Indian Spiced Potato Chip Sticks. Baked, not Fried!

March 12, 2011

I love how simple this oven/microwave baked potato chips recipe is. All you do is cut a russet potato into think sticks, toss it in oil, salt, cayenne or chilli powder, and turmeric. Add a fer curry leaves for aroma. Bake or microwave. Yes, I said microwave! So much easier and healthier than deep fried [...]

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Afghan Sweet and Savory Pumpkin or Butternut Squash (Borani Kadoo) & A Giveaway!

February 23, 2011

This giveaway is closed. Random.org  has picked a random winner! Winner is comment #98 Shriya! Please email me your mailing address! veggiebelly@gmail.com *****************   The wonderful ladies behind the amazing Afghan food blog, www.afghancooking.net, say this dish is “America’s favorite Afghan dish”. And Mousa Amiri of Bamiyan Restaurant says this is “one of the most requested” dishes [...]

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Easy Cream of Red Lentil Soup

February 9, 2011

This easy red lentil soup recipe comes together in 15 minutes. Add a touch of cream, greek yogurt or coconut milk (for vegan red lentil soup) and you have a satisfying, easy soup in no time. Serve with crusty bread or over brown rice. We’ve all had gloopy lentil soup before and hate it! So make sure [...]

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Gado Gado – Indonesian Vegetable Salad with Peanut Sauce

February 7, 2011

  I fell in love with the flavors of gado gado when I first tasted it in Indonesia. It is a quick, easy, healthy salad that you can serve as an appetizer, as a salad course, or pack for office lunch. Typically, the vegetables and peanut dressing are tossed together, or the peanut sauce is [...]

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Chocolate Beet Cake – a Ross Burden Recipe

February 3, 2011

This is the ONLY chocolate cake I ever make. After the first time I made this cake, I threw out every other chocolate cake recipe I had. This easy, moist beet and chocolate cake recipe comes from Chef Ross Burden. The cooked beets (beetroot) in this recipe keep the cake incredibly moist. And if you didnt [...]

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Creamy Ven Pongal (Rice and Lentil ‘Risotto’)

January 13, 2011

Tamil people of South India celebrate Pongal in January. During this harvest festival we combine two of south India’s staples, rice and lentils, into a luscious, comforting and creamy risotto like dish. The day of Pongal is one of worship and thanksgiving  where we make offerings to the Sun god and thank him for the year’s harvest. [...]

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Paella Style Spiced Tomato Rice

January 10, 2011

If you’ve been reading my blog for sometime, or you have been following me on twitter, or facebook, you know I have a great love for traveling.  Travel opens up the mind, gives me different perspectives and squashes prejudice. I learn so much through the things I see and the people I meet my travels. [...]

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Creamy Spinach Dal (Lentil Spinach Curry)

November 29, 2010

  This wonderful bowl of palak dal or spinach dal curry is one of my favorite comfort food recipes for the winter. Just the smell of sizzling cumin, onion and garlic wafting through the house is enough to awaken anyone’s appetite. Serve this easy, filling dish with rice, rotis or bread. Red choy or red spinach tastes [...]

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