Hello and Happy Tuesday! Hope you had a good long weekend. Ours was mostly low key as it’s been a rainy stormy weekend around here. So it was kind of nice to actually get out of the house and go some where we could get dressed up. We met our cousins to celebrate the Indian harvest festival of Shankranthi, also called Pongal among South Indian Tamilians.
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Mixed Vegetable Rice and Quinoa Pilau with Aromatic Spices
Mixed veggies, a blend of rice and quinoa and aromatic spices such as nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon and bay leaves make a delicious veggie rice main course that’s perfect with a side of creamy yogurt.
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Green Peas and Cilantro Upma. Green Pea Cream of Wheat Pilaf
Upma is a classic South Indian savory dish made with cream of wheat. It’s a fluffy pilaf that is minimally spiced and made with veggies of your choice. In this recipe I made upma with green peas and cilantro for a deliciously light and flavorful lunch option.
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Tandoori Vegetable Soup
This is for you folks who say “I love tandoori chicken, butter chicken, and chicken tikka masala”. This soup takes the same flavors of tandoori chicken and turns it into a delicious vegetarian soup
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Sri Lankan Roasted Pumpkin Curry
This recipe is for a Sri Lankan pumpkin curry with the lovely aroma of curry leaves, coconut milk and spices that is more like a saucy stew that can be had with basmati rice.
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Vangi Bath. South Indian Eggplant Fried Rice
Vangi bath which translates to eggplant rice is a popular dish in Southern India. In this dish eggplant is cooked with spices then combined with cooked rice to make the vangi bath. Delicious as a main course or accompanied with a side of yogurt, for a delicious one pot meal give this eggplant fried rice a try.
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Black Eyed Peas and Squash Stew. Kerala Olan Coconut Vegetable Stew
Loaded with good for you ingredients like black eyed peas and butternut squash all delicately flavored with curry leaves and cooked with coconut milk. This is a simple dish with lots of flavor. Serve it alongside quinoa and you have a nutrient packed dinner that is satisfying and delicious.
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Green Beans and Potato Stir Fry
Green beans and potatoes are great together in this Indian stir fry dish. Super healthy and low fat, saute with just three spices and cook the veggies until tender. The result is a delicious veggi stir fry that goes well with a warm bowl of daal and rice.
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Anai Pachadi (Elephant’s Ear Squash Stew) Squash Stew in Mustardy Coconut Tamarind Gravy
Anai pachadi as this stew is called in Tamil is a stew made with squash that is simmered in a gravy made of tamarind, coconut and mustard seeds.
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Kohlrabi Kootu
Kohlrabi kootu is a lentil stew made with South Indian spices and kohlrabi. A delicious stew with the lovely fragrance of asafetida and coconut milk all combined with soft creamy lentils and vegetables such as kohlrabi, peas and green beans.
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