Posts Tagged With 'French Beans'
Mint/pudina Pulao with vegetables
Pudina | Mint Pulao is a rice dish packed with flavors of mint and coriander with a subtle hint of whole spices like cinnamon, cardamom and cloves. The addition of vegetables like carrots, beans, potato, cauliflower and capsicum/bell peppers makes this a wholesome meal with a simple raita or chips.
Biriyani or any rice dish with over powering spice or masala is not a kind of food Amma makes at home (then and now) but has her own signature rice dishes...
Kerala Style Avial
Kerala Style Avial is a medley of vegetables that is simmered in ground coconut – cumin mixture and topped off with a dollop of coconut oil.
Many friends shared their version and then I knew, even within Kerala, it’s made in a few different ways and differs from city to city, home to home. I decided to follow Edible garden’s recipe because it is a no onion – garlic recipe and her pics of avial is so tempting.
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Zaffrani Pulao
Zaffrani Pulao with Vegetables, a mild pulao with a subtle hint of spices and mint, wonderful aroma of saffron and perfectly cooked rice garnished with fresh cilantro, is a great one pot meal and doesn’t need any elaborate side dishes as it’s balanced and filling on its own.
If you are probably looking for an easy, quick, nutritious, one-pot rice dish, then this is it! I often make this Pulao as it is a one-pot meal and I...
Bisi Bele bath
The first thing that pops in my head when I think/hear of Karnataka’s cuisine is Bisi Bele Bath, a dish made of rice & lentil with vegetables and lots of spices. A great one pot meal that can be easily made for serving a big crowd once the spice powder is made ahead of time. Bisi bele bath means piping hot rice-lentil dish. The ingredients list is long and a lot of spices go into this dish but segregating the ingredients and planning a little...
Veg Jalfrezi with Paneer
Veg Jalfrezi, A mildly spiced colorful curry packed with goodness of Mixed vegetables in tomato base. Soft Paneer, crunchy bell peppers and distinctive vegetable flavors makes it a mouth-watering side dish for Roti as well a filling for wraps. The curry is not a liquid gravy type dish but kind of semi solid gravy that coats the vegetables and Paneer.
I have a recipe for homemade paneer, Click here! Homemade paneer works best!
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Maggi Noodles soup
This is students and “No mood to cook tonight” special.
This recipe is made with Maggi noodles and the taste-maker that comes along! Strictly not for those who see Maggi products as agent that will be sufficient to cause death. Yeah it is true that the little sachet of spice has MSG or commonly known as Aji-no-motto in India, that is exaggerated as if its pot/cyanide! Its bad on regular consumption like every day-every week! But we...
Minestrone Soup
Minestrone soup, An Italian soup that is a meal in itself. The soup is packed with vegetables, beans and pasta.
This recipe is a replica of Olive Garden’s version of Minestrone Soup.
We tasted this soup for first time in Olive garden (OG) while driving from Austin to Atlanta with a huge cargo trailer attached to our vehicle. Why we chose OG.. it had a big parking lot and later we knew it had wonderful food too. If you haven’t been to Olive...
Sweet corn with vegetables soup
Sweet corn with vegetables is a very popular Indo-Chinese served in almost every restaurant in India. It is a soup that has a dominating sweet corn taste and packed with finely chopped fresh vegetables like carrots, beans and cauliflower. A simple soup with not much effort and one more thing to mention: can be easily customized to ones taste and preference!
To make this soup, you will need sweet corn cream style which is available in all stores in...
Beans Paruppu Usilli
Beans Paruppu Usilli is a typical South Indian (Tamilnadu) curry made with soaked lentil that is ground, steamed and crumbled and cooked along with beans. At our place, it is usually made when Mor kuzhambhu is for main course. Mor kuzhambu is a yogurt based no tamarind or lentil kuzhambhu, Paruppu usilli is full of lentils which makes it a perfect combination food.
As far I remember, Paruppu Usilli is predominantly made in Tamil Brahmin homes. Every...
Vegetable Puffs
Vegetable Puffs or the so-called “veg-pups” is a favorite snack and I remember the endless times we’ve had these back in India. We Craved to eat the same here and I knew my only option here was to make it myself. One day, as I was chatting with my extended family in Chicago, who are my best mates when I have to plan a big meal (almost any occasion) mentioned using Pastry sheets to make veg puffs. Since then its been a great hit at...