Archives for July, 2007

Zucchini Cutlets

Posted by Raje on Friday, July 27, 2007 at 5:01 pm. 2 Comments.

I am always on the lookout for tasty and healthy vegetarian recipes. I love to entertain and as most of my friends are vegetarians, I try to find vegetarian dishes which will be universally liked. Recently I stumbled across a blog called The Raw and The Cooked. Opal has some really yummy looking recipes and [...]

Filed under Snacks, Vegetables, Cutlets, Snacks, Vegetable Dishes, Zucchini, Zucchini Cutlets.

Easy French Toast

Posted by Raje on Friday, July 27, 2007 at 7:52 am. 0 Comments.

This is a childhood favorite of mine. I made it for Aditya and he loved it. I served it with strawberries and syrup. He could hardly wait for me to finish taking the picture before he dug in. Ingredients 2 slices bread 1 egg 2 tbsp half and half or milk 1/4 tsp salt 1 [...]

Filed under Bread, Breakfast, Eggs, Bread, Breakfast, Eggs, French Toast.

Pulihora ( Tamrind Rice )

Posted by Raje on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 8:49 pm. 0 Comments.

Pulihora is the Andhra name for this South Indian Dish. It is also known as Puilogare in Kannada and Puli Satham in Tamil. The basic concept of the dish is the same even though it migh have minor variations in the recipe.

Filed under Rice, Andhra Dishes, Andhra Recipes, Indian Dishes, Indian Recipes, Pulihora, Rice Dishes, South Indian Recipes, Tamirind Rice.

Cabbage and Lima Beans Curry

Posted by Raje on Monday, July 23, 2007 at 5:34 am. 0 Comments.

This dish got reasonably good reviews and I actually managed to make S like a cabbage curry for once. Ingredients 1 small cabbage, chopped fine 1 medium onion, chopped fine 1 pkt frozen Baby Lima Beans 1 dry red chilli 1 tsp jeera ( cumin seeds) 1 tsp rai ( mustard seeds) 1 sprig curry [...]

Filed under Cabbage, Lima Beans, Vegetables, Cabbage, Curry, Indian Dishes, Indian Recipes, Lima Beans, Vegetable Dishes.

Homemade Rice a Roni

Posted by Raje on Thursday, July 12, 2007 at 5:13 am. 0 Comments.

Wednesday night dinner plan was creamy orzo with mustard chicken and steamed veggies. I could not resist deviating a bit. The main ingredients were the same but final results were something totally new. I served homemade rice a roni with foil packet veggie and chicken bake. Ingredients 1 cup – rice 1 cup – orzo [...]

Filed under Pasta, Rice, Pasta Dishes, Rice a Roni, Rice Dishes.

Easy Potato Soup

Posted by Raje on Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 9:37 am. 1 Comment.

Here is a recipe for an easy potato soup made by using the Instant Potato Soup Mix. Ingredients 1 medium potato, diced 2 tbsp TVP bacon bits 4 cups water 1/2 cup Instant Potato Soup Mix 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese, optional oil for cooking Method Heat oil in a pan and add the bacon [...]

Filed under Potato, Potato Soup, Soup.

Breakfast Hoagie

Posted by Raje on Friday, July 6, 2007 at 8:47 am. 3 Comments.

Today morning I was contemplating making savory pancakes, but on taking inventory of my pantry I found a few leftover hot dog buns. As today is Friday I knew we wouldn’t be touching them until next Monday. It was time to put them to good use, but how was the question? Again as I mentioned [...]

Filed under Breakfast, Eggs, Bread, Breakfast, Eggs.

Instant Potato Soup

Posted by Raje on Thursday, July 5, 2007 at 8:35 pm. 1 Comment.

This is a very standard recipe, which you can find almost all over the web. I omitted two ingredients as I did not have one and just forgot about the other. Any way here is my version of the recipe. Ingredients 1 3/4 Cups Instant Mashed Potatoes 1 1/2 Cups Dry Milk 2 Tablespoons Instant [...]

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Chicken and Veggie Hash

Posted by Raje on Wednesday, July 4, 2007 at 10:52 pm. 0 Comments.

This is a very versatile dish and can be adapted to suit ones personal tastes. If you want a vegetarian version you can omit the chicken or substitute TVP instead. Also instead of the Chicken Enchilada sauce you could add 2 Tbsp of flour and a little water to provide the required wet consistency. Ingredients [...]

Filed under Breakfast, Chicken, Potato, Breakfast, Breakfast Hash, Breakfast Recipes, Hash.