Vegetarian Recipe Blog
Is the weekend here yet? Somebody please say, yes 🙂 I had a crazy hectic week at work and could not wait for it to get over. We had two of our out-of-town directors at our office and that meant more work, running from one meeting to another, extra tasks, production issues and apart from that finishing our regular work. Phew! […]
Read moreIt has only been few years ago when I learnt that even Black Chana/ Kala Chana are referred to as Chickpeas. I had assumed that only Kabuli Chana was referred to as Chickpeas. I make the usual Chana Masala with the Kabuli Chana and Saaru and upkari (Konkani for Curry) using the Black Chana. This is a simple dry curry […]
Read moreI usually make either Karate Kismuri/ BitterGourd Onion Coconut Mix or Bitter Gourd Crisps/ Bittergourd Rings (Microwave) with bitter melons at home. Both are quick, easy and make wonderful side dishes with their bitterness hardly noticible. But on occasions when I have the time and energy I make this Biiter Gourd Stir Fry which is slightly elaborate. In this stir […]
Read moreYou know how you go to the same place again and again and kind of memorize the landmarks, right? For us going to the supermarket is like it, we have been going to the same place for years now and we are used to the specific spots to find the things we want. Onions here, potatoes there, beans on the […]
Read moreYou know how we buy those small bags of beans, use them for whatever and then have handful of them remaining? And then we wonder what to do with them? That is what happened to me; I had little amount of black eyed beans, red beans, pinto beans, cannellini beans all lying my pantry waiting to be used. And I […]
Read moreOnions and garlic play an important role in my everyday cooking. In fact, it would be fair to say that my cooking starts with the chopping of onions. Garlic, I could do without as there are many recipes for which I do not use it; but not onions as I use it very religiously. I guess it was a few […]
Read moreThis post has been in my drafts for ever. For one reason or the other I never got around posting it. And now that the New Year is just around the corner, I thought this was an opportunity to clear out the old ones and make way for the new ones. This combination of Daal and potato-pepper curry is simple […]
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