Vegan recipes - page 30

papdi bhaji an easy recipe of sauted and steamed papdi or flat green beans which i often make at home during winters. the recipe is similar to the goan recipe of french beans foogath . papdi is also known as hyacinth beans or indian broad beans

Lemon Sevai Busy work days call for simple dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And the past few weeks have been really busy! As a result, my family has been subjected to the Upma - Poha - Idli routine for breakfast. I have not even made it as fa

aloo choliya pulao recipe a simple, easy and healthy pulao made from potato (aloo) and fresh green chickpeas (choliya). fresh green chickpeas or choliya as these are called in punjabi, are usually available in winter season in many states of india

An amazingly flavorful and quick to make subzi that goes well with chapathis. I also spread it on fluffy dosas and enjoy them to heart’s content and if you happen to buy a bunch of spring onions to garnish the noodles and have no idea what to do with the

spinach fritters recipe - crisp golden gram flour batter coated spinach fritters or palak pakoras. here each spinach leaf is dipped in a spiced gram flour batter and then fried. there is another method of preparing making palak pakoras . chopped spina

peanut thecha or shengdanayacha thecha as its called in the marathi language is a coarsely pounded chutney like mixture, made with peanuts, garlic and green chilies. i make thecha two ways . one is the extra spicy and hot green chilli thecha and the

Garelu, Medu Vada or Ulundu Vadai In South India, on any auspicious occasion, you will find Garelu (Medu Vada or Ulundu Vadai) being served along with Payasam of some sort. I decided to herald in the New Year (or rather usher out the old year) with s

I love vazhakkai (Raw banana / Plantain) very much. Mostly it is cooked in every household on the Amavasya (New Moon) day, as a part of the lunch to give thidhi (offering) to the family members who passed away. The recipes prepared on that day are not sup

I grew up eating these beetroot chops at our Bengali neighbor's house. The word “Beet chops” was etched in mind even before I knew of words such as cutlet or patties or tikkis even existed. Beetroot Chops or rather Vegetable chops are a popular Bengali st

Onion Rava Dosa is a popular breakfast recipe of South India. It also happens to be one of the most ordered recipe at any hotel for breakfast as they serve it thin and crisp like paper roast with 3 types of chutneys and sambar. The juicy and succulent

Milagu (pepper) rasam is my favorite to eat during lunch especially during cold season. I had been making this rasam almost daily for the past 15 days or so to combat my son’s cold and sore throat due to coughing. It really works wonders if you have a bad

Aloo Chole or Aloo Chana Curry recipe is a Punjabi dish that is served as an accompaniment with Indian flatbreads like chapathis, naans and especially bhaturas. It is made with potatoes and chickpeas (white chana / Garbanzo beans) in an onion and tomato b

Chilli Idli makes an awesome lunch box recipe for kids. Chilli idli fry is an Indo Chinese style of cooking up the left over idlis if you have at home. Sometimes I make idlis fresh and make this for my kids lunch box. It’s a dry preparation and does not i

Murungai Keerai known as Drumstick Leaves is a rich source of Iron and Vitamin A and I try to include it whenever I could get hold of it which is very rare though. Having grown up in a place where there are at least 4 to 5 drumstick trees per house and ea

Are you looking for a crunchy, munchy tea time snack?, then these dill leaves pakoras or pakodas will be just perfect for you especially on a cold evening. Dill leaves are known as suva or shepu bhaji up North, and are available at large, but where I’m, t

Again sharing another typical Bengali Recipe with Radish.As Winter is the season for fresh radish. So try this authentic bengali recipe in this winter. I know everyone will love it for sure. Some people say Mulor Ghanto or Mulor Chechki. But what is in a

Kadhi a Traditional dish for Rajasthan and Punjab. There is no much more variation to make kadhi in both the regions. But difference makes for the spices. Each region uses some different spices for their kadhi preparations. Still its similar. Some people

Ingredients: Ridge gourd - 500 gm Green peas - 1/2 cup Onion - 1 Green chillies - 2 Turmeric - 1/4 tsp Red chilli powder - 1 tsp Salt to taste Mustard cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp Channa dal - 1/4 tsp Curry leaves - few Coriander leave

What is spicy, tangy, sweet, savoury, crispy, cool, hot, crunchy all the same time? An explosion of flavours in your mouth that will tease and tantalize your taste buds so much so that you keep craving for more long after your stomach's full. Its our all

Shorba. Now what s a shorba? Its nothing but soup and comes from the Arabic word Chorba. Now chorba finds a way into many tables across the globe- Romania, Russia and some parts of Central Europe and Asia. ( Source: Wiki) I have been treated to some of th

There are some strange things about me. Or rather the way in which i grew up. If i told you all that i hadn't eaten kara boondhi until i got married, would you all believe me? Well, as a topping on curd vada , yes. But as a snack or a munchie? No. Some

Couple of months back I bought this cook book Rasachandrika, a very old book on Saraswat cooking, originally written in Marathi and later translated in Hindi and then in English. The first edition of the book came out in 1943 and I love the picture on the

After a couple of Pongal recipes, adai and dhokla, today I am back with a curry, well, for day to day cooking, it's always some kind of sambar or curry or dal to go with rice or rotis. For today's dish I have cooked chow-chow/ chayote and peas along with

Ellu Puli Saadam / Sesame Seeds Tamarind Rice - Easy Lunch Box Recipes Today i'm sharing a very flavorful rice / pulao preparation, in which the tamarind and sesame seeds paste is mixed well with the cooked rice. Adding more gingelly oil wil