Vegetarian Recipe Blog
Ever had one of those feelings that you are going to get a bout of cold/cough/fever just because you are around a person who has one? You have a minor throat irritation and you take in a spoonful or two of your favorite cough syrup? …
For all those here in the US, hope you had a good break and relaxed Thanks Giving weekend. We had a relaxing time as well away from the regular grind, did little bit of shopping but stayed mostly indoors. I prepared these easy to make …
We love mangoes at home; both the raw and the ripe fruity ones. We prefer eating fresh mangoes, but during mango off-season we succumb to temptation and buy those big Mango pulp cans from the Indian store. I tried Mango ice-cream with the pulp and after that a good bit of mango pulp was left over. I usually store the left over in the refrigerator; however I do not like storing it for a long time and so think of ways of using it quickly.
Now the other day while I was in the process of making Kalakand, it suddenly stuck to me, why not add some mango pulp to this mixture and make Mango Kalakand. Seemed like a good idea at that spur of the moment.
So I went ahead and did an experiment and mixed, micro waved small quantity of Mango Pulp along with Ricotta cheese and Condensed Milk in the hope of making Mango Kalakand. However it was not successful. I felt that the taste of Condensed Milk which tastes like Khoya/ Mawa when cooked had over powered the flavor of Mango. The taste was like a regular Kalakand and the flavor of Mango was lost was in the process of cooking. So I thought of a different approach.
In my next experiment, I used Evaporated Milk instead of condensed milk, Mango Pulp and Ricotta cheese. I also used Jaya’s idea of using Ricotta cheese, coconut and then came up with idea of Mango peda. I did not use cardamom powder as I wanted the flavor of Mango to stand out.
Kalakand is a popular sweet made out of solidified, sweetened milk called Khoya and Paneer (cottage cheese). Growing up in Bangalore this used to be one of our favorite sweets. It has a rich, decadent and melt-in-your moth taste. Traditionally made, it is a …
So many factors like food, people, places, special days etc invoke memories in us, but I personally feel that food is the strong catalyst of all. Food is a part of our daily lives; there are so many varieties, different people associated with that food …
During the production release week at work, everything becomes chaotic and extremely busy. New features and last-minute changes are often added to the release at the eleventh hour, which means more work must be completed before the deadline. Consequently, I end up bringing work home to finish the tasks. This impacts dinner time, so I try to prepare something that’s a one-pot meal, quick, and healthy. While take-out works for a day or two, we start craving something hearty and homemade, even if it’s simple Daal-chawal (Rice and Daal).
During such times, this easy mixed Vegetable Rice recipe becomes my go-to solution.. This recipe is based on Methi Rice/Fenugreek Rice that I had learnt from my mother except that in this case I substitute fenugreek leaves with other vegetables. Served with Raita and Pappads, it becomes a complete meal. To top it all off, there’s no guilt involved in enjoying this dish—it’s low-fat and packed with heart-healthy vegetables.
This tastes more like a pulav and can be made without the pressure cooker. In one of my earlier post, there were some discussions about making pulav in the pressure cooker as it tends to burn at the bottom. So if there are such concerns then this rice can be made in a regular pan itself.
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I had bookmarked this recipe Vegan Ice Cream: Coconut, Cherry & Almond by Soma long time ago and had been meaning to try it ever since. The appealing factor for me (apart from those captivating pictures) was the usage of coconut milk instead of full …