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Oven Crisped Bhindi (okra)

November 24, 2011

Bite-Sized Post No.1 To make sure I am blogging more frequently, I’m going to do these bite-sized posts. These are recipe cards made using iPhone pics and coming straight to the recipe without any (much) rambling. Who doesn’t like fried Bhindi / Okra? But truth is okra can soak in a whole oil tank t

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Easy Cooking, Nutrition, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian

Simple cauliflower mash – Gobhi bharta

October 22, 2010

Dear Readers, I have managed to update the recipe index and the blog template after ages. Hope the index is helpful and the colours of the template are cheery enough for you to spend time on the blog. Your constructive feedback is welcome. Coming to this post, this is one of the simplest ways of pr

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easy, Global Vegetarian, Glutenfree, Healthy, Lentils, Mexican Vegetarian, Party dishes, Vegan

Vegetarian chili made with black eyed peas and a Mexican Pizza

September 20, 2010

If you love Mexican food, this vegetarian Chili recipe is a good place to start. Serve with corn bread or stuff burritos, it’s 100% YUM~

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beginner, Breakfast, easy, Easy Indian Cooking, Glutenfree, Rice, Tamil Brahmin Recipes, Vegan, vegetarian

Arisi Upma – A breakfast in minutes

June 13, 2010

Steaming hot upma is served This recipe is another example of how simple traditional Tamil Brahmin cuisine is. No frills, no laundry-list of ingredients and yet divine in taste. In earlier times, rice rava used to be painstakingly prepared at home by picking, washing and draining the rice. It then u

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easy, Lentils, Mexican Vegetarian, Review, Rice, Vegan, vegetarian

Indian Mexican Rice from Monica Bhide

May 15, 2010

Mexican flavoured rice with corn and beans, a recipe that will fit into your Mexican Vegetarian menu PURFECTLY!

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Salads, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian

Yotam Ottolenghi inspired Mango Chickpea Salad

May 10, 2010

I am yet to read a cookbook written by Yotam Ottolenghi, but I follow his column on the Guardian quite avidly. Last week, I came across his recipe for Alphonso Mango and curried chickpea salad and I HAD TO make it. Not only because it is the mango season in India (that makes the unbearable summers k

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Dinner, Greens, Pasta, Vegan, vegetarian

Spinach Peanut Pesto Pasta

May 6, 2010

No basil, no pine nuts, and still want to make pesto? This spinach-peanut pesto is just the recipe for you. Prepare this in advance and freeze for a quick 10 minute dinner.

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Vegan, vegetarian

Roasted eggplant soup and the hate-list from my childhood

February 10, 2010

Some twenty years ago, if someone told me ‘It’s kathrikkai (eggplant) soup for dinner’ I’d have won the 100 metre sprint. Yeah, eggplant was probably the only vegetable in my hate-list. Sometimes my tongue would itch after I ate a piece of this, so I hastily assumed that I’m allergic to eggplant and

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gluten free, Glutenfree, Greens, Lentils, Vegan, vegetarian, VegProtein

Double beans with Amaranth greens

January 29, 2010

Beans and greens are a classic combination in many of the world cuisines. This delicious salad made using cooked double beans and greens, South Indian style is super healthy!

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Baking, Indian, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian

Fresh green peas parathas

January 23, 2010

‘Tis the season of fresh green peas and while I always have on hand large packet of frozen peas, the taste of fresh green peas is something else. There is an extremely simple recipe – which my friend had shared with me last season, where if you buy large quantities of peas, say 2 kilos or so, you sh

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Baking, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian

Eggplant Caponata – My version

February 25, 2009

From an erstwhile eggplant hater to making so many dishes with eggplant is quite a progress for me. I think eggplant is quite an adult taste and the smoky taste of roasted eggplant, even more so. I hardly know anyone who liked eggplant as a kid. Both S and me LURVE anything to do with a char grilled

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Baking, Breakfast, Nutrition, Vegan, vegetarian

Wacky Banana Cake

October 26, 2008

There are some blogs I follow because I know their tried and tested recipes will come to my rescue each time I’m facing a dilemma as to what to cook! Then there are some other blogs which I visit purely for reading pleasure – either because I cannot procure most of the ingredients they use or they w

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