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Vidhya’s Vegetarian Kitchen

A vegetarian food blog with unique and interesting recipes from all over the world mainly focused on South Indian Cuisine.

Fusion

Pan Grilled Apple and Butternut Squash with Pumpkin Spice

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Are you hosting a Fall/Halloween party and looking for some easy-peasy starter recipes? Here is a unique recipe made with fresh seasonal produce – butternut squash and apple. Yes, I am combining a fruit, veggie and a protein – paneer / Indian cottage cheese with pumpkin spice and paprika to make this delicious appetizer. This pan grilled apple and butternut squash with pumpkin spice is a perfect appetizer for any party. Check out how to make this delightful starter with step-wise pictures and also how to save the remaining paneer and butternut squash with FoodSaver® FM3941 Vacuum Sealing System and FoodSaver® Bags and Rolls Value Pack. And yeah and some food saving tips and weekend meal prep ideas.

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Udon Noodles with Peanut Butter

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A not-so-spicy and a quick noodles recipe with Japanese wheat flour noodles – Udon with the hint of peanut butter. Yes, I am going to share Udon Noodles Recipe with peanut butter. Even though udon noodles are commonly used in soups, I decided to make it as regular noodles. Here comes my Chinese style noodles recipe with Japanese Udon Noodles.

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Idli Manchurian

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Don’t we all love fusion food? Today I am going to share how to transform the humble idli, be it leftover idli or fresh idli, into an exotic and a drool-worthy recipe that not only jazz up the lunch boxes but also parties and potlucks. Idli Manchurian – deep-fried rice and lentil pancakes/idli pieces tossed in sweet and spicy Manchurian sauce. As always, here is my Idli Manchurian recipe with step-wise pictures. Hop on to read how to make this Idli Manchurian.

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Hakka Noodles | Veg Hakka Noodles

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Another Indo Chinese recipe is here today, and it is the Veg Hakka Noodles. When it comes to the kid’s lunch box recipes, it is hard to skip noodles. So here I am with my share of yummylicious and a perfect restaurant style veg Hakka noodles recipe that is so addictive. Check out the detailed recipe of this toss-fried veg Hakka noodles with step by step photos.

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Fried Rice | Vegetable Fried Rice

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Fried Rice, precisely vegetable fried rice – this famous Indo-Chinese dish is an appetizing medley of cooked rice and vegetables stir-fried together in a simple sauce. You need pretty basic ingredients to prepare this mild veggie fried rice and here is how I made it. A perfect lunch box recipe and pair it with paneer Manchurian for an ideal combo.

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Shahi Paneer Pizza | Wheat Pizza with Shahi Paneer Topping

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An Indianized fusion pizza is what you need to brighten up your weekend. How about the Shahi Paneer Pizza with wheat pizza base? Sounds interesting right? That’s what I am sharing today. Shahi Paneer Pizza – A wheat pizza topped up with Shahi Paneer and more paneer, bell peppers, onion, and tomatoes with a zing of chaat masala. Scroll down to see the step by step pictorial recipe of Shahi Paneer Pizza.

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Instant Pot Paneer Gravy with Pasta Sauce

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I am going to share an easy peasy paneer gravy recipe that you can prepare in a jiffy without tomatoes. I can hear you asking how come paneer gravy without tomatoes? Hmmm, let’s think. How about using pasta/pizza sauce for the same? Errr that’s what I did. :-) Here comes my super simple Instant Pot Paneer gravy with pasta sauce.

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Instant Pot Broccoli Tofu Stir Fry

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Whenever I think about stir-fry, broccoli always crossed my mind. I love the broccoli stir fry with soy sauce and cane sugar. That subtle sweetness elevates the simple stir fry to the next well. Today I am going to share broccoli stir-fry with tofu. These two pairs very well and you get your daily dose of vegetable as well as the protein. :-)

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Seitan Soup | The Vegetarian Meat Soup

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Seitan is the mock meat or the vegetarian meat prepared from the wheat gluten. Seitan is a Japanese word which means wheat gluten or wheat meat. According to the wiki, wheat gluten is made by washing wheat flour dough with water until all the starch granules have been removed, leaving the sticky insoluble gluten as an elastic mass which is then cooked before being eaten. Today I am going to share how to prepare the seitan from vital wheat gluten flour and a simple vegetable soup with the cooked seitan.

