When I made this sauce the first time, I could not believe how good it was. It was tangy, spicy and I was easy spoonfuls just like that. I mixed it with some fresh tomato sauce and poured it over some pumpkin and baked it. You can saute some vegetables and a tablespoon of sauce….
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Vegan Mexican Rice
Mexican rice is very similar to the tomato rice that the South Indians make. In the Indian version, we would temper it with mustard and curry leaves. This is a simple and quick dish to make. Serve it with salsa (will be posting recipe soon) and as a side to vegetables or meat. This goes…
Stuffed Mushrooms
The first time I ate stuffed mushrooms was in Sweden where the button mushrooms are bigger than what we get in India. I remember friends going mushroom picking and always giving us a basket of foraged mushrooms, chanterelle among them. In the US, I got introduced to the portobello mushrooms which are meaty mushrooms and…
Healthy Quinoa Salad
Most of the time we think of healthy food and we and equate it to a drab, tasteless meal and especially, if it is a salad, we think of rabbit food. This salad is healthy and tasty, full of veggies and with a lime chilli vinaigrette. I was also making hummus and had some cooked…
Shruti’s Sabudana Khichdi
Sabudana is tapioca pearls, which is used in bubble tea and in javarassi payasam. It is gluten-free. A lot of people are not a big fan of Sabudana because if not cooked properly, it is gooey (not in a good way) and sticky. For the longest time, I would not eat sabudana and will still…
Crispy Crunchy Healthy Roasted Chickpeas
Most of the time, I soak and cook too much chickpeas. So I make this crunchy snack which is super easy to make. Ingredients: 1 cup cooked chickpeas or 1 can chickpeas 1 tbsp olive oil salt to taste 1-2 tsp of seasoning (piri piri or chat masala or a mixture of garlic powder and…
Hummus – Healthy and Easy to make
When I have guests, I have some easy appetizers and dips that I make. Hummus is one of them. I think the first time I ate hummus was at Oasis Falafel in Iowa city. It is a very small restaurant with maybe four tables but with the best falafel and hummus. Because I am lactose…
Spinach Chutney (Basale Soppina Chutney)
The other day I bought some Malabar spinach (Basella Alba). This spinach is a climber and grows really well in South India. It is high in Vitamin A, c, iron, and calcium. You can make a stir-fry or throw it into a sambar or dal and it is delicious. While I was wondering what to…
Coorgi Mushroom Curry (Kummu Curry)
My mom often talks about her childhood in Coorg walking many many miles to school, climbing trees, throwing stones at the mangoes and eating many fruits and berries on the way. She spoke of the different wild mushrooms growing and that they picked these mushrooms and that the flavor those mushroom had is not the…
Vegan Roasted Pumpkin Soup
Happy Thanksgiving! One of my favorite vegetables is Pumpkin. (OK I feel like I say it every time I write about a vegetable – spinach, eggplant, mushroom, carrot …) In the west, you think of pumpkins in October and November. But in India, you cook it through the year in sambar and a lot of…
Chai With Preethi 