Category Choose your Veggies

Vegetable Biryani – Easy Vegetable Biryani in Pressure Cooker

May 8, 2014 Biryani/Pulao, Lunch Box Menu, Mixed Veg, Rice Varieties  10 comments

Vegetable Biryani is a simple & easy one pot meal. There are various methods of making biryani like layering, dum biryani etc.. This is a quick, no fail vegetable biryani recipe made in a pressure cooker. Onion Raita is a good combo for this but my favourite is with Ennai Kathrikai (recipe coming soon) This is a perfect lunch box menu too..

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Aloo Halwa – Potato Halwa

April 17, 2014 Diwali Sweets, Halwa Recipes, Holi Recipes, Potato Recipes, Sweets/Desserts  13 comments

Potato is an universal favourite. Have u ever tried making a sweet/dessert with it? Trust me – It tastes delicious. I had been waiting to post this Aloo Halwa / Potato Halwa for a long time. Its my favourite since my childhood. It is a very easy & quick dessert. I do not wait for any ocassion to make this aloo halwa. Whenever I want to have a quick dessert, I make this!!

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Gobi Sabzi – Cauliflower Sabzi

April 5, 2014 Bachelor Friendly Recipes, Dry Sabji, Gobi/Cauliflower  2 comments

Gobi Sabzi / Cauliflower Sabzi is a simple, delicious sabzi that pairs well with chapathi/roti and rice. This is a very aromatic side dish with very simple ingredients. Next to Gobi 65 this is a super-hit at home.

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Keerai Kootu

March 26, 2014 Keerai/Spinach, Kootu / Poriyal Varieties  6 comments

Keerai Kootu is a very healthy kootu variety made with greens(spinach), dal & coconut. It is our family favourite. It goes very well with Puzhi Kuzhambu / Vatha Kuzhambu. I personally love to have it with hot steamed rice & papad – No kuzhambu is required.

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Brinjal Chutney – Kathirikkai Thuvayal

March 20, 2014 Aubergine/Brinjal, Chutney Recipes, Side Dish for Idli/Dosa  10 comments

Brinjal, Eggplant, Kathirikkai is my hubby’s hereditary enemy. Unfortunately it is a favourite for me & Chotu. So I end up making dishes with brinjal only mostly when hubby eats outside. But the convenience with this Brinjal Chutney is that it gets perfectly disguised & hence, very easy for me to trick him saying “It is a normal Tomato Chutney or Kara Chutney “.

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Vazhakkai Varuval – Raw Banana Fry

March 18, 2014 Bachelor Friendly Recipes, Kootu / Poriyal Varieties, NO Onion NO Garlic, Tamil New Year Recipes, Vazhakkai/Raw Banana  7 comments

Vazhakkai Varuval / Raw Banana Fry is a simple fry with no fancy items. It pairs well with any South Indian meal combo(sambar,rasam, curd rice)I have already posted a Vazhakkai Poriyal recipe with freshly ground spices. This Vazhakkai fry does not involve any grinding though and can be made in 10 mins.

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Carrot Halwa

March 16, 2014 Carrot, Diwali Sweets, Halwa Recipes, Holi Recipes, Sweets/Desserts  6 comments

Carrot Halwa or Gajar Halwa is a popular Indian dessert made with carrots, milk & ghee. There are many versions of making it. This version is a very simple & quick one that can be made in a jiffy in a microwave. This is a NO FAIL recipe with very less ingredients.

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Aloo Palak Recipe

March 14, 2014 Dals/Gravies, Keerai/Spinach, Potato Recipes  7 comments

Aloo Palak is a simple & straight forward gravy recipe made with potato & pureed spinach(Palak) along with spices. It goes well with roti & any mild pulao varieties. This is perfect for fussy kids as their favourite potatoes are dunked in it 🙂

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Baby Corn Fingers – Baby Corn Golden Fry

March 10, 2014 Baby Corn, Kids Bay, Snacks / Starters  4 comments

Finger foods are always a hit among kids. This Baby Corn Fingers is one such example. Ever since I made Baby Corn Manchurian, Chotu has become a fan of baby corn. This baby corn fingers is an easy, crispy snack perfect for tea time or when kids come back from school.

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Potato Broad-Beans Fry – Potato Recipes

February 27, 2014 Beans, Dry Sabji, NO Onion NO Garlic, Potato Recipes  6 comments

This Potato Broad-Beans fry is a simple stir fry. This is my favourite since childhood. We call this Aloo-Avarakkai. I dont know from where we derived this name, as Aloo is in hindi & Avarakkai is in tamil. Funny na?? But we call it that way 🙂 It goes well with rice (rasam, sambar, curd) & chapathi or even bread. I purposely prepare a little extra & use the left over sabji to make a grilled sandwich. Yumm!! Do check my entire Potato Recipes collection HERE. 

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