Easy Indian Cooking – Peas Masala (Buhtanee Song)
When you have to cook every day, you tend to find short cuts to make the recipe flavorful, yet simple and less time- consuming. I am no different. When I truly cannot figure out what to cook for dinner I resort to some old-fashioned recipes from the kitchens of my mother and grandmothers. You get the point – something that brings back childhood memories and reminds me of home. Though I don’t follow every detail in the recipe, my adaptation [...]
Vegan Month of Food | 6. Easy Indian Cooking – Lentil Dahl
Dahl is a pretty much a staple over at our home. We give it added flavor and color by adding carrots and/or greens – collard, kale, spinach, etc, each time we cook it. Traditional South Indian dahl has mustard and cumin seeds, while in the North, you would probably find just ground cumin or a dash of the Indian Garam Masala. There is yet another version that we know – which is the Konkani Dalitoy. Its more like a consomme but [...]
Vegan Month of Food | 5. Coconut Macaroons with Cocoa
I grew up eating cookies that had coconut, butter (weirdly, I guess I could tolerate dairy and dairy based products then) or cashew nuts as the key ingredient. I got introduced to old –fashioned Chocolate chip, Oatmeal , sugar, macadamia nut and white chocolate cookies later. Though I loved the aroma and flavors of these delicious ‘biscuits’ (as we knew them in our part of the world) my favorite have always been the one with coconut. Living gluten-free has got me [...]
Vegan Month of Food | 4. Chocolate & Nut Butter Fudge (no bake)
I love chocolate fudge and what better for my “Chocolate” theme for the first 5 posts (Out of the 20) of “Vegan Month of Food”. I recently tried this recipe and have made this a couple of times after then for some friends. Super easy, super simple and truly delicious. The best part, you don’t have to bake! We like the fudge a bit bitter, so I opted to use just ¾ cup of agave nectar. Previously I tried it [...]
GlutenFree Ratio Rally & Vegan Month of Food | 3. Chocolate – Tart with Banana & Pomegranate
I first read about the Gluten Fee Ratio Rally on Jenn Cuisine, and found it just amazing how different ingredients are combined with respect to each other and how it was all about ‘ratios’ and their importance to recreate a gluten-free version of some of the popular baked goodies. In August 2012, when I hosted the DMBLGiT, Jenn was very kind and accepted to be on the panel of judges. It was during then that I discussed with her my interest [...]
Vegan Month of Food | 2. Chocolate – Brownies with Walnuts
I was quite curious when a friend treated me to some gluten-free vegan brownies. I wasn’t sure if it was appropriate to question and re-confirm it they were truly vegan and…..strictly gluten-free? What I was eating was unbelievably awesome and I just couldn’t tell the difference from a (real) brownie. To me a (real) brownie contains flour and eggs. Since we adopted a predominantly vegan diet and I further took to an entirely gluten-free living, we’ve not made brownies at home and have not [...]
Vegan Month of Food | 1. Chocolate – Mexican Chocolate Cake with Almonds
Trying to stay vegan as many days as possible is a voluntary challenge we have been trying to attempt for a while now. We were good for some time, we fell off, picked ourselves up and resumed. It’s been an on and off effort, either because it has been difficult to stay committed to OR switching back to non-vegan living has been very tempting. Thinking about it, adding veganism to an already existent list for staying gluten-free and dairy-free, meant scoring off [...]
Vegan, Gluten-Free, Soy-Free | Cherry & Chocolate Pudding
My effort to create and search for new recipes, in the recent past, has been at an all-time high. Now I look not just for dairy-free food, but those that are gluten-free as well. A few friends suggested I look out for certain pre-packaged food that is marked gluten-free and dairy free. I tried some of them, but was discouraged by the shelf life some of these ‘goodies’ have. It just went to show that there is possibly something in [...]
All Things Sweet | Vegan Gluten-Free Nectarine Popsicle with Mint & Pistachios
Are you guilty of overshopping at the Farmers Market? Well, I have been, more times than I can count! Each time I go out to buy produce, especially local, I find myself mumbling to none but I – “Don’t over shop”, “Don’t buy for next week”, “Learn to stay within the week’s budget”. Yet, I end up buying something more (really a lot more) than we would actually need for the week. This past week has been no different – [...]
Mains & Sides | Quinoa Chick-Pea Pilaf
I’d always wanted to try a recipe using Quinoa, but wasn’t quite sure where to begin. Honestly, it took me a while to even get the pronunciation right. I never tasted or used Quinoa previously but had always read so much about how quick and easy it is to cook. I knew I wanted to start somewhere and decided to experiment cooking to taste it just itself and see if this was something I and my family would enjoy. My [...]
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