Vegetarian Recipes
Palak Pulao / Spinach Pilaf – Plating Up!
- 11
- April
- 2011
Pasalai Keerai Saadham: Ingredients: Spinach 1 bunch – cleanedGarlic 5 clovesGinger 2″Onion 1 smallTomato 1 smallGreen chilies 5-7Salt For Pilaf: Rice 1 cupGreen chilies 3Onion 1 small slicedGinger-garlic paste 1/2 spoonMint leaves 1 fistfulTomato 1 choppedCloves 5Cinnamon 1 stickCardamom 1 pod crushedBay leaf 1Star anise 1Cumin seeds 1 teaspoonGhee/oil 1/4 cup. Method: In a wide […]
Winter Melon Lentils Curry: Ingredients: Winter melon 1 large piece – peeled, de seed, dicedMung dal (lentils) cooked 2 cupsSaltTurmeric 1 pinchOil few spoons Wet-grind These: Green chilies 2Grated coconut 1/4 cupToasted Urid dal 1 tablespoonCumin seeds 1 spoonGinger 1″grated For Tempering: Oil few spoonsMustard seeds 1/4 spoonCumin seeds 1/4 spoonAsafoetida 1 pinchCurry leaves few. […]
Green Plantain Chettinad Fry – Caution: Burning Hot!!!
- 09
- April
- 2011
Vazhaikai Milagu Varuval: Ingredients: Plantain 1 largeSaltTurmeric 1/4 spoonChili powder 1 spoonTamarind paste 1/4 spoonOil 1 tablespoonCurry leaves few. Spices To Be Toasted And Powdered: Cloves 2Cinnamon 1 small stickPeppercorns 2 spoonsCumin seeds 1 spoonFennel seeds 1 spoonPoppy seeds 1/2 spoonCoriander seeds 1-2 spoonsGrated dry coconut 1 spoon Method: In a vessel, boil 3/4 cup […]
Mung Beans Noodles – Tastefully Herbivoracious:)
- 07
- April
- 2011
Mung Bean Noodles:(Thai Style) Ingredients: Mung bean noodles 1 small bundleSoy sauceGinger 2″ gratedGarlic 3 clove mincedRed chili flakes – as per tastePepper powder – maybeThai red chili 2 slicedMixed vegetables of your choiceHoney 1/4 spoonGrated toasted peanuts few to garnishPeanut oil few spoons. Method: Cook noodles briefly in warm water, as per the directions(in […]
Kale and Cheese Omelette – The Infinite Variable
- 06
- April
- 2011
Kale-Cheese Dinner Omelet: So you know spinach omelet…and why not Kale? Isn’t it a perfect choice to include some greens in your diet. Whenever I had to fix a bitter-tasting greens…I put some extra effort to make it quite appealing and palatable. The moment I saw this recipe on Kalyn’s Kitchen, I knew that I […]
Dum Aloo / Baby Potatoes Curry – Truly a Revival
- 05
- April
- 2011
Dhum Alu: Ingredients: Baby potatoes 7-10 Onion 1 large grated Ginger-garlic paste 1 spoon Tomatoes 2 crushed Salt Turmeric 1/4 spoon Chili powder 1 spoon Coriander powder 1 spoon Mango powder /amchur 1 spoon Garam masala 1/4 spoon Coconut milk 1/2 cup (I used frozen, grated coconut) Oil few spoons. Method: Peel the skin and […]
Vegetable Fahita – Coloring My Life:)
- 05
- April
- 2011
Vegetable Fajita:(Mexican Style) Several times in my School-College-University life…I somehow always ended up having vegetarian room mates:( But kept managing my identity through food, hehe:) No, I never yielded to ‘Veganism’ or ‘Satvik’ preachings…and what is peer-pressure, anyway! There were days, when my hostel mess bill used to be ‘Nil’ for several months! And I […]
Vaangi Bath – Karnataka Special
- 04
- April
- 2011
Kathirikai Podi Saadham: Ingredients: To Be Toasted Each Separately And Powdered Together: Coriander seeds 2 spoons Chana dal 2 spoons Urad dal 2 spoons Dry red chilies 6 Fenugreek seeds 1-2 spoons Peppercorn 1 spoon Cinnamon 2 sticks Cloves 3 Cumin seeds 1 spoon Dry coconut 1/4 cup(grated) Black Sesame seeds 2 spoons Asafoetida 1/4 […]
Kale Vepudu / Kale-Nilakadalai Poriyal
- 01
- April
- 2011
Kale Vepudu: Somehow, I missed publishing this recipe, until a friend of mine (Preetha) reminded me! As I was going on and on, how I could relate Kale with that of Murungai Keerai(Native Indian Greens)…I realized that my long lying pictures, in the draft, were kind of blurry. I don’t find them usually in the […]
Carrot Cream Soup – The Best:)
- 31
- March
- 2011
Carrot Cream Soup: Ingredients: Carrots large 2 – dicedWhole milk 4 cupsAll purpose flour 1/2 table spoonSaltButter 1 cubePepper powder to taste. Method: Boil carrots in one cup of milk, and puree them. Set aside. Melt butter, add salt and flour…stir-fry briefly and then add 3 cups of milk. Bring this to boil, further add […]
