Indian Vegetarian Recipes

Iamsimpleguy

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Shalini0072016

Homemade protein shake

Ingredients
Soy Milk- 1 glass( cold)
Nonfat &Greek yoghurt- 1/2 cup
Medium banana- 2(frozen)
Apricots- 1/2 cup( fresh or dried)
Organic Honey- 2 tsps

Preparation

Blend them all together & serve it cold with a rind of lime or mint.

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Shalini0072016

Gobi Manchurian

Ingredients

Corn Flour- 1 cup
Water- 2 cups.
Cauliflower florets- 1 big bowl.(boiled with salt)
Salt- To taste
Chilli powder- 1 tsp.
Turmeric- 1/2 tsp.
Onion- 1 big finely chopped
Spring onions- 10 finely chopped
Coriander- 1/4 bunch finely chopped
Green chillies- 5 finely chopped
Tomato sauce- 2 tbsp
Soy Sauce- 1 tsp
Oil- for deep frying

Preparation

Take a large bowl. Add corn flour & water & mix will without lumps, add the spices to it.Now add the florets to this & toss them well. Deep fry until golden brown, transfer them to kitchen towel on a plate & set it a side.

Now take a frying pan, add 2 tbsp of oil from the deep frying oil. Add the onions & spring onions, green chillies & saute it for 2 mins. Now add tomato sauce, soy sauce, 1/4 cup of water. Let it cook for a min. Now add the fried florets to this, toss them well. Transfer it to a serving bowl, garnish it with coriander & serve it hot with a dip .

Follow the same for paneer( cottage chesse) as well

Happy Eating...

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Shalini0072016

Hey everyone. Can anyone share interesting healthy dips & spreads?.

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Iamsimpleguy

Shalini0072016 wrote: »

Homemade protein shake

Ingredients
Soy Milk- 1 glass( cold)
Nonfat &Greek yoghurt- 1/2 cup
Medium banana- 2(frozen)
Apricots- 1/2 cup( fresh or dried)
Organic Honey- 2 tsps

Preparation

Blend them all together & serve it cold with a rind of lime or mint.

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Shalu

I am going try this one, Thank you @Shalini0072016

Shalini0072016

Hi Friends. I am really sorry for not updating. The Summer is getting real bad. Hoping to get back in form

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Pinkylee77

Shalini0072016 wrote: »

Hi Friends. I am really sorry for not updating. The Summer is getting real bad. Hoping to get back in form

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I know summer is hot in India. How hot is it? Rest and stay cool. Where I live it is not hot yet still spring.

Shalini0072016

Potato Stir Fry

Ingredients

Refined oil- 3 tbsp
Potatoes- 4( sliced)
Water- 2 cups
Salt- To taste
Turmeric- 1/2 tsp
Ground black pepper- 1 tsp( fresh)

Preparation

Heat a frying pan with oil. Frying in sliced potatoes, salt, turmeric for 2 mins, add water & let it cook until tender enough. Add pepper & toss it up. Turn of the flame. Serve it hot as side dish with your main course meal.

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Shalini0072016

Broken Rice Upma

Ingredients

Broken Rice- 2 cups ( white)
Split pigeon peas- 1 cup( dry roasted)
Cumin seeds- 1 tsp( dry roasted)
Black pepper- 1 tsp( dry roasted)
Red chillies- 5
Salt- To taste
Water- 4 cups.
Mustard seeds- 1
Refined oil- 4 tbsps
Asafetida- 1 pinch

Preparation

Heat a pan, dry roast the cumin, pepper, split pigeon peas together, until the aroma comes. Cool this mixture. Coarsely ground this mixture in the blender. Set this a side.

Heat a pressure cooker with oil. Pop mustard seeds, red chillies, asafetida, add water, add the ground mixture & broken rice. Mix it well. Close the lid & don't put on the weight. Every 5 mins mix it well. Cook it for 15 mins & transfer it to your serving bowl. Serve it hot with a dip, if you like it or you can have it just like that.

