Category: Vegetables
Cabbage Cucumber Salad with Mustard Yogurt Dressing
| January 28, 2011 | Posted by MySpicyKitchen under Cabbage, Daily Recipes, Quick and Easy Recipes, Raitas, Salad/Raita/Chutney, Salads & Soups, Vegetarian, Vegetarian |
The name of the recipe sounds very fancy, doesn’t it? Well, it is non other than cabbage cucumber raita. I bookmarked the recipe over two years ago when Nupur did a guest post on Sailu’s Kitchen. The recipe she posted is a salad but I modified it to raita. Every time I post a raita… more
Spinach Fry
| January 23, 2011 | Posted by MySpicyKitchen under Curries & Fries, Curries & Stir Fries, Daily Recipes, Event Entries, Spinach, Stir Fries, Vegetarian, Vegetarian |
Spinach is one vegetable I make very often. I like anything cooked with spinach, spinach raita, spinach rice, spinach kheema, spinach dal and in soups, unlike U, whose first choice is always spinach fry. He would not mind if a gave him this almost everyday, for a fortnight! That is how much he likes this… more
Bell Peppers & Green Peas Curry
| January 20, 2011 | Posted by MySpicyKitchen under Bell Pepper, Curries & Fries, Curries & Stir Fries, Daily Recipes, Quick and Easy Recipes, Stir Fries, Vegetarian, Vegetarian |
My athamma (mother-in-law) use to make this curry a lot. She use to cook bell peppers with some green peas and tomatoes. She used to add some madras curry powder to spicy it up. She was a very good cook and used madras curry powder a lot in her cooking. I too make this… more
Broccoli & Egg Whites Stir Fry
| December 7, 2010 | Posted by usha under Broccoli, Curries & Fries, Curries & Stir Fries, Daily Recipes, Eggs, Eggs, Event Entries, Meats & Poultry, Quick and Easy Recipes, Stir Fries, Vegetarian |
Broccoli is a very nutritional vegetable. Until few years ago, I did not like the vegetable and seldom cooked it at home. Once I acquired it’s taste, I like it very much and don’t mind making it at home once in a while. I usually steam it or just saute it in some oil with… more
Indian Cooking Challenge: Bari – Dried Lentil Dumplings
| August 15, 2010 | Posted by usha under Ash Gourd, Basics & How to make, Event Entries, Vegetables, Vegetarian |
This month’s challenge is Bari, dried lentil dumplings. These bari can be used in curries and stir fries to spice up and enhance the flavor. Valli picked Mamta’s recipe for wadi/bari. Bari are sun-dried until all the moisture in the baris is gone and stored in an air tight container for up to a year.… more
Kakarakaya Kura ~ Bitter Gourd Fry
| July 6, 2010 | Posted by usha under Bitter Gourd, Curries & Fries, Curries & Stir Fries, Daily Recipes, Stir Fries, Vegetarian, Vegetarian |
MySpicyKithcen has been very cold lately. I have been extremely busy in the past few weeks entertaining guests and traveling around with my mom. Yes, mom is here and you would not believe it, it is her visit here. All these years she was reluctant to come, making excuses that she would get bored. My… more
Sauteed Cauliflower
| May 7, 2010 | Posted by usha under Cauliflower, Curries & Fries, Curries & Stir Fries, Daily Recipes, Event Entries, Quick and Easy Recipes, Stir Fries, Vegetarian, Vegetarian |
This was our dinner last Tuesday. When I went to the store to pick up some produce to prepare dinner, I saw this fresh small head of cauliflower. I had not prepared cauliflower in more than 3 months and the dinner menu was set. I knew Mr.U would not be thrilled about it but… more
Cabbage Pachadi
| March 31, 2010 | Posted by usha under Cabbage, Chutneys & Condiments, Chutney~Pachadi, Daily Recipes, Event Entries, Quick and Easy Recipes, Salad/Raita/Chutney, Vegetarian |
This Cabbage Thuvayal or Cabbage Chutney or Cabbage Pachadi is a tried and tasted recipe from The Singing Chef. This month, her blog is the featured blog on Tried and Tasted, hosted by Divya, an event started by Zlamushka. When I saw the event announcement, I had bookmarked baked stuffed chilies from Raaga’s blog. I… more
Brinjal Raita
| March 8, 2010 | Posted by usha under Daily Recipes, Eggplant~Brinjal, Event Entries, Quick and Easy Recipes, Raitas, Salad/Raita/Chutney, Salads & Soups, Vegetarian, Vegetarian |
Couple of years ago when my cousins visited us, their acquaintance invited us for dinner. It was a delicious dinner and on the menu was brinjal raita. It was outrageously delicious! It was the first time I ever tasted it and was awesome. Ever since, I wanted to try it and unfortunately I did… more
My new love affair!
| February 28, 2010 | Posted by usha under Carrots, Daily Recipes, Event Entries, Quick and Easy Recipes, Salad/Raita/Chutney, Salads, Salads & Soups, Vegetarian, Vegetarian |
It all started nine months ago! I met him last year and fell head over heals in love with him and have been having an affair ever since. This affair started late spring or early summer of last year. I have met him before but on this encounter, I fell in love with him… more
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