Tag Archive | "vegetarian"

Baked Cheese Olive Balls

Sunday, January 25, 2009

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Ingredients: (Makes 20-22 balls) 20-22 large green olives stuffed with pimento, 1/2 cup all purpose flour, 1 cup cheddar cheese; shredded, Paprika to taste, Hot pepper sauce to taste, 1/4 cup butter; at room temperature, 1/2 tsp dried rosemary. Method: Cream the butter and add flour, cheese, paprika, pepper sauce and rosemary and mix well. You can prepare this mixture and let it stand [...]

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Healthy Garbanzo Bean Salad

Sunday, November 16, 2008

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Ingredients: For the Salad- 2 cups garbanzo beans or chickpeas; tinned or dry beans, soaked overnight and boiled in salted water till soft, 1 onion; chopped, 1 tomato; chopped, 1 green pepper (capsicum); chopped, Chopped cilantro or coriander leaves to garnish. For the Dressing- 2 tbsp Olive oil, 2 green chillies; finely chopped, 2 tbsp lime juice, 3/4 tsp or as per taste - chat masala, [...]

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Tikha Chana Alu (Spicy Chickpeas and Potatoes)

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

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Ingredients: 250 gms red chana (red gram or chickpeas); soaked overnight. 3 large potatoes; boiled and diced, 1 tsp rai (mustard seeds), 1/4 tsp heeng (asafoetida), 2 tbsp red chilli powder, 1 1/2 tsp dhania-jeera (coriander-cumin) powder, Salt to taste, 1/2 tsp chaat masala, 2 tbsp tamarind paste, 1 small tomato chopped, 1 small onion chopped, Coriander leaves to garnish, Oil for frying. Method: Boil the chana with little salt [...]

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Cheese and Corn Nuggets

Monday, September 22, 2008

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Ingredients: 1 cup American corn kernels, 1/4 cup cheddar cheese; grated, 1/2 cup paneer; grated, 1/2 tsp garlic paste, 1 tsp roasted cumin (jeera) powder, 1 long green chilli; finely chopped, 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves, Cornflour as required for binding, Salt to taste, Oil for shallow frying. Method: Boil the corn kernels along with little salt in water for around 10 minutes. Drain and let them [...]

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Dal Palak (Spinach in lentils)

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

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Ingredients: 1 cup tuvar dal (red lentils without skin), 1 bunch palak (spinach leaves), 1 tsp rai (mustard seeds), 1 large onion; diced, 6-7 cloves garlic, crushed, 3 small tomatoes, 1-2 green chillies as per taste; slit lengthwise, 1/2 turmeric powder, 1/4 tsp heeng (asafoetida), Salt to taste, Oil for frying. Method: Wash the dal and add garlic to it. Pressure cook dal and whole tomatoes separately. Wash [...]

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Cheese Coriander Balls

Friday, May 2, 2008

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Ingredients: 150gms paneer or cottage cheese, crumbled, 3 tbsp chopped coriander leaves, 1/2 onion, finely chopped, 1 green chilli, deseeded and finely chopped, Salt and Pepper to taste, 1 tbsp besan (gramflour) or cornflour, Oil for frying. Method: Mix all the ingredients except oil and knead a soft dough. Add more gramflour or cornflour if required for binding. Make small flat balls from this [...]

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