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Veggie Naan Pizza With Paneer

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Yayyy it is the weekend, specifically the game weekend. Looking for easy yet exotic meals that can be prepared in a jiffy? Today I am going to present one such recipe which will be party pleaser for sure. Errr.. forget the parties and games, this recipe will surely magnify your dinner table and make your family time more memorable. When east and west meets, this is what you get – Curried Naan Pizza with Paneer. :-)

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Cranberry Sauce Vathal Kuzhambu

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When I prepared my slow cooker cranberry sauce, I wanted to try some fusion recipe with it.   Given the fact that it is sweet and tart, I was planning for a savory recipe. I had sufficient amount, so used my sauce for the cheesecake and with the remaining I experimented quite a few recipes.  And one of the most successful recipes was this Cranberry Sauce Vathal Kuzhambu or cranberry sauce gojju.

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Nectar Glazed Tofu with Roasted Sesame Seeds

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Today I am going to share a recipe that has crossed borders and has become popular worldwide.   The other highlight is that, we can create zillion other recipes with this recipe as the base. You can vary the ingredients that are required to marinate the main ingredient or you can even alter the main ingredient. Cool huh? Here comes my – Nectar glazed tofu with sesame seeds. As I mentioned you can replace tofu with veggies like cauliflower, mushroom or any animal protein of your choice.

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Vegan Mango And Coconut Jello With Agar Agar | Woon Mamuang

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Here is the gorgeous vegan no bake mango dessert – Mango Coconut Jello or Panna Cotta or Woon Moongwang (in Thai). This delicacy is prepared with Mango puree and coconut milk and of course with sugar and the jello is set using agar agar powder making it perfect for all vegetarians and vegans. This week’s BM theme is No Bake Dessert.  The moment I saw this theme, I picked it right away so as to try all the mango based desserts. I know it’s not one fruit theme, but still you will be seeing mango recipes in the coming days and weeks.

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Asian Pasta Salad

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I love fusion cuisines and it lets you experiment different combinations. One of my successful fusion experiments with pasta that got published in Salis Online Magazine is the Spaghetti pulav. That made me to try to some more fusion with pastas. Today’s fusion recipe is also one of our favorites and I tasted this at my work for the first time. This is also no cheese pasta which means no need to warm it up and perfect for lunch boxes.

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Veggie Dumplings with Wanton Wraps

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 A couple of weeks ago, Vaandu asked me to pack veggie dumplings with toothpick (???) for his lunch. I don’t remember him trying out veggie dumplings before. Not sure if any of his friends bought it for lunch. Anyways when he asked that for lunch, I told him that I will try it once for dinner before packing it for lunch. With Navratri, I couldn’t try that at all. This weekend he started asking for it again and I realized I cannot postpone anymore. I have postponed already for two weeks. I was very tired this Sunday and I didn’t want to do everything from scratch. So when I browsed for shortcuts, the first recipe that came was Alton Brown’s steamed dumplings. I love semi-homemade recipes. I have already written enough about the puff pastry sheets and how they save a lot of time on weekdays or when you don’t have time to start from scratch, especially for puffs. Wanton wraps fall under the same category. It’s a great ingredient to have in your fridge. 

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Banana – Biscuit Halwa

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 This recipe was earlier sent for IMC’s Treasure Box. I really loved the october month treasure box. It’s the Gandhi Jayanthi special box and we got the khadi paper and our designer beautifully designed a warli craft. We all Loved it. Here is the box that we got. The recipe that got sent in this box was this Banana-Biscuit Halwa.

