Category: Vegetarian

Thai Eggplants with Cilantro Green Chilies ~ Vankaya Kothimeera Pachi Mirchi Koora

Thai Eggplants with Cilantro Green Chilies, Brinjals with Kothmir Green Chilies, VAM: Brinjal, Veggie Fruit a Month, Veggie a Month

Eggplant or brinjal is not a regular vegetable in my house. I don’t mind eggplants but my husband is a little picky. He eats once in a while does not want me to cook it regularly. I usually cook purple brinjal and few months ago I tried round green brinjals, also known as Thai Eggplants… more

Bell Pepper Paneer Curry ~ Kadai Paneer

Paneer capsicum curry, kadai paneer, dish it out

Paneer is an Indian cheese and is often known as Indian cottage cheese. It is used extensively in North Indian kitchens and has also become quite popular in South Indian kitchens in recent years. It is a good source of protein & calcium. Every Wednesday’s, I do not eat meat and prepare something with tofu… more

Potato Roast for Aarthi’s Virtual Bridal Shower

Potato Raost, Simple Potato Raost, Aloo Roast, Alu Roast, Indian Potato Curry, Potato Fry, Alugadda Kura

Aarthi from Yummy Tummy is getting married in the next few days. Some of the blogging friends from blogging marathon decided to throw her her a virtual bridal shower and I am jumped in as well. The idea behind the virtual shower is to prepare something form her blog and share it on our space.… more

Dondakaya Gutti Masala

Stuffed Ivy Gourd, stuff ivy gourd masala, tindora bharvan, stuffed tindora, tindora masala, blogging marathon

For day four of the marathon, cooking with alphabet “D” is Dondakaya Gutti Masala eka Stuffed Tindora Masala eka Stuffed Ivy Gourd curry. I found this recipe almost a decade ago on Daawat.com. Back then, there were very few Indian recipe websites and this is one of the sites I use to refer to very… more

Spinach Mung Dal Fry

Spinach mung dal fry, palak mung dal fry, only curries, cooking with seeds - moung beans

This is another simple, quick and easy recipe. Palak or Spinach is most cooked leafy vegetable in my kitchen and it is usually spinach fry. Mr. U doesn’t like mixing vegetables or pulses with it. Spinach dal is another very popular dish in any Telugu household but that is a rarity I my house. One… more

Okra Fry ~ Okra Stir Fry

Bhendi Fry, Bhendakaya Koora, Bhendakaya kura, bendakaya hoora, Okra stir fry, Ony Curries

Okra ~ Bhendi ~ Bendakaya ~ Ladies Finger is one of our favorite vegetables. I cook this vegetable very often and always buy it whenever I visit my local Indian grocer. When Lisa asked us to share one of the most cherished Indian dish, I was in a fix. As soon as I started reading… more

Soya Chunks & Bottle Gourd in Tomato Gravy

Soya Lauki Tomato Curry

I don’t eat meat once a week and on those days, I try to get my daily required protein from soya products or legumes. Soya is a good source of protein for vegetarians. On a vegetarian day, I cook tofu or soya chunks/granules. I was never a big fan of soya chunks but that has… more

Bottle Gourd Tomato Gravy ~ Sorakaya Shorva

Bottle Gourd Tomato Gravy, sorakaya shorva, sorakaya tamato shorva

Today is the last day of this marathon and I decided to post a shorva recipe.  As I mentioned couple of days ago, I was undecided about today’s curry.  I was debating on what to post until 3-4 of hours ago.  We had gone out of town this weekend and got back this evening.  We… more

Mushrooms Fry

Mushroom fry

Mushrooms are one of my favorite vegetables.  Unfortunately, husband (Mr.U)  is not as enthusiastic about this vegetable as I am.  He would not mind eating it once in a while, once 3-6 months and he prefers dry mushroom curry to gravy mushroom curry.   Just like okra, when cooked, mushrooms shrink in size and yield very… more

Butternut Squash Curry

Butternut Squash Curry

Yesterday afternoon, I was going thru my refrigerator to see what I could have for lunch and I had only mango dal. I knew I did not have many veggies in my crisper and was going thru my freezer to see if I had any vegetables I could use up to make a subzi. Then… more