Vegetarian Recipes
Stuufed Eggplants: Stuffed Brinjal. Stuffed Baingan. Karhirikkai Nirachadhu. Sometimes, I feel awkward to post my regular cooking!!! I know its not blog-worthy:( But you see, when you live in a new nation…things are not the same! Spotting native stuff happens only after some time consuming travel(atleast in my place). And of course its very fascinating […]
Indian Broad Beans Curry/ Avaraikai Curry
- 14
- May
- 2010
Chikudukaya Curry: Chikudukaya kura. Avarikai Curry. Pattai Avarai kai Vadhakkal. Indian Broad Beans Salan. Snow Peas Curry. Today’s recipe is one kind of curry that I used to whip in no time. I used to make this kind of quick fix subzi and curry back then…when I didn’t own a mixie(blender)!! Now, with so many […]
Stuffed Tinda / Gutti Dondakaya – Andhra Special
- 10
- May
- 2010
Stuffed Kovaikkai:(Andhra Special) Kovakka Nirachadhu. Gutti Dondakaya. Stuffed Tinda. Stuffed Tindora. Bharwa Tindora. My Mommy never bought nor prepared Tinda at home. As a child never saw this vegetable. My whole life was from hostel to hostel and mess to mess. I sometimes really missed how the food tastes at home:( When I was in […]
Cluster Beans Curry – Mommy’s Special
- 07
- May
- 2010
Kothavarankai Kara Kuzhambu: Kothu + Avarakkai = Kothavarangai. Kothavarangai Puli Kuzhambu. Gorichikudukaya Pulusu. Gorichikudu Pulusu. Gowar Phalli Ka Salan. Gowarphalli Masala Curry. Yet, another recipe from my family. My mother always hesitates to prepare this dish, saying…this cluster beans may give heart burns and increase one’s bile secretion…I dunno how far this is true! Food […]
Bhindi Karaari / Spicy Okra – Jiffy Cooking
- 05
- May
- 2010
Vendaikai Mandi Vendaikai Masala Varuval. Vendaikai Mandi. Bhendakaya Koora. Bhendakaya Kura. Masala Bhindi. Bhindi Masala(Southern Style). As I told you before’ am kind of on and off with this Veg.Fast. I am trying to tweak my cooking style, with more G-R-E-E-N(vegetables I mean) rather than R-E-D (meat and stuff). Hmmm, though its not really satisfying, […]
Baingan Masala/ Brinjal Masala Varuval
- 04
- May
- 2010
Baingan Do Pyaaz: There is nothing special about this recipe…I always hated this big-large-eggplants, that are found in the market. Rarely, very rarely I buy them for a change. Always end up mashing them somehow…either chutney or burtha will be the recipe. For some reason, I couldn’t relate this large eggplants to my own home-land […]
Carrot-Beans-Cabbage Poriyal: Though I never liked any of the hostel’s mess food,(I lived in)…but somehow, I unconditionally fix some of their recipes I managed upon. This aint a fancy menu, kind of fix recipe while cleaning the pantry. Here is a recipe for your leftover stuff: Just toss some of your favorite vegetables, temper them […]
Badam Paal / Almond’s Milk – Vegan’s Choice
- 30
- April
- 2010
Badam Palu. Badam Pal. Almond Milk. Raw Almond Milk – Warm Almond Milk. Bedtime Almond Milk. Its time to post some milk alternate(cow’s milk)recipes for my Vegan buddies. Inspired by bunch of Vegan-Vegetarian friends, I started appreciating greens and vegetables lately, but haven’t switched from my carnivore diet plan, yeah…still going on. Anyway…coming to the […]
Cabbage Usili – Treating Vegetables Special:)
- 29
- April
- 2010
Muttai Koss Paruppu Usili: Muttacose Paruppu Usili. Koss Usili. Did I tell you this? When I tried (yeah, didn’t succeed)to practice vegetarianism for the past few months…I happend to discover my own culinary skills. Before that, I never paid attention to the vegetables…used to stock them up as a routine stuff, and stir-fry in a […]
Spinach Masala Rice – Complete Planned Meal
- 28
- April
- 2010
Palak Masale Bhath: Pasalai Keerai + Podi Saadham. Ingredients: To Be Toasted Each Separately And Powdered Togather: Coriander seeds 2 spoonsChana dal 2 spoonsUrad dal 2 spoonsDry red chilies 6Fenugreek seeds 1-2 spoonsWhole black pepper 1 spoonCinnamon 2 sticksCloves 3Cumin seeds 1 spoonDry coconut grated 1/4 cupBlack Sesame seeds 2 spoonsAsafoetida. For Rice: Long Grained […]
