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Sheem Paturi – Flat beans in Banana Leaf Parcels

February 21, 2017

Sheem Paturi is an exotic vegetarian dish from the kitchens of Bengal, in which Sem or flat beans, smothered in a freshly ground mustard and chill paste, is steam cooked in banana leaf parcels. Sheem… [Continue Reading]

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Easy Cooking, Easy Indian Cooking, Glutenfree, medium, Party dishes, Rice, vegetarian

Parsi Brown Rice Recipe

March 20, 2016

Recipe for Parsi Brown rice to serve with Dhansak – Lightly golden in colour, mildly sweet and fragrant from the whole spices that are coaxed to release their aromas into hot ghee, this rice dish pairs well with most spicy Indian curries

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Appetizers, Healthy, how to, medium, Mexican Vegetarian, Snacks, Vegan, vegetarian

Homemade Multigrain Tostada Shells

February 1, 2016

Vegetarian recipe: Tostadas are crisp discs that are served with a variety of toppings. Typically made using cornmeal and deep fried, baking them yields perfectly acceptable results.

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Healthy, how to, medium, Mexican Vegetarian, Vegan, vegetarian

Homemade Multigrain Tortillas

February 1, 2016

HEALTHY RECIPE: Traditionally homemade tortillas employ lard to give a super soft texture. In the vegetarian version, we employ oil and hot water. These tortillas are a healthier multigrain version.

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Baking, Boozy Recipes, Breakfast, Desserts, Festival Recipes, medium, Party dishes

Cinnamon Rolls with Orange-Rum Glaze

December 20, 2015

Christmas Special Cinnamon Rolls with Orange Rum Glaze – Summed up in one word – “irresistible”! Get the recipe to bite into pillowy soft cinnamon rolls.

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Festival Recipes, Glutenfree, Lunch, medium, Rice, Tamil Brahmin Recipes, Vegan

Puliyodharai – Traditional Tamarind Rice Recipe

October 14, 2015

Try this traditional tamarind rice recipe made from scratch, often served as prasadam in the temples in South India and the perfect companion to long train journeys.

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Desserts, medium

Pumpkin and Carrot Halwa – An Indian dessert

October 4, 2015

This Pumpkin and Carrot Halwa is my take on the traditional gajar halwa. A pressure pan cooks the halwa in no time, khoya adds to the richness and your pumpkin-carrot dessert is ready!

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Easy Bakes, Healthy, KiddieLunchBox, medium, Snacks, Teatime Treats, vegetarian

Super Moist Eggless Apple Cake Using Coconut Sugar

September 25, 2015

The perfect cake to kick off fall, or to use up apples – either way this Super Moist Eggless Apple Cake is the perfect tea cake, and reasonably healthy too. You’ll find a secret here to keeping it super moist despite not using eggs. Read on to find out 🙂

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Easy Bakes, medium, Snacks, Teatime Treats

Recipe for a Fun Banana Chocolate Bread

September 2, 2015

Does the world really need another banana bread recipe? With a ton of banana bread recipes on the blog, okay make that half a dozen, I had decided a while ago not to post any more banana bread recipes on the blog. Remember those home grown bananas? Finally, the last batch did turn into an overripe l

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Coconut Recipes, Easy Bakes, Healthy, KiddieLunchBox, medium, Nutrition, Snacks, Teatime Treats

Health Benefits of Coconut | Pumpkin Coconut Oats Squares

July 22, 2015

Pumpkin Puree, Desiccated Coconut and Oats come together in this super simple and healthy bake. Cut into squares and enjoy with tea, guilt-free.

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Breakfast, KiddieLunchBox, medium, VegProtein

Besan Cheela stuffed with Paneer Bhurji

July 16, 2015

If you are from the South of Vindhyas, cheela / chila is not a much heard of term. It is a staple North Indian breakfast dish. To put it in simple terms, it is like an instant dosa made using besan. However unlike adai, which is a lentil based dosa preparation, cheelas are much thinner and crepe lik

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Breakfast, Indian, Lentils, medium, Nutrition, Vegan, VegProtein

Recipe for Paruppusili stuffed Dal Parathas

May 12, 2015

Paruppu Usili is a traditional Tamil Brahmin dish where soaked, ground and fried lentils are added to a seasonal vegetable such as any beans variety, carrots or ivy gourd. It is often paired with our version of Kadhi called Moar Kozhambu The recipe in this blog post is the fifth in series for the Ta

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