Mixed Vegetable Salad – Desi Style
- 09
- October
- 2008
Ingredients 1/2 radish 1 carrot 1 purple onion 1/2 cucumber 100 gm cabbage 3-5 green chilies salt lemon juice cilantro leaves mint leaves spring onions Method Slice and shred the vegetables and add salt to it. Mix well and squeeze few spoons of lemon juice. Serve to go with your meals.
Vazhaithandu Lemon Salad
- 06
- October
- 2008
Vazhaithandu Lemon Salad: Plantain Stem/Banana Stem Salad. Ingredients: Plantain Stem(slender)SaltLemon 1 fruit sqeezedMusard seeds 1/4 spoonCumin 1/4 spoonUrad dal 1/2 spoonAsafoetida 1 pinchCurry leaves 2-4 finely choppedOil 1 spoon. Method: Chop the stem carefully. Like first start them as roundels….each time…remove their extra fibre. Then go sideways of cutting. Maybe pile up the roundels. Leave […]
Vegaya Pachadi / Biriyani Thayir Pachadi
- 09
- April
- 2008
Purple Onion-Mint Raita: Spanish Onion Pachadi. I am really crazy about ‘purple onions’ coz I miss those here. I could rarely spot that in Wall mart or Farmer’s market. So when I visited my place…I made this raita for myself. Though it makes us to cry there si lot of goodness in it. ‘Annilase’ enzyme…that […]
Chayote Poriyal / Chow Chow Kura
- 14
- March
- 2008
Chow Chow Poriyal: My Grand mother and mother had a strange habit of retaining the veggies color even after cooking. They hardly use any chili/turmeric powder…when it comes to poriyal! They never use water to cook them either, just slow cook with lid, fadafat veggie is done within minutes, color is still there! Then they […]
Bread Salad / Fried Bread Chaat
- 10
- March
- 2008
Fried Bread Salad: Bread Salad. One fine day, I invented this recipe in my Hostel(back there at Hyderabad) I had leftover brown bread….so just tossed veggies and yogurts. Made like raita and enjoyed like healthy breakfast. Now I thought about it….anything made during the hostel days….was so perfect, tasty and felt good! Maybe coz the […]
Carrot Salad
- 23
- February
- 2008
Carrot Salad: Inredients: Carrots 4-6 shreddedJalapenos deseed & slicedSalt as pr tasteLemon juice few spoonsCilantro chopped. For Seasoning: Mustard seeds 1/4 spoonAsafoetida 1/4 spoonUrad dal 1/4 spoonOlive/sesame oil few spoons. Method: In a non-reactive bowl, bring all th eingredients togather. In a seperate pan, heat oil and splutter the seasoning items. Then run this seasoning […]
Sweet Corn & Goat Cheese Salad
- 23
- February
- 2008
Corn Salad: Ingredients: Sweet corn ears – 4Goat cheese/blue cheese – as per tasteRed Peppers 4 (frozen/dry ready to eat- its also sweetened)SaltOlive oil few spoonsCilantro choppedLemon juice few spoons. Method: Shredd corn kernels carefully. Toss all theingredients togather. Crumble cheese, tear the red peppers….let this sit in the fridge for 4 hours. Serve as […]
Mango – Litchi Salad
- 14
- November
- 2007
Mango Litchi Salad:Ingredients: Mango ripe 1 large Litchis 1 bunch/ 1 can Sugar/honey few spoons. Mehtod: Slice and toss them togather, sprinkle sugar and serve chilled.
Brussel Sprouts Poriyal
- 14
- November
- 2007
Brussels Sprouts Salad: Mini Cabbage Salad. Ingredients: Mini cabbage/Brussels Sprouts 1/4 kiloSaltlemon juiceJalapenos 2 deseed Olive oil few spoonsBlack mustards few(optional) Method: Shredd brussel’s sprouts and set aside. Slice jalapenos too. Heat oil, crackle mustards. Add jalapenos and sprouts to it. Sprinkle salt and lemon juice. Cover and cook for 2 minutes over medium. Yeah […]
Vengaya Pachadi – Biriyani Pachadi
- 13
- November
- 2007
Purple Onion Pachadi: Spanish Onion Pachadi. Ingredients: Large purple onions 1-2Green chilies 2Lemon juice 1 spoonSaltYogurts 2 cups. Method: Peel the skin and thinly slice onions. Crumble them to fine threads. Add salt and lemon juice. Set aside for a while. Now add sliced chilies and yogurts to it, mix well. Serve chilled to go […]
