Lettuce Salad with Thai Peanut Sauce Dressing

Next to Indian, the cuisine that we heart is Thai cuisine and we visit different restaurants often. Each restaurant has its own specialty be it Pad Thai, Thai ginger curry rice, sweet sour vegetables, basil noodles etc that we love. There is this one restaurant that makes an awesome peanut ... Read More

Instant Besan Dhokla/ Khaman Dhokla Recipe

Published On 22 Sep 2011 By redchillies. Under Appetizers / Snacks, Breakfast/ Tiffin Varieties, Easy Vegetarian Recipes, Light Vegetarian Lunches, Low Fat Recipes.

Khaman Dhokla, a Gujarati traditional dish is a savory snack made out of gram flour. It is steamed (not deep fried) and is typically served during breakfast or dinner. Since it is made out of chickpea flour it is rich in proteins and carbohydrates. Soft, spongy and delicious they also ... Read More

Indian Flat Beans Curry/ Chaprada Avere Palya/ Papdi ki Sabzi

Published On 17 Sep 2011 By redchillies. Under Easy Vegetarian Recipes, Indian Vegetarian Side Dishes, Karnataka Recipes, Low Fat Recipes.

Indian Flat beans are referred to as chapparada avare in Kannada and as Chikkudu kaya in Telugu, Val papdi in Guajarati. In Bangalore where I grew up, these beans were readily available and my mom used to prepare it often. But here in the US they are not readily available ... Read More

Spring Berry Salad

Published On 13 Sep 2011 By redchillies. Under Easy Vegetarian Recipes, Light Vegetarian Lunches, Low Fat Recipes, Pasta Salads & Soups.

Call this the spring salad or even summer salad, or any other name of choice but this is good for any day of the season. One glimpse of this vibrant colored salad is enough to brighten my mood and cheer me up. I would not mind eating this every day, ... Read More

Dry Mushroom Curry/Mushroom Fry Recipe

Published On 08 Sep 2011 By redchillies. Under Easy Vegetarian Recipes, Indian Vegetarian Side Dishes, Kid Friendly Recipes, Low Fat Recipes.

Growing up, mushroom was a rarity and something that did not get cooked often in our kitchen. But after living in the US for a while, I have developed an acquired taste to it and now beginning to like it. On the other hand DH and the kiddo have had ... Read More

Microwave Besan Laddoo

Published On 04 Sep 2011 By redchillies. Under Diwali Recipes, Easy Vegetarian Recipes, Indian Festival Recipes, Kid Friendly Recipes, Microwave Recipes, Sweets(Mithai) / Desserts.

For the recent Ganesh Chathurthi, I asked the kiddo which sweet he wanted to eat that day, so that I could make it for him. “Yellow laddoo” he replied without a blink. It caught me by surprise as I did not get the usual “nothing” a characteristic reply, especially when ... Read More