A vegetarian food blog with unique and interesting recipes from all over the world mainly focused on South Indian Cuisine.
Sneak in some carrots and make this delicious carrot sauce pasta from scratch in Instant Pot/Pressure Cooker. This vegan and kid’s friendly carrot sauce pasta is a perfect lunch box recipe as well. Check out how to make the carrot sauce and how to cook the pasta in Instant Pot with detailed instructions and step-wise pictures below.
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Are you looking for a perfect side for idli, dosai, upma, roti other than sambar, chutney or kurma? Then look no further. Here comes the delicious Kumbakonam Kadappa / Potato and Moong Dal Gravy or Stew – a famous regional recipe from Tamil Nadu. Check out the Instant Pot version of popular kadappa with a detailed video and also the pressure cooker version below.
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Instant Pot Kodo Millet Kootanchoru or Kadamba Saadam – A Tirunelveli special mixed vegetables and lentil rice recipe with kodo millet or varagu arisi as we say in Tamil. Check out the humble Instant Pot varagu arisi kootanchoru or the kadamba saadam recipe with step-wise pictures.
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A nutritious sweet stir-fry made with green mung beans and jaggery. A perfect sweet neivediyam/offering for any festive occasion. Check out how to prepare this sweet green gram sundal / patchai payaru inippu sundal in both instant pot and stove-top open pot method with step-wise pictures.
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A spicy and a lip-smacking Mexican enchilada sauce from scratch. Here comes my next Mexican sauce recipe – Instant Pot Enchilada Sauce with no preservative and no added food color and guess what, it’s GLUTEN-FREE too. Check out the detailed enchilada recipe with step-wise pictures.
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Jazz up your Mexican fare without worrying about the high sodium content or the additional preservatives, with my rich and creamy homemade refried beans in Instant Pot. Let’s make the vegetarian refried beans from scratch with this detailed recipe with step by step pictures.
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My beetroot love saga continues, and today I am presenting the Instant Pot Version of our favorite recipe – beetroot rice or beets pulav – a not-so-spicy and a kid’s friendly rice recipe with beets and whole garam masala. Check out the detailed Instant Pot Beetroot rice recipe with the video below.
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My quench for dal recipe never ceases and here is my new find from God’s own country – Instant Pot Kerala Parippu Curry – a delicious and a simple dal prepared in the instant pot with small yellow lentils or the moong dal and with the fresh ground coconut-cumin paste. Check out the detailed Instant Pot Kerala Parippu Curry recipe with step-wise pictures below.
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A delicious and easy eggless mango cake with the hint of turmeric and cardamom powder made in Instant Pot. Yes, you read it right – a pressure cooker/instant pot cake filled with the sweetness of mangoes. Check out this soft and oh-so-good eggless mango cake recipe with step-wise pictures.
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A delicious South Indian Style kurma with vegetables and fresh ground coconut masala with the flavors fennel seeds made in Instant Pot – a delectable side for chapati, poori and brinji rice.
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I am back with another pulav/pulao recipe today, and it’s with Rajma or Red Kidney Beans. Here is my healthy, delicious and easy to prepare Rajma Pulao (Rajma Pulav) with the hint of mint and dried fenugreek. Check out the detailed video recipe on how to made this on Instant Pot and written recipe on how to prepare rajma pulav on the pressure cooker.
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Garbanzo Beans Pulav – Delicious, protein-rich and a healthy lunch box pulav recipe with garbanzo beans and chole masala. This one-pot vegan recipe is also popularly known as chana pulao, channa biryani, channa pilaf, chole pulav, chole biryani. Check out how to prepare this fragrant garbanzo beans pulav in instant pot and pressure cooker with stey by step photos.
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Dill Dal Kichadi – A healthy and a quick one pot meal with different lentils and rice with the flavors of dill leaves made in instant pot. This kichadi is not only perfect for the lunch box, but it is a comforting meal any time. Here comes the recipe for the dill dal kichadi. I have shared both instant pot and pressure cooker version.
