Potato wedges baked in oven using less oil. This spicy wedges can be served as an appetizer along with ketchup or as a side dish to biryani, variety rice or pulao. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing Spicy Indian Style baked potato wedges.
Vegetable stew is prepared by cooking vegetables of your choice in coconut milk. It can be served as a side dish to Appam, Idiyappam. I love to taste appam with coconut milk. My mom made this vegetable stew when she came to US last time. Everyone liked this gravy and immediately I got the recipe from her. It is very quick and easy recipe. Add vegetables of your choice. Please check below for step wise instructions and pictures for preparing Kerala style vegetable stew.
Potato is a favourite vegetable of many people. Spinach is rich in nutrients. It is a great source of Vitamins, Iron, calcium, folic acid and other essential minerals. This iron rich spinach is called as palak in hindi, palakoora in telugu and pasalai keerai in tamil. Always buy dark green colour spinach. Potato and Spinach are widely used in Indian Cooking. Aloo Palak is an Indian Gravy prepared by cooking potatoes and Spinach in Indian Spices. This can be served as a side dish to Roti or chapati or rice. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing North Indian Aloo Palak Gravy.
The first recipe comes to mind whenever we go for trips is Sandwich. Most of my Sunday morning starts with sandwich. I have already posted Onion capsicum sandwich, Chickpeas Sandwich and Mung sprouts Sandwich, but this Potato sandwich is very special as it consumes zero oil for preparation. This Oil free potato sandwich makes a healthy and quick lunch box recipe too. It can also be served as a evening snacks. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing Oil Free Potato Sandwich.
Kadai Vegetable is a spicy Indian gravy served as a side dish to Indian Flat breads. Indian spices are freshly ground and added to the gravy which adds more flavor and taste to the recipe. I have added Carrots, Green beans, cauliflower and potato. Mix and match vegetables of your choice to suit your taste buds. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing spicy Indian Kadai Vegetable gravy.
Malai Kofta is a rich creamy Indian gravy served as a side dish to Indian flat breads and pulao. Kofta is prepared by deep frying the balls prepared from paneer, mixed vegetables and spices. Creamy Gravy is prepared by frying and grinding ginger, garlic, onions and tomatoes. Cashew paste is added to thicken the gravy. Kofta balls are added to gravy before serving and garnished with fresh coriander leaves. This gravy is Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing Indian rich gravy Malai Kofta.
Flattened rice is used extensively in India for preparation of tiffin items, snacks and sweets. This beaten rice is also known as Attukulu in telugu, aval in tamil, Poha in hindi, avalakki in Kannada. This easy, quick, healthy and nutrient rich upma can be served as Breakfast /tiffin or as an evening snacks. No side dish is needed for this recipe. An easy Bachelor's recipe. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing South Indian Mixed Vegetable Upma recipe.
Dahi Puri is a popular Indian snack. My hubby is a big fan of Pani puri, but I love Dahi puri a lot. Yogurt is always my favourite and dahi puri is always top in my chaat list. Boiled mashed potatoes, Cooked chick peas or moong dal sprouts is added as stuffing to the puri. Finely chopped onions, coriander leaves, sev, green chutney and sweet chutney are garnished on the top of puri. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing Chaat recipe - Dahi Puri | Dahi Poori.
Vegetable Dum biryani is a famous spicy rice recipe from India. I am always comfortable in preparing vegetable biryani in pressure cooker or vegetable biryani in electric rice cooker. It makes the process easy and consumes less time. During week-ends, I prepare vegetable dum biryani. Although it involves lot of ingredients and lot of process, the taste is awesome. The taste of biryani prepared by all the three methods is unique in its own way. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing South Indian Vegetable Dum Biryani.
A hot dog is usually prepared from meat and garnished with mustard ketchup, capsicum, cheese and/or onions. It is served similarly as sandwich. My kid saw hot dogs in some advertisement and was keep on asking for hot dogs. I prepared vegetarian version of hot dog from scratch. I have used vegetables -carrots, potatoes and paneer. It came out very well. My kid loved it a lot. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing vegetarian hot dogs recipe.
Vegetable Biryani is a exotic rice based dish prepared with spicy vegetables, basmati rice and Indian spices. I have prepared vegetable biryani in rice cooker. I usually take electric rice cooker with me during my road trips. Instead of searching for veg restaurants in new place, I prepare some simple meals in electric rice cooker. This vegetable Biryani is an easy, quick and healthy meal. It is basically a one pot meal and treat for bachelors. It doesn't involve any grinding and makes an excellent lunch box. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing South Indian Vegetable Biryani.
