A vegetarian food blog with unique and interesting recipes from all over the world mainly focused on South Indian Cuisine.
Today I am going to share a classic green bean casserole prepared with fresh green beans from scratch. Are you hosting a holiday party and looking a veggie side? This low-calorie version with sauteed onion and mushroom and with homemade white sauce will surely be everyone’s delight. Check out the detailed recipe below with stepwise pictures.
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I am presenting you today – The combined goodness of lentils, vegetables, potatoes, and cheese. It is the vegetarian version of the Shepherd’s Pie aka the lentils and veggie shepherd’s pie. This kid-approved classic casserole dish is a perfect vegetarian main course meal. The process might sound lengthy, but you can do a lot of things in parallel or make ahead too. Check out my detailed post below for those options and also for the step by step pictorial recipe.
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Get your daily dose of valuable nutrients with these delicious Roasted Brussel Sprouts with honey and Balsamic Vinegar with a generous drizzle of sesame seeds. This roasted Brussels sprout is a perfect vegetarian side for any parties be it Thanksgiving or Christmas. Check out the detailed recipe with step by step pictures below.
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Looking healthy alternatives for regular potato fries? How about some fiber-rich Baked Jicama Fries? Yes, that’s what I am going to share today. So what is Jicama(pronounced as hee-cama)? It is an edible root grown in the warm climates of Central America, the Caribbean, the Andes Mountain regions, and Southern Asia, where it’s an essential as well as an extremely versatile food source. It is popularly known as Mexican Yam Bean or Mexican Turnip.
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Looking for a protein rich, quick and delicious meal? Then this recipe is for you. Here is the vegetarian version of the French delicacy – Quiche with Tofu and vegetables. When I tried my vegan tofu frittata, I made a note to try a quiche with tofu but completely forgot. Glad I forgot, if not I would struggle for the alphabet Q. :-) So here is the eggless quiche recipe with tofu. Please refer to the notes section for the vegan version.
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Holi, the festival of colors is in a couple of weeks’ time, and when I saw Holi Recipes as one of the Blogging Marathon themes for this month, without any second thought, I picked it up. All the chaats and snacks, fall under the Holi recipe category, and I have posted most of them last September. This time, I wanted to keep it simple and healthy yet delicious. So I am starting off with perfect tea time snack – Methi Mathri, precisely Baked Methi Mathri.
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The next thanksgiving vegetarian recipe is the bread stuffing or the thanksgiving stuffing. As the name suggests, it’s the filling that goes inside the turkey and hence the name thanksgiving stuffing. But I am going to present it as a thanksgiving side. (err main dish for vegetarians). This stuffing is usually prepared with dry bread or croutons or with left over baguette along with veggies. The main herb that is used in this recipe is the sage.
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As a part of the thanksgiving recipe series, earlier I posted cranberry sauce. Before getting into how I used the cranberry sauce in other recipes, let me share some savory recipes. I cannot skip potatoes, when it comes to thanksgiving. So here is the popular thanksgiving side, oven roasted rosemary potatoes.
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Protein are the building blocks of the body. I have already written about my protein math here. If you are a vegetarian or vegan, Tofu and Soy products becomes one major source of protein. Here is the vegan version of the Frittata with Tofu and vegetables. If you are not vegan, you can go with regular cheese of your choice.
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Tater Tots – A kid’s friendly potato snack. According to wiki, Tater is the abbreviation of potato. There are two reasons for naming it as tater tots – as it is served for toddlers or could be because of their bite size. These bite sized snacks have the good of potatoes and cheese. It can’t go wrong right? It is pretty much similar to Aloo tikki without cheese.
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Looking for some simple homemade healthy snacks for kids? Here is a two ingredient baked recipe – Apple chips. All you need is some crisp apples and powdered cinnamon. If your apples are tangy you can use some powdered sugar. You can whip this up in no time.
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Here is the simple baked tortilla chips to go with my Quinoa and spinach burrito. For my second dish I tried tortilla chips. Obviously when its burrito the combo should be chips right?
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The word “Burger” originated from the work “Hamburger” which in turn derives from a German word called Hamburg. Burger means different varieties of sandwiches. Burgers made their way into the USA with the help of Fletcher Davis who sold Burgers in his cafe at Texas during 1880s. But other merchants and residents in New York, Wisconsin and Oklahoma and Ohio also helped to spread the burger in the USA. Slowly it started to spread and now burger is one the most popular fast food in US with zillions of variations.