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A flavorful rice recipe with exotic Indian spices and vegetables cooked in coconut milk. Here comes my second kid-friendly lunch box special – Brinji rice or to precisely say Instant pot vegetable brinji rice. Hop on to read what exactly is Brinji rice and how to make it?
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Happy Ugadi / New Year’s Day Wishes to all the readers. I am delighted to share this sweet kheer on this occasion. Madagane or Madagne is a rich Konkani special kheer prepared with channa dal and coconut milk. Here is my instant pot version of this channa dali payas with step-wise pictures. I have included the pressure cooker/stove-top version as well.Jump to Recipe | Print Recipe
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I wish you all a very happy and a prosperous new year. Today I am going a share a traditional Udupi dessert called Hayagreeva Maddi. It is an authentic dessert prepared with Bengal gram dal, jaggery, and ghee. To put in simple words we can call it as Channa Dal Halwa. Learn how to make this simple recipe in instant pot and also on the stove top method. Jump to Recipe | Print Recipe
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As promised in my previous Ulava Charu Biryani recipe, today I am going to share yet another special winter recipe. It is the Ulava Charu – the traditional rasam/soup from Andhra/Telangana prepared with horsegram lentil. It is traditionally served along with rice and ghee making it as a perfect rice accompaniment. Check out how to cook this Ulava Charu Recipe in both Instant Pot and Pressure cooker.
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Shorbat Adas – A bright yellow colored Middle Eastern lentil soup prepared with red lentils with the flavors of cumin, garlic, and cilantro. This soup has different names such as adis soup, shorba, Arabic lentil soup, and shorbet adas. Check out the detailed video recipe and the instructions below to prepare this soup in instant pot as well as in the pressure cooker.
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And we are done. :-) Here comes the roundup of the Protein rich recipes that I prepared in my instant pot. I chose my sub theme as legumes and Pulses from Indian states. I posted legume and pulse based recipes from 26 Indian states all through September. Here is the recap of those 26 Indian Legume recipes that I prepared in Instant Pot.
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Last but not the least, here comes a super-rich, creamy dal from the state of Uttar Pradesh. A dal can’t get any richer than this. It’s the smoky flavored Sultani dal prepared with split pigeon peas, yogurt, milk and cream, butter and of course ghee. Yes, we need all those dairy products for this dal. I said it’s a smoky flavored dal too. :-) Check out the detailed recipe and how to add the smoky flavor to this dal.
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Today’s recipe is one of the traditional Garhwali cuisine recipes from Uttarakhand – It is the super healthy Gahat Phaanu or the Kulath phanu. Simply put, it is the horse gram lentil stew. I noticed different spellings for phanu. It is written as phanu, phaanu, phanoo. Phaanu is prepared by grinding lentils that are soaked overnight. Based on the lentil you add, it is named accordingly. Gahat is horse gram, and that’s what I am going to share today – Gahat ki Phaanu.
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The next recipe in this series is the Dal Dhokli, precisely the Rajasthani version of Dal Dhokli without any onion and garlic. So what’s dal dhokli? Humara Apna wheat pasta in lentil sauce. ;-) ;-) Isn’t our Indian version of wheat pasta in yellow sauce aka lentil curry. :-) Here comes my Pappardelle shaped dhokli simmered in a simple dal curry.
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Won’t it be a cardinal sin, if I miss posting the Punjabi style Dal fry when my theme is all about lentils and legumes? So here is my version of Dhaba style dal fry, bursting with the flavors of kasoori methi and other spices. Check out the instant pot and pressure cooker version of the dal fry and don’t miss the video.
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I am going to share the last dal recipe from the North Eastern states. It is the daineiiong from Meghalaya.It is pronounced as Dai-Nei-Iong, and it is one of the staple foods of Khasi tribe of Meghalaya. So what is Daineiiong? It’s the Meghalaya style dal prepared with lentils and black sesame seeds. Here comes my version daineiiong with brown masoor dal and toor dal.
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