Pani Puri is one of the popular and favourite Street food of India. This famous chaat is termed as Gol gappa in North India. The filing in pani puri is made with cooked chickpeas, cooked potatoes and some spices. Pani is prepared from mint leaves, coriander leaves, tamarind, jaggery and some spices. Entire pani poori is eaten in one go. This allow us to taste all the flavours and textures in one go. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing Home-made Pani Poori Chaat Recipe.
Kadambam refers to mixture of different things. Kadamba kuzhambu is a mixed vegetable gravy. It is served in Kovil / temples as prasadam. Onions, Garlic and Tomato are not added to this Kuzhambu. Brinjal, Okra, Pumpkin, Ridge gourd, Carrot, Broad beans, Raw Banana, Potato, Sweet Potato, Yam are the vegetables that can be added to this Kuzhambu. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing Authentic South Indian Kadamba Kuzhambu.
South Indian Aloo bonda is my all time favourite evening snacks. My grandma used to prepare this bonda whenever we go to her house for summer vacation. With lot of people in home, she used to make in large batches. Potato is one of the vegetable available all around the world and also favourite to many people. Potato is known as Aloo in Hindi, Urulai Kizhangu in tamil. Serve this spicy potato bonda with coconut chutney. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing South Indian potato bonda recipe.
Potato Biryani is a exotic rice based dish prepared with spicy potatoes, basmati rice and Indian spices. My mom uses Seeraga Samba rice for making biryani, instead of basmati Rice. This Potato Biryani can be served with Mint Raita or Onion Raita. This aloo Biryani is an easy, quick and healthy meal. It doesn't involve any grinding and no biryani powder is used.It makes an excellent lunch box. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing South Indian Potato Biryani.
Burger is a favourite of everyone in my family. After coming to USA, it is difficult to find vegetable burger and that too the burger which suits Indian taste bud. I have prepared this vegetable burger many times in home. Instead of deep frying the patties, I usually shallow fry the patties in dosa tawa to reduce calories. The best thing about the home made vegetable burger is we can choose our favourite veggies and our favourite dressing or sauce. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing Indian Vegetable burger.
Vegetable Biryani is a exotic rice based dish prepared with spicy vegetables, basmati rice and Indian spices. My mom uses Seeraga Samba rice for making biryani instead of basmati Rice. Vegetable Biryani is served with Mint Raita or Onion Raita. This vegetable Biryani is an easy, quick and healthy meal. It is basically a one pot meal and treat for bachelors. It doen't involve any grinding and makes an excellent lunch box. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing South Indian Vegetable Biryani.
My love for parota ( not paratha) started during my school days. Even though parota will be available in classy shops, the taste of vegetable salna in small restaurants is unbeatable. Parota taste will be exponential when you dunk the parota in salna and taste it after some time. Parota and Salna blend together and gives a unique taste. As I love it a lot, my mom used to prepare this kurma and parota in home. Please check below for step by step instructions and pictures for preparing South Indian Vegetarian Salna Recipe.
My hubby is a big fan of Adigas Open Butter Masala Dosa. whenever we travel from Bangalore to Mysore, we pitstop at Adigas to relish this open butter masala dosa. I have tasted it many times in Bangalore in order to understand the ingredients and tried replicating it many times. Enjoy this open butter masala dosa with coconut chutney rather than sambar. Please check below for step wise instructions and pictures for preparing open butter masala dosa.
My mom is a big fan of Mysore Masala Dosa. When she was studying in college, she went to Bangalore for Industrial visit. During that time she got a chance to taste this Mysore Masala Dosa. I also have one more fan in my home - my little one. He loves this dosa and in order to make the red chutney less hot to suit his taste buds, I added coconut to chutney spread. Please check below for step wise instructions and pictures for preparing Mysore Masala Dosa.
My hubby is a big fan of Adigas Open Butter Masala Dosa. whenever we travel from Bangalore to Mysore, we pitstop at Adigas to relish this open butter masala dosa. I have tasted it many times in Bangalore in order to understand the ingredients and tried replicating it many times. Enjoy this open butter masala dosa with coconut chutney rather than sambar. Please check below for step wise instructions and pictures for preparing open butter masala dosa.