Can my blog be complete without a burger recipe? No way… I have tried many burger recipes and here in US you get a wide variety of vegetarian burgers with patty and without patty, with this sauce and with that sauce. When I say burgers the next thing that comes into our mind is the fries. (Let’s forget about the soda) Burger and Fries is one among the popular food combo in the US. My favorite burger joint is In and Out. Love their fries and the grilled cheese burgers with soft buns.
So for today’s recipe I went with a burger without patty and instead of frying the potatoes I went with baking them. I love mushrooms and especially the big portobellos. They are perfect for burgers. Their earthy flavor goes well with buns and other sauces. So here is the simple recipe that I tried.
Baked Portobello Mushrooms:
Steps:
Preparing the mushrooms:
Arranging the burgers:
That’s it yummy burgers are ready.
Please find the baked french fries recipe here.
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French Fries – No one can eat just one :-) I love both potato and sweet potato fries. This is one of the perfect sides for Burgers. Be it Burger King or McD or In and Out, when you order the burger you get fries as a side. For the today’s international combo I am going with baked fries and burger instead of regular fried fries.
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Yes, this week Diabetic friendly theme is outdoor grilling. Summer is here in full fledge and the weather is perfect for BBQs and grilling. As I don’t have a grill, thought of baking asparagus. In Calif we get asparagus till May and luckily I found this in the supermarket last week. Asparagus is a perfect veggie for grilling, roasting and of course baking. Asparagus has sufficient source of Vitamin K and Vitamin B and its know for its health benefits. You can read about the benefits of asparagus here. Including balsamic to this recipe give an unique flavor and enhances the taste of asparagus. According to google, “Balsamic has anti-bacterial and anti-viral properties which can make it an effective remedy for treating infections and wounds. Folk healers used balsamic to cure body pain and as energizer.” The other benefits are listed here.
Ingredients:
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That’s it. Yummy baked asparagus is ready. :-)
Posting after a week :-). I do need to post lot of non-recipe articles which I start from hopefully tomorrow. This week theme for DFT is kebabs and tikkis. So now coming to today’s Diabetic friendly recipe, this is a baked version of vegetable tikki and here I have used green zucchini with spinach and corn kernels. Zucchini is a light and versatile veggie and we all know the health benefits of spinach. So thought of combining the both and to be honest, for the first it came out well. I am a big time pearl onions or shallots lover. So I prefer them over regular onions. But you can go for regular onion or even try without onion. Here is the recipe that I tried.
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Ingredients:
Steps:
Thats it. Soft and crisp zucchini tikkis are ready.
You can use these tikkis as patties for your sandwich which makes a nice meal too. :-)
Disclaimer: I am not a nutritionist or dietitian. My knowledge and information is based on my research and reading from different resources. Please consult your doctor or dietitian before making any changes to your diet.
Here are the other entries:
Anu’s Black eyed bean kebabs
Shailja’s Peanut butter kabobs
Sonal’s Kamal Kakdi & Shami kebabs
Yayyyy.. I did it. I did it. whooooo :-) :-) (Thats my whistle he he) I completed my second blogging marathon. Explored a lot and at the same time learnt a lot. So here we are on the last of this baking marathon. As its DFT thursday I am going for a healthy snack.
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We all love to have something crunchy during tea time. With diabetic eating smaller portions helps a lot. So two snacks becomes very important. When it is baked and when it has the goodness of peanuts, flaxseeds and oats its hard to resist. It is a simple recipe which can be done under 30 minutes. I wasn’t sure if peanuts can be used for diabetes, but this article helped me to understand and yes peanuts can be used for diabetic patients. You can find the health benefits of flax seeds here.
Ingredients:
Steps:
Enjoy with hot tea. :-)
Disclaimer: I am not a nutritionist or dietician. My knowledge and information is based on my research and reading from different resources. Please consult your doctor or dietician before making any changes to your diet.
Other Entries from this week DFT featuring more snacks.
1. Prachi’s Multigrain Mathris
2. Shailja’s Manakish, a middle eastern bread
4. Suchitra’s Masala Peanuts, pan roasted
5. Chahat’s Baked Methi Pooris
6. Anupama’s Red Rice Flour Baked Nipattu with oats and mung dal
7. Swati’s Baked Oats and Methi Crackers
8 Sonal’s Lemon Pepper Crackers.
Welcome to the 24th day of Baking Mania. When there is paneer recipe in the BM obviously there should be something with tofu too right?
