Mixed Vegetables Paaya
- 07
- June
- 2010
I am trying my hardest to not complain, and to pretend its too comforting to eat vegetables:( But, in my mind there is no better food than animal protein:)It looks like an order to follow the meat and veg diet plan, like a rhythm in my cooking. The moment I decide, I want to cut […]
Mixed Vegetables Masal Vadai – Spicy Veg Fritters
- 02
- June
- 2010
Mixed Vegetables Masal Vadai: Kaikari Paruppu Vadai. Kaikari Masala Vadai. Ingredients: Ingredients: Oil for fryingChana dal 1 cupChoice of you veggies – finely choppedOnions finely choppedGreen chilies finely choppedMint leaves fewSaltCilantro leavesCurry leavesGinger 2″ gratedGarlic paste 1/2 spoonDry red chili flakesFennel seeds – powdered 1 spoonFennel seeds 1/2 spoonCloves 2 crushedCinnamon 1 small stick crushed […]
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 […]
Aviyal – Mixed Vegetables Side Dish
- 01
- March
- 2010
Aviyal:(Kerala Style) Do you think that men cook better than women??? Hmmm, at some point and sometimes, I do feel that way. Although men are helpless (or at least in my family)!!! Cooking with my Dad is such a pain to me…slaving myself to lend him spatula, bowls, vessels, gosh…but the food turns out perfect […]
Baby Corn Noodles
- 27
- September
- 2008
Baby Corn Noodles:Ingredients: Noodles 1 box(wheat based) Carrot 1 Jalapenos 4 sliced Eggs 3 MSG pinch Salt Thick Soy Sauce few spoons Garlic based soy sauce few spoons Asian Garlic Sesame oil few spoon. Method: Chop carrots and jalapenos into 1 inch size bits. Set aside. You could either cut or slice baby corn(your choice). […]
Vegetable Pakoda
- 10
- March
- 2008
Vegetable Pakoda: Veggie Pakoda. Vegetable Fritters. Vegetabel Pakora. Ingredients:Mixed Vegetables(carrots, beans, cabbage – sclied matchsticks Begal gram flour 1 cupRice flour few spoonsRed Onions medium size 2 thinly slicedGren chilies thinly sliced 6Freshly wet-ground mint- 2-3 spoonGinger 3″ inch- peel and wet grindGarlic 6 cloves -peel and wet grindFennel seeds 2-4 spoonsCurry leaves 1 cupSalt […]
Pineapple Fried Rice – Thai Style
- 13
- August
- 2007
Mixed Pineapple Fried Rice: Ingredients: Cold Cooked Long Grained Rice 1-2 cups.Mixed Vegetables 1 cupeggs 3Bell pepper red 1 slicedPineapple diced 1 cupChicken cubed 1/2 cupShrimps 15 – tails-onMSGSoy sauce few spoonsWhite pepper few spoonsCorn Flour few spoonsSpring Onions 1 bunch to garnishAsian Sesame oil a cup. Method: In a each seperate bowl, marinate chicken […]
Bise Bela Bath – One Pot Meal for Solo Cooking!
- 28
- June
- 2007
Bise Bela Bath is a fancy name for a one pot dish – Sambar rice! Doesn’t that sound wonderful…you could fix a complete meal in no time and call it a day! In general its always Solo Cooking for me…so, when the recipe calls for cinnamon and cloves…I consider it a feast…no matter what or […]
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 […]
Vegetable Stew – Kerala Style
- 28
- October
- 2005
Vegetable Ishtu I happened to taste this recipe for the first time at Taj, Kumarkoam (Kerela). The stew was so good, a perfect match with appam and iddyappam. Later, when I migrated to U.S…where I was forced to cook my own dinner! I usually call my Mom or brother for recipe ideas…but today, I googled […]
