Tag Archives: Vegetarian

Mumbai Veg Tava Pulao

Today I bring to you, the street-side version of the humble Vegetable pulao, all buttered & spiced up, ensuring your hunger pangs are simply driven away by the enormous trampoline-sized, multipurpose sizzling flat pan or tava on which it is prepared. Do stop by for one of these inexpensive street vendor performances, when you areContinue reading “Mumbai Veg Tava Pulao”

Broccoli Walnut Pesto Crostini

Let’s party! It’s the weekend!   I must’ve been Italian in one of my previous lives’ cause I love everything about traditional Italian food including the garlic overload & crusty bread that goes with almost everything. I enjoy making Basil Pesto Sauce when it rains, when friends are coming over, or simply because I justContinue reading “Broccoli Walnut Pesto Crostini”

Pan Roasted Creamy Cauliflower Soup

Please don’t get fooled by this pale white, bland looking vegetable?! Appearances are completely deceptive, as we often realise much later. With just a little patience & creativity, this mild vegetable can be transformed into a gorgeous caramelised dusky golden beauty oozing flavour & charm ! Ideal mid-week don’t-wanna-cook-too much meal when paired with aContinue reading “Pan Roasted Creamy Cauliflower Soup”

Mediterranean Chickpea Salad with Jewelled Labneh

Presenting my showstopper of the Eat the Rainbow & Mindful Eating theme, the Mediterranean Chickpea Salad with jewelled Labneh balls! Your lil bowl of sunshine that cheers the eyes, tantalizes your taste buds with its awesome lemony-garlicky-herby zest and most certainly satiates your tummy! Can’t tell you how much we all enjoy eating this fresh,Continue reading “Mediterranean Chickpea Salad with Jewelled Labneh”

Beetroot Saasam: No-cook Ezee Coconut Gravy

Today I bring you a hugely popular dish from Karwar, on the Konkan coast of Maharashtra, the Saasam, a sweet- sour coconut gravy but with a unique pungency lent by the tiny unassuming mustard seeds! Don’t you take these little seeds for granted as they pack quite a punch when ground with other ingredients forContinue reading “Beetroot Saasam: No-cook Ezee Coconut Gravy”