Archive for the ‘Veg’ Category
Baked Paneer Rolls
Posted by: cornstarch on: May 31, 2009
- In: Bakes| Paneer| Starters| Veg
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Khichdi the Tamil way!
Posted by: cornstarch on: August 5, 2008
- In: Rice| Veg
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This is a Khichdi made in my family for breakfast. We call it paruppu saadham at home. It has got a lovely flavour and i like it when it ishot. My grandma adds a tomato whereas i don’t.
Do try this out, it is a reaalll comfort food.
Ingredients
Raw Rice – 1 cup
Tuvar Dhal – 1/2 cup
Turmeric powder [...]
Bisi Bhela Bhath (the way my mom makes it)
Posted by: cornstarch on: July 28, 2008
- In: Veg
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Saturday being all veg day, wanted something spicy and comforting. So asked amma to make sambar rice (bisi bhela bhath). Few of my dad’s relatives in Bangalore use whole garam masala whereas my mom doesn’t use it.
Ingredients
Rice – 2 1/2 Cups
Tuvar Dhal - 1 cup (Boiled with a pinch of turmeric and asafoetida and mashed [...]
Bell Pepper Bhajji Curry
Posted by: cornstarch on: May 12, 2008
- In: Veg
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This dish is called bhajji curry because we use the same mixture that we use for making bhajjis except that in powder form. the outcome is really nice and crunchy and goes along with anything.
Ingredients
Bell Pepper – 3 medium sized ones chopped into small pieces
Ginger Garlic paste – 1 Tbsp
Besan Flour (kadala maavu) – 2 [...]
Indian Style Chinese Fried Rice
Posted by: cornstarch on: April 29, 2008
- In: Veg
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I have been wanting to do fried rice for quite sometime. The last time i tried, the rice turned out really mushy and tasted a bit like Veg. Pulav
So i started collecting information from various food blogs and came up with the fried rice below, which was a sure winner !!
Ingredients
Basmati rice – [...]
Vazhaipoo Vadai
Posted by: cornstarch on: March 7, 2008
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Ingredients
Banana flower - 1 cleaned, stalk removed and chopped finely
Channa Dhal (kadalaparuppu) – 1 Cup
Green chillies – 4 or to taste
Ginger – 1/2 inch piece
Garlic - 4 cloves
Onion – 2 medium sized ones chopped finely
Fennel Seeds (sombu) – 1/4 tsp
1 small piece cinnamon
Salt to taste
Curry leaves
Method
Soak the channa dhal for at least 1 hr. Grind [...]
Amma’s Ragi Adai
Posted by: cornstarch on: February 26, 2008
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This delicious and damn healthy adai is my mother’s recipe. She make this in 2 varieties. The one below is the kaaram version and the other a sweet version ( will upload it a lil later)
Ingredients
Ragi flour – 500 gms
Onion – 3 big ones chopped
Green chilli – 5 chopped finely
Coconut shavings - a cup
Drumstick leaves [...]
Thirunelveli Eggplant Discs
Posted by: cornstarch on: February 7, 2008
- In: Veg
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This recipe courtesy is my colleague T who is from thirunelveli. She used to bring this for lunch and it was treated as a delicacy by us.
Ingredients
Eggplant(the big variety) – 1
Red Chilli Powder – 2 tbsp
Coriander Powder – 1 tbsp
Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp
Rasam Powder – 1 tbsp
Ginger garlic paste – 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
oil
Method
Cut the [...]
