Chicken Recipes of Maharashtra

The recipes in this book are Komdi/Chicken recipes. They are divided into five sections, in different styles namely stuffed chicken, soups, starters, pulava and curries. The author also narrates a story about how a neighbourhood cat, lured by the author’s “TIKTHI MEJWANI,” broke into her kitchen.


Pushpa Raje, due to her immaculate cooking talent, has received numerous awards and won various cooking competitions. Her Maharashtrian cooking techniques are simple, with the use of coconut, cashew, dry fruits and peanuts, and onions which grow in abundance in the state.


Each region of Maharashtra has its own cooking style. Wedding menus and festival menus are different. She elaborates the different Maharashtrian cooking styles including Vidharbha, Amaravati, Kholapuri, Nagpur, Kandashi or Nasik, and Mumbai styles with vivid detail in her book.