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Aloo Gobi Ki Sabzi (with Paav Bhaji masala)

People who use Paav Bhaaji masala are very particular about the brand that they use. Most food bloggers swear by Nupur’s approved Everest Paav Bhaji masala brand. In a recent Facebook discussion people had few other recommendations. I am yet to try the Everest brand as I have heard raving ... Read More

Cluster Beans Curry/ Guvar ki Sabzi

Published On 04 Aug 2011 By redchillies. Under Dry Vegetable Dishes, Easy Vegetarian Recipes, Indian Vegetarian Side Dishes, Konkani Recipes, Low Fat Recipes.

Cluster Beans are called Gorikayi or ChavaLikaayi in Kannada, Guvar in Hindi and Chitmitki/ Chitmitkesanga in Konkani. They are flat and smaller compared to the regular string beans and have slight bitter taste too. They are rich in proteins, fiber and considered very nutritious. For us they are available in the Indian ... Read More

Indian Okra Fry/ Crispy Bhindi Fry Recipe

Published On 06 Jul 2011 By redchillies. Under Dry Vegetable Dishes, Easy Vegetarian Recipes, Indian Vegetarian Side Dishes, Low Fat Recipes, Vegan Recipes.

In our house okra is one of our favorite vegetable. Thankfully we get this all the year around in our grocery stores and so there is no dearth of okra related recipes in our household. It regularly makes its way onto our table in the form of Okra raita, okra ... Read More

Chettinad Potatoes

Published On 26 May 2011 By redchillies. Under Dry Vegetable Dishes, Easy Vegetarian Recipes, Indian Vegetarian Side Dishes, Low Fat Recipes, Vegan Recipes.

Inspiration as they say comes from unexpected places and this recipe is a testimonial to that. Few weeks ago, I was looking for some North Indian styled recipe using spinach on Sanjeev Kapoor’s website, hoping to find some inspiration and ideas, but few searches and clicks later I landed on ... Read More

Banana Pepper, Raw Banana Dry Curry

Published On 16 May 2011 By redchillies. Under Dry Vegetable Dishes, Easy Vegetarian Recipes, Indian Vegetarian Side Dishes, Low Fat Recipes.

Hope you all had a good weekend. We had a wonderful yet busy weekend. We had a line of chores, but did not complete most of it. The usual complaint about the weekend is that it gets over very fast. During the week I enthusiastically plan for the weekend, but ... Read More

Capsicum Masala Recipe

Published On 12 May 2011 By redchillies. Under Coconut based Curries / Gravies, Easy Vegetarian Recipes, Indian Vegetarian Side Dishes, Konkani Recipes, Vegan Recipes.

While there are many ways of cooking capsicum, this way of cooking capsicum/bell pepper is my all time favorite. For starters the pungent capsicum is cooked in a coconut masala which has a balanced combination of the essential 4 S. The four S’s being sweet, spicy, salty and sour. So ... Read More

Teppal Ambat (Potato Curry in Triphal spice)

Published On 04 May 2011 By redchillies. Under Coconut based Curries / Gravies, Easy Vegetarian Recipes, Indian Vegetarian Side Dishes, Konkani Recipes, Low Fat Recipes, Vegan Recipes.

Teppal / Tirphal also called as Sichuan pepper is a rare spice Indian resembling a bigger version of black pepper. This is predominantly used in Maharashtra and coastal Konkan cooking. If you are looking at this spice for the first time, then you might ignore it as it so ordinary looking ... Read More