Category: vegetarian

Potato Flower Pancake

 

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Potato Flower Pancake

Slice –  Wash  1 Big Potato – Slicly thinly – Coat with Oil

Arrange – Grease  Plate – Spread  Grated Cheese  – Arrange Slices overlapping

Microvave –  3 mnts – Turnover – 3mnts – Turn Again – spread grated cheese – pepper -salt to taste – Final 3 mnts ( Total 9 mnts)

Serve –  With Sauce of Choice.  Or eat Plain.  Delicious Cheesy Potato.   Quick Snack for Cheesy Cravings.  Enjoy!!  mmm…….

Note – Make 2 pancake with 1 big Potato.   Use herbs instead of Pepper.

P.S.  Pan Fried Version without Cheese is in Trial Stage.

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EntePotato Pancake with Parsleyr a caption

 

Sprout Salad Honey Dressing

Sprouts Salad Honey Dressing

Soak – 1 cup Mung Bean (green Bean) in Water – 24 hrs – Drain – cover – leave in warm place  –  2-3 days –   Check  and wash beans every day.  Sprouted.

Chop – 1 appple – 1/2 cucumber – 6 cherry tomato – 1/2 onion

Grate – 2 carrots

Dressing –  Juice 2-3  lemon –  Salt  to taste –  1 tbsp. Honey

Salad – Mix sprouts  – chopped   and grated  items – dressing – Garnish with Coriander.

Delicious Fresh Sprout Salad.   Mmmm…..  so crunchy, sour, bitter -sweet salty Salad.

Enjoy!!

Note :    Replace apple with grapes. Grated Carrot with Coconut.

 

 

 

 

Aviyal – Creamy Coconut Curry

 

Mixed Vegetables in Yogurt Sauce Indian Curry RecipeChop – 4 cups of mixed Veg – (Carrot/Beans/Cucumber/zucchini/raw banana/drumstick/ raw mango) – cut in thick Juliennes

Boil – Chopped Veg – 2tsp Salt – pinch turmeric + chilli in +/- 1 cup water

Grind – 1 cup grated coconut -1 green chilli – 1tsp cumin seeds

Cook – Add ground coconut to boiling Veg – cook till done turn off Stove – cool 5 mnts.

Mix – Cooked Veg with 2 cups Creamy Yogurt – Warm slowly low flame – 1 mnt. Turn off Stove.

Seasoning – heat 1 tbsps. Coconut Oil – Splutter 1 tsp mustard – 2 red chilly -1 tsp Urad dal – handful curry leaves – 1 mnt – add to above

Delicious Aviyal ready to Serve!! Eat it with Rice or Chapati or Just Plain.

Note: Use veg of Choice. Mix colours and textures – Skip Seasoning just add coconut oil dressing.

Every year for Good Friday my mom made several different Delicious Veg dishes. This  recipe brings back memories of mom’s cooking, dad and brothers  spontaneously inviting neighbours and friends  to join us for a meal. I am remembering my mom’s Erissery now, my favourite.  That is a recipe for another time!!

AVIYAL OR AVIAL A TRADITIONAL SIDE DISH CURRY RECIPE FROM KERALA INDIA

Pan Fried Masala Vada Wedges Lentil Slices

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Masala Vada Slices

Soak – 1 cup Chana lentils – 2 cups water – 2-3 hours – Drain

Grind – Drained Lentils –1 tsp. chilli powder – 1’’ pc ginger – 1 tsp Salt – Rough paste

Chop – 1 onion – ½ coriander leaves – 10 curry leaves – 1 green chilli

Mix – Ground lentil – chopped items

Microwave –  Oil Plate – 2 tbsp. Mix – spread  4 -5”  diameter circle – devide with knife  – wedges(4pcs) – 4 minutes

Fry – Grease flat pan – spread slices – Add a little oil or ghee to both sides – till golden – +/- 3 mnts

Crispy Crunchy Vada Wedges ready. Guilt Free Snacking any time.

Enjoy with chilli sauce or just plain vada slice. mmmmm……

Note : Make in Batches.  Add herbs and spices of choice. Skip microwave step and pan fry slowly on pan for longer.

Festival time – Sweets and Snacks time – Colourful and Beautiful. Indians celebrates many cultural and traditional festivals. Each Family celebrates their own set of festivals. There more than 10 major festivals every year and many- many more minor festivals.

Lots of Sweets and Snacks are prepared during festivals and distributed to neighbours and friends. Hence, the whole neighbourhood can enjoy and celebrate.

Vada is traditionally deep-fried snack which is prepared for many festivals. I was always the first to grab Vada’s before anyone else.

Masala Vada Recipe.  Delicius and easy Lentil Patties from south India.

Cheesy Chips Chana Chaat -Nachos

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Sweet Sour Sauce -Boil – ½ cup each  Jaggery –  Tamarind pulp– 1 cups water – Add 1 tsp each Chilli /Ginger/cumin/black salt powder – Cool

Green chutney – Grind – 1 bunch Coriander – lemon juice – pinch Salt

Yogurt Sauce – Mix 1 cup sour cream – salt – pinch ginger powder – coriander

Salad –  1 Onions – 3 Tomatoes – 3 Chillies– 1 cup corn – Coriander leaves

Micrwave – Spread  – ½ pkt. Chips – sprinkle half the Salad –  lots of grated cheese

Sides – Cooked Chickpeas – Slightly mashed – topped with rest of the Salad – Chana Chat!!

Serve – Chips Chana Chat – Drizzle – yogurt Sauce -sweet sour Sauce – green chutney

Tickle your taste buds – Sweet -Sour -Soft – Colourful – Crispy Crunchy cheesy Chat!! 

Thank you Sarah for making the Nachos.

Easy Veg Snack.   No space for dinner after this!!

Last Sunday Eating Nachos with my family reminded of  street foods, cool evening stroll with my dearest friends enjoying Chana Chat. Beautiful memories of Bangalore India.

INDIAN STREET FOOD CHAAT RECIPES

 

Eggless Easy Banana Pancake

Eggless Easy Banana Pancake Recipe

Mix  – Flour 1 + 1/2 cup – 1/2 cup water – 1 tbs  Honey – 1 tbs Oil – Pinch of -Salt & Cinnamon   – 2 Ripe Mashed Banana

Fry – Heat a pan. Make thick pancakes.

Note : Substitute  –  Ghee for oil – Sugar for  honey – White flour for Brown

Quick and easy. Children love this.   Mmm….

When Tina was about 7 years old,  once a week, one of the child had to bring a homemade snack to share with the whole class and also the recipe.    This was the snack we made for her classmates and teachers.

She also had to submit a recipe for the snack.   When the recipe given to her she was disappointed as it had very few ingrdients and the method was too easy!!

However, the pancakes were well enjoyed with no leftovers!!

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