Vegetarian Recipes
Egg Fried Rice
- 15
- June
- 2007
Egg Fried Rice: Plain n Simple Egg Fried Rice. Chinese Egg Fried Rice. Ingredients: Long Grained Rice 1 cupEggs 6Scallions 1White pepper 1-2 spoonsGreen Onion(spring onions)1 bunchSaltAgina Moto 1 pinchSoy Sauce(thin) 1-2 spoonsCarrot – 1/2 cut into teeny meeny bitsBeans 2-4 cut into teeny meeny bitsOil 1/4 cup. Method: Cook rice along with salt and […]
Broccoli Cream Soup – Southern Style
- 15
- June
- 2007
If you are wondering what’s the story behind this recipe? I am always fond of creamy soups. They are just perfect to warm you up on cold winter days! Nothing could soothe you more than a soup, when flu strikes. I have been making it like a ritual to simmer a pot of soup…whenever I […]
Eggplants Stir-Fry
- 15
- June
- 2007
Stir-Fried Spicy Eggplants: Hot n Spicy Eggplants. Fried Eggplants. Fried Brinjal. Brinjal Stir-Fry. Kathirikkai Poriyal. Kathirikkai Varuval. Baingan Fry. Ingredients: Italian Eggplants – 6 sliced into 2-3″ sizeSaltlemon juice few spoonsTurmeric powder 1/2 spoonTamarind paste 1/4 spoonSesame oil 1 cup To Be Toasted and Powdered: Chana dal – 2 spoonsUrad dal – 2 spoonsCoriander seeds […]
Steamed Corn / Maka Cholam
- 12
- June
- 2007
Steamed Corn: Steam Cooked Sweet-Corn. Makkacholam Avichadhu. Avitha Makkachola Kathir. Ingredients: Sweat Corn – fresh cut, green ones 3-5Salt 1 fistfulDouble BoilerButter 1-2 cubes. Method: Clean the corn without any fibres on it. Wash and pat dry them. In a double boiler….add salt and enough water. Allow them to boil. Place the corn over the […]
Baby Potato Roast
- 12
- June
- 2007
Potato Fry: Garlic Potato Fry. Fried Garlic Potato. Urulai Kizhangu Varuval. Allo Fry. Ingredients: Baby potatoes 1/4 kiloGarlic 15 cloves – chopped and semi-cushedSaltTurmeric powder 1/2 spoonChili Powder 1-2 spoonsMustard seeds 1/2 spoonCumin seeds 1/2 spoonAsafoetida 1/4 spoonCurry leaves 1 cupSesame oil 1/2 cup. Method: Scrape the skin off from the potaoes carefully. Wash and […]
Vegetable Pongal
- 12
- June
- 2007
Vegetable Pongal: Veggies in Pongal. Rice-vegetable kitchedi. Vegetable kitchedi. Spicy Pongal. Ingredients: Raw rice 1 cupMoong dal/lentils 3/4 cupMixed vegetables(carrots,beans,potato, peas)-1 cupSaltTurmeric 1/4 spoonCashewnuts 20-25 numbersWhole pepper 1-2 spoonsCumin seeds 1-2 spoonsGinger 2-3″ size peeled and choppedAsafoetida 1/4 spoonCurry leaves 1 cupDalda/Ghee 1 cup. Method: In a pressure cooker,add rice + lentils, salt, turemric, few […]
Schezwan Fried Rice
- 29
- May
- 2007
Chicken Fried Rice: Veg n Chicken Fried Rice. Indo-Chinese Fried Rice. Ingredients: Long grain Rice – 1 cupSaltEggs 4Carrot 100 grams (chopped finely)Beans 100 grams (chopped finely)Green chilies 2 (optional)- chopped finelyScallion or white part of spring onion 50 gramsChicken 100 grams (skinlees, boneless & diced)Spring onion – green part 100 grams Agina motto 1/4 […]
Beet Root Pickle
- 28
- May
- 2007
Beet-Root Pickle: Beet-Root Oorughai. Beet-Root Instant Pickle. Dry Instant Beet-Root Pickle. Ingredients: Beet-Root 1 firm and medium sizeLemon 2 fruit. To be Toasted and Powdered: Mustard seeds 1/2 spoonFenugreek seeds 1/2 spoonCumin seeds 1/2 spoonDry red chili 5Asafoetida 1/4 spoon. For Tempering: Mustard seeds 1/2 spoonOil few spoons. Method: Wash and clean beet root. Peel […]
Vendaikai Thayir Pachadi – Pondicherry Special!
- 28
- May
- 2007
Other Names Okra Pachadi. Bindi Raitha. Bendakai Perugu Pachadi. I wasn’t sure about this dish, when I first took a bite. I loathed yogurts and anything sour at that time. To my surprise, this was a complete surprise. The fried okras are not mushy and the touch of yogurts had turned them even better. Soon it […]
Baingan Ka Bartha
- 13
- April
- 2007
Baingan Bartha:(North Indian Style)Eggplant Sabzi. Eggplant Sabji. Brinjal Chutney. Brinjal Thokku. Kathirikkai Thokku. Vangaya Masla Sabzi. North-Indian Style Kathirikkai – Bartha. Masala Kathirikkai Bartha. Brinjal Bartha. Sutta Kathirikkai Masala Chutney. Burnt Brinjal Thokku. Baingan Ka Bartha. Ingredients: Large Delhi Eggplant – 1 (Large Delhi Brinjal)Green chilies 3 – finely choppedOnion 1 large – finely choppedTomato […]
