Pure Veg Recipes from ManeThindi!

Left over pongal at home or wanna try something new,try this easy recipe for a change:-)Pongal vada!! INGREDIENTS: Pongal(Khara-spicy)- 1 cup(note:left over pongal can be used,should be in room temperature) Onion -1 chopped well Chillies- 1 or 2(optional) Besan - 1 cup Rice flour - 2 tsp Salt to taste Oil for frying HOW TO MAKE: Take a big mixing bowl and add pongal,besan ,rice flour,onion,chillies and salt. Mix well without adding any additional water as the water content in pongal will be quite sufficient. Heat a frying pan with oil and keep it ready. Now make small lemon sized balls with the batter and fry them in the pan until golden brown on low to medium heat. Remove from pan and pat dry the extra oil. Serve hot with chutney! Preparation Time: 15 minutes

While the original intent of making pickle was to preserve the seasonal vegetables,it has over centuries become an intrinsic part of Indian culinary experience!No meal is considered complete without a dash of pickle:)Pickle making is a tradition and each region have their own twist to the recipes.Spurred by the availability of zitrone(lemon like) in Germany,I was motivated to try making a zitrone pickle!It tasted real yummy an here goes the recipe:) INGREDIENTS Zitrones - 4-5(big) Fenugreek seeds - 2 tsp Asafoetida(Hinge) - 1/4 tsp Red Chilli powder - about 75 gms(add less if you want it less spicy) Salt - about 50 gms(or as per your taste) HOW TO MAKE Preparing the pickle jar: Take a glass jar and wipe it well to make sure there is no moisture. Cut the zitrones to small pieces as per your desire . Add in the Zitrones to the clean jar. Now add in the salt and mix well. Close the jar(make sure it is tight) and keep it aside for about 4-5 days.(Make ...

INGREDIENTS: Spring Onions - a bunch Onion - 1/4 cup, finely chopped (optional) Garlic - 2 big cloves, finely chopped Butter- 2 teaspoons Milk - 1/2 cup Water/Vegetable stock - 1 cup Salt - to taste Crushed black pepper - 1 Tsp HOW TO MAKE: Wash and chop the spring onions top and bottom part separately. In a Pan,heat Butter.Add chopped garlic and fry for few minutes. Now,Add chopped onion and bottom part of the spring onion. Saute them till the onion gets translucent. Add spring onion top part and saute well without changing the colour. Once it is done, allow it cool completely. Blend the mixture to a smooth paste and transfer to sauce pan again. Add vegetable stock and warm milk. Simmer it for 5-7 minutes. Add salt and pepper. Serve hot with bread or croutons. Note: Make sure to fry the spring onions well ,till the raw smell vanishes. Preparation time:30 minutes(Including cooling) Serves: 2

Miss those yummy Iyengar Bakery Aloo Bun/Palya Bun from Namma Bengaluru here!So this was my first try at baking them here..wasn't bad for first time trial:) INGREDIENTS: Potatoes - 3 large Onion - 2 large Oil - 3 Tbsp  Green chillies - 6 to 8 (finely cut) Salt - to taste Mustard seeds - 1 tsp Curry leaves - a few  Coriander leaves - 1 cup finely chopped For the Bun dough: All purpose flour /Maida - 3 cups Salt - 1 1/2 tsp Dry yeast - 2 1/2 tsp Water - 1 cup luke warm Milk - 1/4 cup (luke warm) Butter - 1/4 cup melted Sugar - 2 tsp For Brushing the bun before baking: 1 Tbsp of milk + 1 Tbsp oil HOW TO MAKE: For the filling to be used inside the buns: Boil potatoes. Peel them and mash them coarsely. In a pan, heat oil and add mustard seeds. When they start sputtering, add green chillies and curry leaves. When they are done, add onions and saute them until translucent. Add salt and mix well. Now add in the mashed potatoes.  ...

One more experiment with oats!Yummy oats cutlets!Read on for recipe:) INGREDIENTS: Oats – 3/4 cup dry roasted and powdered. Potatoes(boiled and mashed well) - 2 Onions – 2 (finely cut) Green Chillies – 6 (finely cut) Ginger – 1 tsp (grated) Red chilli powder – 1/2 tsp Garam masala powder - 1/2 tsp Cumin Powder – 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Salt – to taste Oil   Curry leaves  Coriander leaves – few strands finely cut HOW TO MAKE: Dry roast the oats and grind it to fine powder and keep it aside. Heat 2 tsp of oil in a pan and add the cumin seeds and mustard seeds. When it starts to splutter, add the chopped green chillies ,curry leaves followed by the chopped onions and salt. When the onions become translucent, add the grated ginger. Toss it for 2 minutes and then add the red chilli powder, cumin powder, garam masala and fry for few  minutes. Now add the mashed potatoes  and fry for another 5 to 10 minutes. Add the chopped corian...

Tandoori Roti is a type of Indian bread which is traditionally made in a clay oven called "tandoor".Since clay ovens are not so common now..here is a simple home recipe which comes close to a tandoor roti and very easy to make too:) INGREDIENTS: Chapathi flour - 2 Cups Warm water - 3/4 cup + little extra Salt -1/2 tsp or to taste Dry chapathi flour for dusting Bread Toaster HOW TO MAKE: Take a bowl and mix the chapathi flour and salt well. Now Add in the warm water and knead well to form a smooth dough. Let the dough rest for about 15 to 20 minutes before using it. Divide the dough in to a medium lemon sized balls. Dip the dough in to dry flour once and roll it in to a oval shape using a rolling pin.(Let it be thicker and smaller than the normal rotis) Place the rolled out roti on a hot tava and cook on both sides until you see some bubbles and they turn in to brown spots. Remove roti and keep in a covered hot case. Repeat the process for the ...

CRISPY BABYCORN Baby Corn is so versatile that it can be used in making starters or main course.. Here is a simple and quick way to make a yummy snack with minimum ingredients and time!  Ingredients: Baby Corn - 10-15 Nos. slit in the middle and chop to 1" sized pieces Onion - 1 Big Tomato - 2 Medium  Corn Flour - 2 tbsp All purpose flour - 1 tbsp Green chillies - 4 finely chopped Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tsp Soy Sauce - little Vinegar - little Tomato Ketchup - 2 tbsp Spring onions - a small bunch Coriander - a few sprigs [only the leaf part] Oil for deep frying Salt to taste Method: Take a bowl and mix the corn flour, all purpose flour 2 green chillies [finely chopped or paste] salt to taste. Batter should be of medium consistency not to thick nor thin and should nicely coat the slit baby corns well.  Deep fry the babycorns and keep aside. Take a big wok/ kadai and add a tbsp of oil add chopped onions which is cut ...