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Low Fat – Restaurant Style Matar Paneer | Indian style peas and cottage cheese curry

January 3, 2008

Hello and glad to see you in the new year. Trying to stick to my resolutions (to blog more regularly) – I was ready with the draft 3 days ago, but that’s when respiratory infection and bronchitis caught up with me and has kept me down for over 3 days. In Bombay, the temperature difference is well ov

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Baking, Nutrition

Another Banana Cake – David Lebovitz inspired

December 14, 2007

I never tire of making banana cakes (or bread if you like to call it that). Banana cake was the first thing I ever baked and it has remained a hot favourite. Besides, now that we are trying to avoid eggs in baked products too, it is fun to look at innovative ways to bake our favourite goodies by usi

by Nandita Iyer 
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Diabetic friendly, Dinner, Healthy, medium, Nutrition, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian

Steamed vegetable manchurian in gravy

November 11, 2007

A healthier way to cook everyone’s favourite Indo-Chinese recipe – Veg Manchurian in gravy. The vegetable balls are steamed instead of fried, keeping the dish healthy & delicious.

by Nandita Iyer 
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beginner, Desserts, Healthy, Nutrition, Steamed, Sweets, Vegan, vegetarian

Microwave Semolina Banana Coconut Cake in 15 minutes

August 9, 2007

One of the few cakes that you can bake in a microwave oven – using semolina (rava), banana and coconut milk. Use coconut oil instead of ghee to make this vegan.

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Breakfast, Nutrition

Oats and Mango Breakfast Smoothie : WBB # 13

July 18, 2007

When Madhuli asked me how I felt about Oats as a theme for Weekend Breakfast Blogging, I thought, wow, she’s a girl after my own heart. According to me, the simpler and blander an ingredient, the more you can dress it up, the more creative you can get. It’s like working on a blank canvas. Oats for m

by Nandita Iyer 
16 Comments
Curry, Diabetic friendly, Glutenfree, Lentils, Nutrition, Tamil Brahmin Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, VegProtein

Kovakkai Paruppu Usili – Ivy Gourd with steamed lentils

June 8, 2007

Ivy gourd prepared with steamed and crumbled lentils – paruppu usili is a much loved Tamil veggie preparation!

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Nutrition, Snacks

Bulgur patties – Crispy bulgur burgers

May 19, 2007

Regulars on my blog know that I have been cribbing endlessly about the heat in Bombay. I have almost forgotten how to make perfect round rotis, because it’s clearly been a while since I made them. That doesn’t mean I’ve been hogging rice for all my meals, which would have been the best thing to happ

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Nutrition

Summer food series # 4 – Quick Mango Sandesh with my friend Preeti

May 14, 2007

Cooking with friends is a delight and especially so if your friend is as talented as mine. Preeti has been a cooking enthusiast since she was in school inspired by India’s queen of cookbook writing- Tarla Dalal. P has a whole collection of Tarla Dalal right from her first hardbound book in 1974. Tho

by Nandita Iyer 
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beginner, Diabetic friendly, Glutenfree, Healthy, Lentils, Nutrition, Salads, Vegan

Raw Mango and Chana Dal Salad – Indian style

May 11, 2007

A simple raw mango and chana dal salad, no cooking required. Make use of the raw mangoes in season to prepare this delicious Indian meal accompaniment.

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Nutrition, Vegetables

Dudhi ki sabzi – Bottle gourd in gravy

May 7, 2007

There are some vegetables that never make it to our favourites’ list. Most gourds, especially the bitter gourd for obvious reasons, and also the bottle gourd for being so tasteless. DH is absolutely a non-fussy eater but gourds deter him too. When I tried out an experiment with the bottle gourd for

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Nutrition

Detox diets – An overview

April 1, 2007

Spring is supposed to be the best time not only for spring cleaning but also for cleaning up the mileu interior of our body. A few pointers on how to get into a detox diet and how it helps are outlined in this article

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Nutrition

How to snack and lose weight

March 13, 2007

I was exercising like a maniac, eating the right foods, no in between grazing and yet my weight refused to budge. Since I did not have too much to lose in the first place, it was all the more difficult. While I’d like to believe that I’m just a little short of a health freak, I didn’t have a figure

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