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Spaghetti Pulav

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This recipe got published in Salis Online magazine. I am reposting it here in my blog again. I love these fusion recipes. Recently started to venture out more of these kind. Starting off with kids special. Kids all love Spaghetti and Pasta. Instead of regular white sauce pasta or tomato sauce pasta, I thought of including Indian flavor to it and here is the fusion Spaghetti Pulav. You can veggies of your choice and its perfect for lunch box or even for dinner.

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Banana Splits

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Banana splits is a simple recipe that can be prepared with less than 5 ingredients and within 15 to 20 minutes. Be it summer or winter this recipe is perfect for all the seasons.
Banana splits is a combination of bananas, semi sweet chocolate and nuts. Add ice cream along if you are serving in summer if not the just serve hot with the ooyi gooyi chocolate.
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Simple yet frutilicious  recipe perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients:
  • Banana – 2
  • Semi chocolate chips – 1/4 cup
  • Chopped nuts – 2 tbsps
  • Ice cream of your choice as required.

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Steps:  
  • Melt the chocolate chips in the double boiler method. Boil water in wide vessel and once the water starts to boil cover it with a plate and place another vessel on top and add the chocolates.
  • The chocolates will start to melt in 3-4 minutes.
  • Once they start to melt, mix them completely and turn off the heat.
  • Meanwhile peel the banana skin and cut them into half. It its small banana you can keep as is.
  • Now slit in the middle and add the melted chocolate.
  • Drizzle the chopped nuts and serve with your choice of ice-cream.

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No bake Chocolate Cereal Clusters

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I would like to thank Indi-blogger for this feature and mention. When I saw my blog one among the top 10 among Indian food blog I was elated and when they contacted me for the feature I was super elated. It got published last week and here it is
http://blog.indiblogger.in/2015/08/05/getting-the-traditional-twist-back-into-the-kitchen/
Thank you Indi-blogger :-) :-)
So now coming back to today’s recipe,
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Cereals are not only for breakfast but also can be used for preparing snacks. Chocolate cereal  clusters is a simple recipe that can prepared easily and its a  great recipe to get kids involved. Once the chocolate melting part is completed, kids can help to fold in the melted chocolates and make the clusters. It’s no bake recipe with just four ingredients. All you need is cereal of your choice and chocolates and some nuts.
Ingredients:
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  • Corn flakes or cereal of your choice – 3/4 cup
  • White chocolate chips – 1/4 cup
  • Semi sweet brown chocolate chips – 2 tbsps (You can go with only white or brown)
  • Chopped nuts – 2 tbsps
Steps:
  • Melt the chocolate chips in the double boiler method. Boil water in wide vessel and once the water starts to boil cover it with a plate and place another vessel on top and add the chocolates.
  • The chocolates will start to melt in 3-4 minutes.
  • Once they start to melt, mix them completely and turn off the heat.
  • Now add the melted chocolate to the cereal and also add the chopped nuts.

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  • Slowly fold them in and mix well.
  • Make sure the cereals are coated well with the chocolate.

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  • Meanwhile place the parchment paper on a cookie tray.
  • Take one table spoon of chocolate cluster and place them in the cookie tray.

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  • Let it cool for about an hour.
That’s it. Yummy chocolate cereal clusters are ready
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This recipe was sent as a part of the IMC’s July month Treasure box.

Pizza Puffs | Vegetarian Pizza Puffs

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Welcome to the 16th day of Baking Mania. Ahh 10 more days to go. Today’s recipe is a simple, semi home made recipe – pizza puffs. All you need is some vegetables, cheese, pizza/pasta sauce and puff pastries. Once you have all the ingredients ready this  can be whipped up in no time. :-) …

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Rice – Veggie – Cheese balls

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Rice n Cheese n Veggie balls is a simple after school snack with the ingredients that you can find easily in the super market. This can serve as great appetizer for a party too. You can substitute the green chillies with pepper powder and this recipe is a great way to sneak in the vegetables.. Basically this dish is from Jaya TV’s arusuvai neram with little variation in the ingredients. I added more veggies to this recipe. My little one just loves this dish without any sauce. It  is easy to pack and really goes well for lunch box.

You can serve this with ketchup or tomato sauce.
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