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Shalini0072016

Okra Fry

Ingredients

Okra- 1 big bowl( chopped)
Gram flour- 4 heaped tbsp
Salt- To taste
Chilli powder- 1 tsp
Turmeric- 1/2 tsp
Garam masala- 1 tsp
Refined oil- for shallow fry.

Preparation

In a big bowl, add the okra, all spices, gram flour, sprinkle the water, mix it well together. Take some of it & shallow fry it. Transfer it to kitchen towel, until the excess the oil is strained. Serve it hot with a dip of your choice.

A good evening snack on a rainy day. Good for your brains.

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Shalini0072016

Thanks for your encouragement. Felt like updating a few recipes @ashishtk22

Shalini0072016

Carrot Stir Fry/ Salad

Ingredients

Carrot- 5( grated)
Green chillies- 5( slited)
Salt- To Taste
Refined oil- 1 tbsp.
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Split chick peas- 1 tsp
Black gram- 1 tsp
Lime juice- 1 tsp.

Preparation

Heat a frying pan with oil. Pop the mustard seeds, chick peas, black gram, green chillies, salt & fry it for a min. Add the grated carrot, lime juice & toss it for a min & serve it as a salad or side dish.

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Shalini0072016

Pinkylee77 wrote: »

I wished we had a love button for the wonderful recipes

Now, you can find a love button. Lol. Love @Pinkylee77

Shalini0072016

Well. I am going to update the salads. Which are made in Isha Foundation. I am not sure how many of you have it before. If possible Google Isha Kattu Poo. It has the best healthy recipes. I am an active volunteer with the foundation. So, going to update my favorites.

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Shalini0072016

Isha Kattu Poo will have 4 new recipes every month. It's a monthly magazine.

You can download Isha Rusi. It has the most healthy recipes

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Shalini0072016

Wow 3000 reads. That's really wonderful. Thank you all for your support & love.

Shalini0072016

Beetroot salad

Beetroot- 4 big( grated)
Peanuts- 1 cup( soaked overnight)
Lime juice- 1 tsp
Salt- To taste
Pepper- 1 tsp.
Coconut- 1 cup( grated)
Coriander- 1/4 bunch( finely chopped)

Preparation.

Take a bowl and mix all the ingredients together. Garnish it with coriander and serve it.

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Shalini0072016

Cabbage Stir Fry

Ingredients

Cabbage- 1 medium ( shredded).
Refined oil- 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Black gram- 2 tsps
Salt- To taste
Green chillies- 4
Coconut- 1cup(grated, dry roasted)
Preparation

Heat a frying pan with oil. Pop the mustard & black gram.Fry in the chillies & cabbage. Add salt to it. Stir fry it for 10 mins. Until the cabbage is soft & tender. Now add the roasted coconut & mix well.Serve it well with the sambhar rice

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Shalini0072016

Navrathan korma.( High in calories, Eat in moderation)

Best to do it on a FEASTING DAY

Ingredients

Onion paste- 1 cup
Ginger garlic paste- 2 tsps
Tomato puree/ paste- 2 cups
Almonds- 1/2 cup( soaked overnight).
Cashews- 1/2 cup( soaked overnight).
Hung yogurt- 1 cup( beaten)
Fresh cream- 1/2 cup(thick)
Coconut milk- 1 cup( thick)

Par Boil the below vegetables with salt

Carrots- 1 cup diced
Beans- 1 cup chopped ( 1 inch)
Cauliflower- 1 cup( florets)
Baby potatoes- 1 cup
Green Peas- 1 cup(fresh)

Chilli Powder- 1 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
Salt- To taste
Garam masala- 1 tsp
Dried fenugreek leaves- 1 tsp( crushed).
Clarified Butter- 4 tbsps
Coriander- 1/4 bunch( finely chopped)
Lime juice- 1 tsp( optional)
Roasted nuts- 1 handful (optional)

Preparation.

Ground the almonds & then the cashews,
set it aside

Beat the hung curdcurd & set it aside.

Strain the water the par boiled vegetables & have the vegetable broth.

