried red chilies. Cook until the garlic turns golden brown. Add Kashmiri red chili powder and remove pan from heat. Pour tadka over the dal and mix it well.

Dhungar Method :

Place a steel bowl on top of a trivet placed in the dal. Then take a piece of charcoal and heat until its become red hot. Then put a hot charcoal in the steel bowl on top of the trivet. Pour a ghee (1 tsp) on charcoal. Immediately covered the pan with lid. Let remain for 10-15 minutes and after open lid and remove the bowl. The dal will get smokier, the longer you keep the lid closed.

Garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve it with rice.

If you are looking for more Indian Dishes then you can see our other posts.

A special blends of different spices is used to make pav bhaji, which is called ‘pav bhaji masala’. It is easily available in indian stores. There are so many variations in pav bhaji in which mostly vegetable used are same but some more ingredients or spices blends are added. It is served with pav and for garnishing you can use fresh green coriander leaves, chopped onion and lemon slice.

Ingredients for Pav Bhaji Recipe

tbsp = Table Spoon
tsp = Tea Spoon

• 2tbsp butter + 2tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 finally chopped tomatoes
• 1 finally chopped onion
• 1/4cup peas (mutter)
• 1/2cup finally chopped capsicum
• 3/4cup chopped cauliflower
• 2chopped medium size potato
• Salt to taste
• 1/4tsp turmeric powder
• 2tsp kasuri methi
• 1 1/2tsp pav bhaji masala
• 1 1/2tsp Kashmiri red chili powder
• 1tsp ginger garlic paste
• 1tsp lemon juice
• 2tbsp finally chopped coriander leaves
• Water to adjust consistency

To toast Pav

• 8 pav
• 4tsp butter

Method For Pav Bhaji Recipe

1. Take a pressure cooker and add into chopped potato, chopped cauliflower and peas. Add 1\2cup water and salt to taste. Close its lid and pressure cook it on medium flame for 2 whistle. Keep it aside and let release the pressure naturally. It will take 5-6 minute.

2. Now open the lid of cooker and mash all the boiled vegetable.

3. Heat 2tbsp oil and 2tbsp butter together in pan on medium flame. Add ginger garlic paste saute until it turns golden brown.

4. Add chopped onion and chopped capsicum, chopped tomato and salt. Saute until it becomes soft.

5. Then add 1 1/2tsp Kashmiri red chili powder, 1\4 turmeric powder,1 1\2 tsp pav bhaji masala and 2tsp kasuri methi. Stir and cook for 2 minutes.

6. Now add 3\4 cup water, mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes.

7. Now add smashed vegetable and add 1tsp lemon juice. Mix it well and add some water if needed for consistency. Cook for 4-5 minutes.

8. Now turn off the flame and add 2tbsp chopped coriander leaves.

9. Cut the buns or pav horizontally into two parts. Heat tava on medium flam add a tbsp of butter and place pav on it. Roast both side of pav till brown spot appear on it. Then transfer to the plate. Shallow fry each pav.
Serve pav bhaji with a piece of butter, chopped onion and slice of lemon. Check out more food recipes here.

In this article, I have shared a street style Pav Bhaji recipe, I hope you like that. If you have your own twist in recipe than comment below and share with me.