I don’t own a whole lot of cookbooks (pssst… I own only 3 of them) and among them the book Joy of Vegan Cooking is my favorite. This book has helped me improve my baking skills and also let me venture and experiment with vegan cooking. I have tried many recipes from this book like Oatmeal raisin cookies, Cinnamon coffee cake, chocolate chip cookies and now this Blueberry Muffins; all with wonderful results. The recipe in the cookbook is originally for Lemon Blueberry muffins but in this recipe I skipped the lemon. I had tried the Lemon Blueberry muffins one…
- Breakfast/ Brunch /Tiffin Varieties
- Dosa Varieties
- Easy Vegetarian Recipes
- Kid Friendly Recipes
- Low Fat Recipes
- Pickles /Chutney / Masala Powders
- Vegan Recipes
Chutney and Plain Dosa Recipe
In our house Dosa chutney or Idli chutney gets transformed from a breakfast ritual to a Friday Dinner ritual. If it is Idli one week, then it is Dosa the other week. I soak the daal and rice Thursday morning while leaving for work and grind it in the night. So by Friday evening the batter has ample time to ferment. This is the recipe I follow for dosa with good results. Here are some more recipes for Idli and Dosa. I know Plain Dosa and chutney is an easy recipe for many of us, especially for the people from…
- Daal Rasam Sambhar varieties
- Easy Vegetarian Recipes
- Indian Vegetarian Side Dishes
- Konkani Recipes
- Low Fat Recipes
Horse Gram Curry and Rasam (Kultha saar upkari)
Konkani cuisine uses lot of Horse Gram (called as Kulith) in its cooking; there is the ghashi, koddel, chutney, dosa and this saar/upkari. This is a simple dry curry and rasam, delicious and nutritious as well. Horse gram is first soaked, cooked and then finally seasoned. The cooked water is used to make the rasam by flavoring with seasoning of garlic. Since the cooked water is used, there is no wastage or loss of nutrients of any sort. Horse gram is an excellent source of iron and molybdenum. It is considered helpful for people with iron deficiencies, weight loss…