One day, while I was grocery shopping, I saw these ‘rainbow’ carrots. They were carrots of different color. It piqued my interest and I bought a bag. The lighter colored one was not as sweet and had a mild taste of radish. You could make this with regular carrots too. It is really easy to…
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! I am thankful to my family and friends, for my colleagues old and new! Thankful to people who follow my blog. Here is a collage of a vegetarian thanksgiving: veg puffs, stuffed squash (with eggplant, zucchini and mushrooms), beans with almonds, dum aloo biryani served with raita, stuffing,…
Sweet Potato Toast
One day, while I was grocery shopping, I saw a box of sweet potato slices in the frozen section. I decided to try it at home. It is easy to make, healthy and for those who are on a low carb keto diet, whole 30, have gluten or dairy allergy or just want to eat…
Cauliflower Steak
This is a really simple dish that looks like you spent a lot of time. Makes a great side or a main. I served it with tomato chutney, sun dried tomato pesto and yogurt sprinkled with some spices. I roasted this on the oven but you can roast it on a grill or a pan….
Pytt i Panna (Swedish Hash)
Last week when I went grocery shopping and saw beets, pytt i panna flashed in my mind. This is a popular swedish dish, originally made with leftover potatoes and pickled beets on the side. Onions and meat/ sausages were also chopped up and added to it. For vegetarians, meat was excluded and at most restaurants…
South Indian Carrot Salad
I remember eating this salad at my friend’s house when I was in college. I have been making this ever since. It is easy to make, healthy and delicious. You can serve it as a side or eat it as a main. You could grate some radish with it too, if you like; but I…
My Mom’s Tomato Thokku/ Chutney
My mom is a wonderful, gutsy, amazing woman. Some of my first memories of her was playing volleyball with her students, her saree tucked up. She was the first person in her village to go to college. She is a sportswoman who was a sports teacher at a college in Bangalore. She treated her students…
Roasted Stuffed Zucchini
This is an easy dish to make and a low carb, keto friendly dish. Ingredients 2 small zucchinis, sliced in half lengthwise 1 8oz (200 g) packet mushrooms, chopped fine 1 small onion, chopped 3-4 cloves garlic, chopped salt and pepper to taste 1 tsp italian seasoning 1 tbsp oil 2 tbsp bread crumbs +…
Baingan Bharta and Baba Ghanoush An aubergine by any other name would taste as good…
This recipe was posted Jan 2018. I had served this at a dinner party with people from different parts of the world and was loved by all. Reposting the recipe again. Aubergine, brinjal, eggplant, baingan, katrikkai, badanekai – All names for the same vegetable. This is one of my husband’s favourite vegetable and will always…
Chai With Preethi 