Making Indian style cooking easy in US

I have no idea if you can freeze samber but I have frozen the following things--

I will chop onions-- sauté them in oil
sauted onion+garlic+ginger+ tomatoes
made rotis
Dal
Palak panner

I think you can easily freeze dosa batter. All the best.

 

Check this website Freezer Friendly – Ready to Eat Indian Dishes | Spiceindiaonline

From other websites, some have suggested to freeze gravies without vegetables and tadka. I have tried Idliy's as suggested in that website. Sometimes I microwave them or I just steam and they turn out like fresh ones. I have tried freezing half-cooked aloo parathas too and they turn out ok but not like fresh(maybe I am not doing it the exact way).

 

As far as dosa batter is concerned, i keep half of the batter for fermentation for next day n the other half goes into refrigerator which i use after 3 4 days. I ferment it n use it. Its looks n tastes fresh..

 

nice blog and good luck with the delivery and the new baby!! there r few things that I use in the frozen section. I try not to use frozen as much as I can as I am a fresh freak but few things have helped me over the years.
in the frozen section where naans are, there is mirch masala daal and patato kachori uncooked from deep foods that I keep if u like puris or kachoris . they r v affordable and do come handy for quick lunch. they r the bestest product I've ever tried.
I also make onion, garlic ginger gr mirch tomato masala sauted in oil that I keep in a jar in the fridge last about a month and it comes handy, saves time on daily sautéing process
u cud freeze chutneys, they stay fine
good luck

 

Hey ravioli,
Could u plz briefly explain how u do that onion ginger tomato thing? n do u freeze it?
Coz everyday Indian cooking does require sauteing of onions tomato gin gar...
I will be more than relieved if i get to know that we can prepare it in large quantity n refrigerate it.(n also tips on how to refrigerate it)

Thanks
Fari

 

Few of the items (1-5) I had stocked, when I had a surgery, and there was no help around...Also adding tips shared by some of my friends.

1. Dosa Batter - fermented (can be used for 3-4 days .. good for idli & dosa)
- Unfermented (ferment it after 4 days... will just be good for idli & dosa for next 3-4 days)

2. Kaara chutney - Good for Idli / Dosa
Grind Onion,Tomatoes,Red chillies And roast with little garlic & salt) --> Stays good in fridge for 1-2 weeks

3. Mint / Coriander Chutney - Roast Mint/coriander leaves roasted with onions, chick-peas, red-chillies & tamarind - grind. Good for idli/dosa

4. Tomato chutney - Roast tomatoes + red-chillies + garlic.. and grind. Good for idli/dosa/puliyodharai

5. Kaara Kuzhambu / Puli Kulambu - Stays good in fridge for 1-2 weeks

6. Half Made Curry
Saute Onion, ginger+garlic, tomatoes, red chilli in oil, wait till oil seeps out of the mixture, and store it.
This could be made in a big batch, and would stay fresh for 1-2 weeks in fridge.
Any time you want to make a curry/side-dish for roti, all you need is to add cut vegetables, & any other ingredient to get the curry ready.

7. Roti-land - frozen rotis- to be thawed & made fresh rotis.
My friend said, the same roti-mix also could be used for making amazing pooris'

8. Frozen Naans & Malabar Parottas - are our favorites too..

9. Lemon Rice mix

10. Puliyodharai mix

When you yearn for some diff taste, try below items.

1. Pongal - a low work whole-some dish. All I do is grind coconut chutney to go with it. (I use, shredded coconut and freeze it. Thaw the reqd coconut in Microwave and Add WARM water to grind the chutney )

2. Dal + potato fry + rice

3. Simple egg fried rice -> saute onions, egg, green chillies, cumin & add cooked rice.

4. Simple Pulav -- Saute Onions, ginger+garlic + frozen peas, garam masala & add cooked rice.

5. Pasta - TJ's have an awesome pasta sause

6. Noodles - maggi or chinese.

I have never FROZEN cooked items, I have only refridgerated them, and mostly after 4-5 days, we start longing for different taste. So my tips could be used for week-days.. and on week-ends you/your Mom could cook some fresh food to break the routine, and get on for week-days again.

Hope this helps.

Good Luck with the delivery

Cheers,
JM