Take a heavy base bottom pan. Heat the clarified butter. Fry in the onion paste, ginger garlic paste until golden. Now add the tomato puree/ paste. Let it cook for 5 mins. Now pour in the almond paste, cashew paste, cook it for 2 mins. Pour in the beaten yoghurt, coconut milk & cook it for 2 mins. Add all the spices & stir well. Add the vegetable broth and let it cook for 5 mins Add the par boiled vegetables & let it cook for 10 mins. Add the fresh cream when the fat starts separating. Mix it slowly, cook it for 2 mins. Transfer it to a serving bowl & garnish it with coriander, dry roasted nuts.

Note: If your using lime. Add it towards the end & cook it for a min & transfer it to a serving bowl

Serve it with Naan, Chapathi, Parantha, Biryani

Happy Feasting......

Tomorrow is my Convocation. So this dish is for my lovely friends out there.

Shalini B.Sc(Comp), MCA.

PROUD OF MYSELF.

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vrojapu

Thanks for the delish recipes, Shalu, and congratulations on Convocation! We are all very proud of you, too!!

twinstarrz14

Shalini0072016

Thank You @vrojapu

Shalini0072016

Tomato Soup(South Indian Style)

Ingredients

Clove- 4
Cinnamon- 1 inch( 2 sticks)
Onion- 1 cup(sliced)
Garlic Pods- 5(sliced)
Tomatoes- 5(squashed)
Green chillies- 4(slited)
Lime- 1 small
Refined Oil- 2 tbsp
Cooked pigeon peas- 1/2 cup in 4 cups waterwater
Coriander-1/4 bunch(finely chopped)

Preparation

Heat a pan with oil, fry the cloves & cinnamon, onions, garlic pods until golden. Now add the squashed tomatoes & chillies cook it until soft & tender. Now pour in the cooked pigeon peas water and cook in for 5 to 10 mins, squeeze the lime and cook in for another 2 mins. Transfer it to a serving bowl & garnish with coriander.Have it by mixing it in cooked rice with Papad.

This is my favorite dish. My moms best ever recipe.

My mouth is watering now.....

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Shalu

Shalini0072016

Cucumber Salad

Ingredients

Cucumber- 4 cups (finely chopped)
Capsicum-1 cup( finely chopped, deseeded)
Tomato- 2 cups( finely chopped, deseeded)
Oilve Oil- 2 tbsps
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Black gram- 1 tsp
Split chick peas- 1 tsp
Coriander-1/4 bunch(finely chopped)
Peanuts- 1 cup( soaked overnight)
Lime- 1 small
Ingredients

Take a bowl add the chopped cucumber, tomatoes, capsicum, peanuts, coriander and mix well.

Now, take a frying pan heat the oil, pop the mustard, black gram & chick peas. Pour this mixture into the salad. Squash the lime into it & mix it well. Serve it normally or with tortillas.

Note: You can follow the same procedure with snake guard.
Shred the skin off with a knife, deseed it & then finely chop it.

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27121959

Do you have a Dahl recipe?

SnappyDresser

Fav'd this thread...love E. Indian foods home cooked. Thanks @Shalini0072016 for this labour of love and typing a lot. Much appreciation!

britebloomz

Thank you for the Navratan korma recipe!
I hope you are well. Appreciate all the time you put into posting.

Shalini0072016

@27121959

There are many different ways. You can make dal

South Indian Dal

Ingredients

Split pigeon peas- 1 cup
Water- 3 cups
Turmeric- 1/2 tsp
Salt- To Taste
Red Chillies- 5
Oil- 2 tsp
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp.

Preparation.

Pressure cook the pigeon peas with turmeric @ a low flame for 15 to 20 mins. Make sure, it is well cooked. Now add salt, mix well & transfer it to a serving bowl.

Take a frying pan. Heat it with oil, pop the mustard seeds & chillies. Pour this into the dal.

Have it with rice, Indian pickle rice, chapathis

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Shalini0072016

Today. I have many recipes to update. Stay tuned

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PeachesNcreamgal

I think this thread is awesome!! I love chicken and want to eat it regularly coz of the protein content. I'm checking out indian recipe websites for easy chicken recipes! Do lemme know if you know any of them!!