Buttered Toast

Launching soon. Coming to iPhone and Android.

Twenty of them, in full

Recipes from the Buttered Toast kitchen

The app carries 504 step-by-step Indian recipes. Twenty of them are here in full — every ingredient, every step, every timing — so you can judge the cooking before the app exists. Nothing behind a signup.

Worth clearing a Sunday for

Long, slow, and the reason a house smells like a festival. Start these when there is time to spare, not at seven on a Tuesday.

Chicken biryani — layered spiced chicken and rice, photographed from above in a steel bowl Chicken biryani Hyderabadi · 5 hr 30 min · Involved Dal makhani — slow-cooked black urad and rajma in a rich buttery gravy, photographed from above in a steel bowl Dal makhani Punjabi · 2 hr · Involved Dal baati churma — lentil curry with baked wheat dumplings and sweet crumb, photographed from above in a steel bowl Dal baati churma Rajasthani · 2 hr · Involved Masala dosa with sambar — potato-filled dosa with lentil-vegetable stew, photographed from above in a steel bowl Masala dosa with sambar South Indian · 19 hr · Involved Pressure-cooker mutton rogan josh — aromatic Kashmiri mutton curry, photographed from above in a steel bowl Pressure-cooker mutton rogan josh Kashmiri · 1 hr 20 min · Moderate Moong dal halwa — slow-roasted yellow lentil halwa, photographed from above in a steel bowl Moong dal halwa Rajasthani · 5 hr 15 min · Involved

The dal-chawal-sabzi rota

The everyday spine of a north and south Indian kitchen — the dishes that come round every week and are supposed to.

Dal tadka — tempered yellow lentils, photographed from above in a steel bowl Dal tadka North Indian · 1 hr · Moderate Chana masala — spiced chickpea curry, photographed from above in a steel bowl Chana masala North Indian · 9 hr 40 min · Moderate Aloo gobi — potato and cauliflower sabzi, photographed from above in a steel bowl Aloo gobi North Indian · 40 min · Moderate Palak paneer — cottage cheese in spinach gravy, photographed from above in a steel bowl Palak paneer North Indian · 45 min · Moderate Sambar rice — lentil-stew rice, photographed from above in a steel bowl Sambar rice South Indian · 1 hr 5 min · Moderate Vegetable pulao — vegetable pilaf, photographed from above in a steel bowl Vegetable pulao Indian · 1 hr 5 min · Moderate

Tiffin and the morning rush

Breakfast, the tiffin box, and anything that has to be on the table before the school van arrives.

Kanda poha — Maharashtrian onion poha, photographed from above in a steel bowl Kanda poha Maharashtrian · 25 min · Easy Rava uttapam — thick semolina rice pancake, photographed from above in a steel bowl Rava uttapam South Indian · 40 min · Easy Aloo paratha — potato-stuffed griddle flatbread, photographed from above in a steel bowl Aloo paratha North Indian · 1 hr 30 min · Moderate Kerala puttu with egg masala — steamed rice-flour and coconut puttu with dry egg masala, photographed from above in a steel bowl Kerala puttu with egg masala Kerala · 50 min · Moderate Kolkata egg roll — egg-layered paratha roll with fresh onion and cucumber, photographed from above in a steel bowl Kolkata egg roll Bengali · 35 min · Moderate

Home by seven, eating by eight

Under about an hour from a cold kitchen, and none of them ask you to soak anything the night before.

Aloo gobi — potato and cauliflower sabzi, photographed from above in a steel bowl Aloo gobi North Indian · 40 min · Moderate Gujarati kadhi — sweet-tart yogurt and besan curry, photographed from above in a steel bowl Gujarati kadhi Gujarati · 35 min · Easy Kolkata egg roll — egg-layered paratha roll with fresh onion and cucumber, photographed from above in a steel bowl Kolkata egg roll Bengali · 35 min · Moderate Rava uttapam — thick semolina rice pancake, photographed from above in a steel bowl Rava uttapam South Indian · 40 min · Easy Bengali doi rohu — river fish in a spiced yogurt curry, photographed from above in a steel bowl Bengali doi rohu Bengali · 55 min · Moderate

All twenty, one grid

Every recipe on this page, in one place. There is no page two — the remaining 484 live in the app.

Chicken biryani — layered spiced chicken and rice, photographed from above in a steel bowl Chicken biryani Hyderabadi · 5 hr 30 min · Involved Delhi-style home butter chicken, photographed from above in a steel bowl Delhi-style home butter chicken North Indian · 4 hr 45 min · Moderate Pressure-cooker mutton rogan josh — aromatic Kashmiri mutton curry, photographed from above in a steel bowl Pressure-cooker mutton rogan josh Kashmiri · 1 hr 20 min · Moderate Dal makhani — slow-cooked black urad and rajma in a rich buttery gravy, photographed from above in a steel bowl Dal makhani Punjabi · 2 hr · Involved Dal baati churma — lentil curry with baked wheat dumplings and sweet crumb, photographed from above in a steel bowl Dal baati churma Rajasthani · 2 hr · Involved Palak paneer — cottage cheese in spinach gravy, photographed from above in a steel bowl Palak paneer North Indian · 45 min · Moderate Dal tadka — tempered yellow lentils, photographed from above in a steel bowl Dal tadka North Indian · 1 hr · Moderate Chana masala — spiced chickpea curry, photographed from above in a steel bowl Chana masala North Indian · 9 hr 40 min · Moderate Aloo gobi — potato and cauliflower sabzi, photographed from above in a steel bowl Aloo gobi North Indian · 40 min · Moderate Vegetable pulao — vegetable pilaf, photographed from above in a steel bowl Vegetable pulao Indian · 1 hr 5 min · Moderate Sambar rice — lentil-stew rice, photographed from above in a steel bowl Sambar rice South Indian · 1 hr 5 min · Moderate Gujarati kadhi — sweet-tart yogurt and besan curry, photographed from above in a steel bowl Gujarati kadhi Gujarati · 35 min · Easy Bengali doi rohu — river fish in a spiced yogurt curry, photographed from above in a steel bowl Bengali doi rohu Bengali · 55 min · Moderate Masala dosa with sambar — potato-filled dosa with lentil-vegetable stew, photographed from above in a steel bowl Masala dosa with sambar South Indian · 19 hr · Involved Rava uttapam — thick semolina rice pancake, photographed from above in a steel bowl Rava uttapam South Indian · 40 min · Easy Kanda poha — Maharashtrian onion poha, photographed from above in a steel bowl Kanda poha Maharashtrian · 25 min · Easy Aloo paratha — potato-stuffed griddle flatbread, photographed from above in a steel bowl Aloo paratha North Indian · 1 hr 30 min · Moderate Kerala puttu with egg masala — steamed rice-flour and coconut puttu with dry egg masala, photographed from above in a steel bowl Kerala puttu with egg masala Kerala · 50 min · Moderate Kolkata egg roll — egg-layered paratha roll with fresh onion and cucumber, photographed from above in a steel bowl Kolkata egg roll Bengali · 35 min · Moderate Moong dal halwa — slow-roasted yellow lentil halwa, photographed from above in a steel bowl Moong dal halwa Rajasthani · 5 hr 15 min · Involved

Read out loud, in the kitchen’s own language

Written recipes are for the person planning. In the app the same steps are read aloud, one at a time, hands-free — and the cook guide speaks eleven Indian languages, because the person at the stove is often not the person who planned the week or the one who reads English.

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
  • Bengali
  • Marathi
  • Kannada
  • Malayalam
  • Gujarati
  • Punjabi
  • Odia

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