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Cabbage Thoran from Kerala

September 8, 2016

This cabbage thoran, thanks to the flavours of shallots and cumin seeds, and the fragrance from fresh coconut, is an effortless way to make cabbage taste good.

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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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Diabetic friendly, easy, Global Vegetarian, gluten free, Glutenfree, Meals in Bowls, Millet Recipes, Nutrition, Salads, Summer, Superfood, vegetarian, VegProtein

All about Quinoa | Quinoa Vs Millets | Recipe for Quinoa Salad

July 14, 2015

Quinoa has been rapidly climbing the popularity charts among superfoods. Once unheard of in India, it has now become a household name and I’m sure even my grandma is aware of this now 🙂 A funny thing about Quinoa is that it quite the mispronounced food – often called “Queen-o-wa” and what not . A

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Curry, Easy Cooking, Indian, Lentils, Nutrition, Tamil Brahmin Recipes, Vegetables

Recipe for Poricha Koottu : South Indian Mixed Vegetable Curry with Lentils

March 11, 2015

It’s high time I posted one of my favourite Tambrahm recipes. Poricha Koottu, a mix of vegetables, dal and either a masala ground with coconut or a spice powder is perfect soul food. Eaten with rice along with raita and roasted papad is true comfort food who has grown up eating this meal. As a kid,

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beginner, Dinner, Easy Cooking, Egg Recipes, Glutenfree, KiddieLunchBox, Rice, vegetarian

How to make egg fried rice – Recipe for Egg Fried rice | Indochinese recipes

February 28, 2015

Egg fried rice is one recipe for which you can actually ensure that there’s a box full of leftover rice sitting in the refrigerator. Finely chop a bunch of vegetables, scramble a few eggs and you have a wholesome meal ready in minutes.

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Nutrition, Salads

Chana cabbage salad with yogurt dressing – Low carb vegetarian dinner series

February 27, 2010

This one sounds like an odd combination but they hit off pretty well – something like the chemistry of the geeky Farhan Akhtar and the glamourous Deepika Padukone in the movie Karthik Calling Karthik (which I very badly want to see and end my 15 month exile from the movie-hall), though I must admit that neither the chana nor the cabbage are as glamourous as Deepika, but the end result was almost there!

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Lunch, Nutrition

Quick Dinner Recipe: Couscous with roasted vegetables

July 14, 2009

Today was a nearly perfect day – with things going as planned, rains generously hitting the city, water crisis in the house somewhat better, chores getting done before schedule and one dirty window sill cleared of pigeon droppings, and me managing to catch 2 episodes of Jeeves and Wooster in the afternoon while baby was sleeping. And hey, the little boy entertained himself with a kitchen towel, a tomato and a cooker-vessel. Was that a sign??

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Curry, Greens, Lentils, Nutrition, Tamil Brahmin Recipes, Vegetables

Recipe for Keerai Kootaan / Milagoottal and Cabbage Poriyal

June 3, 2008

Another simple Tambrahm lunch menu – Spinach & Lentils (Keerai Koottu), Cabbage Poriyal (stir fry)

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Nutrition, Vegetables

Cracked wheat with tons of veggies

March 10, 2008

This dish is modeled after the excellent Vegetable Baath that my mom makes. Baath is nothing to do with bathing, but this is a rice dish, that has loads of vegetables that are finely chopped, sauteed with whole spices and spice powders. The cooked rice is then cooled and delicately hand-mixed with t

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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.

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Vegetables

Cabbage curry with Bengali spices

September 11, 2007

Inspirations come in different ways. The inspiration to cook Bengali vegetarian food came after my visit to Oh! Calcutta – one of the more authentic Bengali cuisine restaurants in Bombay. S and I actually wrote down all that we had ordered in detail so that one of us could blog about it. We even fou

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beginner, Diabetic friendly, Dinner, Glutenfree, Healthy, Lentils, Nutrition, Pressure Cooker Recipes, Vegan, VegProtein

Recipe for Black Eyed Peas Patties – Vegetarian Burgers

January 31, 2007

Healthy Vegetarian burgers made using cooked black eyed peas / Lobia – high fiber, high protein and delicious too! [vegan] [gluten free]

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