Like every other people I do substitute tofu in place of paneer. But somehow I prefer tofu with Kung Pao or in this Teriyaki. M is the Kung Pao tofu specialist. Will post that recipe soon. Coming back to today’s recipe the base recipe is taken from “Peas and thank you” by Sarah Matheny. I received this book as my birthday gift from her. This is one of the cook books that I love and treasure. Its a simple recipe that goes well with noodles or fried rice or even with plain rice. You can red chili sauce to this but I am not adding. I just love the sour and sweetness of this dish. There is a soaking time for this recipe so plan accordingly.
Ingredients:
Steps:
Thats it yummy Teriyaki Tofu is ready. Pour the remaining 1/4 cup of the sauce while serving.
Welcome to the 23rd day of this Blogging Marathon.
As I mentioned in my previous post, this BM is helping me to get back to some of my forgotten recipes. This is the second recipe that I am preparing after a long time like the enchilada casserole. Don’t ask me why I didn’t do this earlier. Even I don’t have the answer. ;-) Coming back to this recipe, this is a simple recipe with no tadka and no dry powders. You can also use dry masala powders but I prefer the sauces instead of dry masalas. Its a four ingredient fix and all you need is cauliflower (of course), tomato ketchup, red chili or schezwan salt and some sugar and thats optional too. No salt is required for this dish. The sodium content in the ketchup gives you the required amount but always adjust these sauces according to your choices.
Ingredients:
Steps:
Thats it sweet and sour and spicy cauliflower is ready. This goes well with fried rice or noodles or even with roti.
Murukku is one of the popular savory snacks from Tamil Nadu which is must in the festivals like Diwali, Gokulashtami. There are zillion varieties of murukku and today here is my favorite coconut milk murukku and the highlight is that this murukku is not fried but it is baked.
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Welcome to the 17th day of Bakia Mania.
When you are in silicon valley, you are not only surrounded by IT companies and start ups but also with Indian restaurants. Just goto Fremont hub minimum 10 Indian restaurants. One among them is Go Chatzzz and me and Vaandu love it. If we both go for outing Jamba Juice and lunch or dinner in this place will be a must. This restaurant serves paneer starter called “Awadhi Paneer” which grilled marinated paneer. We love this dish very much. This made to look into the Awadhi cuisine and OMG. Learning a lot about Awadhi cuisine and techniques. Its very interesting also. This dish is not exactly Awadhi paneer. I just modified it according to our taste. I am broiling the paneer here not baking. But you can go for baking too. Here is the recipe,
Note: The more you marinate it tastes better. So plan accordingly. I usually marinate in the morning before going to work and broil it in the night.
Ingredients:
Steps:
Serve it with ketchup and the marinated yogurt.
Note: We love the charred taste, so I broil them. You can also bake for 30 minutes.
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. :-) …
Welcome to the 14th day of baking.
Garbanzo beans falls under the legumes family and has high protein and fibre with low calories. You can read its nutritional analysis here. The WH foods also recommends these beans. Its a perfect diabetic friendly legumes. So I am submitting this recipe for Sonal’s DFT. Diabetes Friendly Thursdays
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I love falafels and I have already posted my pita pocket salad recipe here. These falafels go well with the pita pocket salads. I don’t want to deep fry falafels for my salad. So these baked ones are the best for my salads. You get protein from these, carbs from the pita pockets and enough vitamins from the greens and salad. A well balanced meal Here is the recipe.
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Disclaimer: I am not a dietician. Please consult doctor before getting into any diet.
Welcome to the 11th day of Baking Mania.
Back to my favorite savory bakings. I was thinking for couple of minutes if I should name it as stuffed baked okra or baked stuffed okra. Finally went with alphabetical order. :-) I love roasting and baking veggies in oven. As mentioned before its a total time saver. I love stuffed brinjal or as we say in Tamil Ennai Katharikai. Similarly I wanted to try it out with Okra too. I used the same masala and then used the store bought masalas to do this dry curry in the oven. This is perfect side dish for roti or Kadi chawal or even with Avial. As you are only slitting the okra, there is no big chopping work also. Here is the recipe.
Ingredients:
For the the stuffing:
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