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beginner, Coconut Recipes, Diabetic friendly, Easy Indian Cooking, Glutenfree, Healthy, Salads, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian

Easy Shredded Carrot Salad with Coconut

June 14, 2016

Recipe for an easy Shredded Carrot, Coconut and Cucumber Salad. Takes less than 15 minutes to prepare, vegan and gluten-free too.

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Airfryer Recipes, beginner, Diabetic friendly, Fast Day recipes, Glutenfree, Healthy, Nutrition, Snacks, Vegetables, vegetarian, VegProtein

Crispy Roasted Broccoli in the Air Fryer

June 13, 2016

Recipe for zero-oil crispy roasted broccoli in Air Fryer – 96 calories per serving
Makes a healthy snack or an easy fast-day recipe (5-2 diet) – full of protein and fiber

by Nandita Iyer 
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Appetizers, Food and Travel, Global Vegetarian, Glutenfree, Healthy, Vegetables

Mutabal – A Middle Eastern Eggplant Dip

June 6, 2016

Recipe for Mutabal / Moutabbal / Moutabel – an eggplant dip which is part of a Mezze platter. A bowl of hummus, another bowl of mutabal, a stack of pita breads or crackers, and you’ll feel that life is indeed amazing

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Curry, Diabetic friendly, easy, Easy Indian Cooking, Glutenfree, Lentils, Pressure Cooker Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, VegProtein

Indian Pumpkin Curry with Dal

May 21, 2016

Recipe for Indian Pumpkin Curry with Lentils / Yellow Pumpkin with Chana Dal  – Mildly spicy curry full of health-boosting nutrients and delicious too!

by Nandita Iyer 
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Global Vegetarian, Glutenfree, Salads, Vegan, Vegetables

Papaya Salad without Fish Sauce

April 25, 2016

A vegetarian version of this South East Asain Green Papaya / Raw Papaya Salad – a bowlful of this for a summer lunch is just perfect! A lip-smacking dressing makes sure there are no leftovers.

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Airfryer Recipes, beginner, gluten free, Glutenfree, Healthy, Snacks, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian

Recipe for Beetroot Chips

April 23, 2016

Beetroot Chips made in the airfryer or baked in the oven, just 85 calories per serving, a super healthy snack. No deep frying required!

by Nandita Iyer 
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beginner, Easy Indian Cooking, Glutenfree, Rice, Steamed, Vegan, Vegetables

Cabbage Rice with Spices

April 17, 2016

This easy Cabbage Rice is a Maharashtrian (Western India) recipe. Ready in less than 20 minutes & makes a complete meal with yogurt/raita on the side. One of the tastier ways to eat cabbage! Get the recipe here

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beginner, Curry, Diabetic friendly, Easy Indian Cooking, Glutenfree, Pressure Cooker Recipes, Tamil Brahmin Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables

Avarakkai Poriyal

April 17, 2016

Avarakkai or flat beans are quite commonly used in Tamil Brahmin cooking. In Hindi / Marathi / Gujarati, it is called Papdi. Try this simple stir-fry recipe for these beans, that goes well with Rasam & Rice.

by Nandita Iyer 
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beginner, Curry, Diabetic friendly, Easy Indian Cooking, Glutenfree, Healthy, Tamil Brahmin Recipes, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian

Sweet Potato Curry, South Indian style

April 13, 2016

This Tamil Brahmin / South Indian style Sweet Potato curry is a simple accompaniment to sambar and rice or rasam and rice. An easy beginner friendly way to prepare sweet potatoes, great for toddlers too!

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beginner, Breakfast, Gardening, gluten free, Healthy, Vegetables, vegetarian

Healthy Pumpkin Smoothie with Turmeric

April 11, 2016

Healthy Pumpkin Smoothie with Banana, Turmeric, Almonds and Honey – 5 minutes of prep at night, and enjoy this super healthy, filling breakfast in just 2 minutes!

by Nandita Iyer 
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Curry, Diabetic friendly, easy, Easy Indian Cooking, gluten free, Glutenfree, Healthy, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian

Sweet Potato Curry

April 6, 2016

A mildly spicy North Indian style Sweet Potato Curry that you can serve with rice or roti/ naan. The spices in the curry add lots of flavour to the mild tasting sweet potatoes. Ready in 20 minutes!

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Breakfast, easy, Easy Indian Cooking, gluten free, Glutenfree, Rice, Vegan, Vegetables, vegetarian

Vegetable Poha – Aval Upma

March 31, 2016

A summer special, vegetable aval (poha) upma, has your favourite vegetables sautéed along with poha and a healthy dose of raw veggies to top it. A filling breakfast that doesn’t weigh you down!

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