What to make with cashews

This makes an excellent side dish, and goes well with a large variety of things, from spicy eggplant to tofu to potatoes in coconut sauce.

Also needs: cumin, raisins, rice

Watalappam is a Sri Lankan steamed coconut custard.

Also needs: coconut milk, brown sugar, eggs

This is a banana dessert.

Also needs: almonds, butter, milk, bananas

Also needs: chickpea flour, butter, almonds, pistachios

Asoka halwa is a very famous dessert in the district of Thiruvaiyaru in Tamil Nadu, India. The traditional dish is made with moong dal, sugar, and ghee, and it is served at wedding ceremonies.

Also needs: mung beans, butter, flour, cardamom, food coloring

In India, coconut rice is made with coconut flakes or with grated or desiccated/dry coconut).

Also needs: mustard seed, coconut, chile peppers, curry leaves, chickpeas, rice

Also needs: carrots, raisins, cardamom, cinnamon, butter, milk

Kesari or kesari baath is a sweet dessert dish that is traditionally prepared in South India for special occasions.

Also needs: milk, semolina, jaggery, cardamom, butter, raisins

For making rice flour modak, the procedure is the same for making the filling of coconut and jaggery. However, rice flour is used in the dough instead of wheat flour. They are not fried, but steamed.

Also needs: rice flour, butter, coconut, jaggery, raisins, cardamom

Also needs: onion, chile peppers, curry leaves, garam masala, bay leaves, rice

Chakarai pongal is a sweet and buttery porridge-like dish that is traditionally prepared in South India for the Makar Sankranti festival that heralds the arrival of summer.

Also needs: rice, mung beans, raisins, cardamom, butter, jaggery, milk

This recipe serves 1 person as a main dish and 2 people as a side dish.

Also needs: rice, tofu, almonds, raisins, bay leaves, cinnamon, cloves

Khara pongal is a savoury porridge-like dish that is traditionally prepared in South India for the Makar Sankranti festival that heralds the arrival of summer.

Also needs: rice, mung beans, turmeric, curry leaves, cumin, chile peppers, butter, mustard seed

Sheer khurma is a sweet noodle soup served by Muslims in Indian and other South Asian countries to guests during the holy month of Ramadan. The recipe originally comes from Mughal-India.

Also needs: vermicelli, butter, dates, almonds, raisins, milk, cream, cardamom

This curry chicken dish isn't very spicy unless you make it that way. In fact, change the ingredients to suit your own taste and it will probably taste better.

Also needs: chicken, garlic, chile peppers, garam masala, chili powder, yogurt, cilantro, onion, tomatoes, curry powder

This very fancy Kashmiri pulao, or Kashmiri Pallao, is from the Northern Indian state of Kashmir.

Also needs: butter, cloves, cardamom, bay leaves, onion, ginger garlic paste, chile peppers, saffron, milk, rice, dates, raisins, pistachios, almonds

Malai mixed vegetable, is a creamy side dish for Indian bread.

Also needs: bell pepper, orange, paneer, tomatoes, carrots, peas, chile peppers, parsley, cilantro, butter, garam masala, chili powder, turmeric, cream, sour cream

Also needs: chicken, ginger garlic paste, lemon, chile peppers, turmeric, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg, almonds, onion, tomatoes, mint

Upma is a popular South Indian dish made from semolina. Several variations of the dish exist including the use of different varieties of ground wheat, rice and even bread.

Also needs: semolina, onion, carrots, lima beans, potatoes, bell pepper, tomatoes, peas, chile peppers, ginger, cilantro, coconut, butter, mustard seed, cumin, urad dal, peanuts, asafoetida, curry leaves

Hyderabadi biryani is a popular variety of biryani. It is so named as it is seen mainly in the city of Hyderabad, India, where the dish emerged from the blending of mughlai and Andhra cuisines in the…

Also needs: chicken, rice, onion, ginger garlic paste, chile peppers, turmeric, bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, cumin, mint, cilantro, coriander, garam masala, coconut milk, lemon, butter, yogurt, coconut, saffron