Indian Recipes (Most Popular)
This is a fragrant, filling dish. The colors and smell are amazing! If you use coconut milk, the nutrition stats are accurate. If you substitute plant milk and coconut extract, the fat calories will be significantly lower. Serve this dish over brown rice with a hearty green salad on the side.
This is a spicy dish that really showcases the collards and lentils. Though there is fat in the coconut milk, this dish contains no added oil. Serve over brown rice with a green side salad. If you can't find fresh collard greens, use frozen. Bagged greens contain pieces with the woody
If you think you don't like kale, try this recipe. I've never met someone I couldn't convert. And yes, this recipe has some fat from the coconut milk and cashews, but it is the GOOD FAT, and you need to spice up your menu every now and again. You can serve it with a low fat vegetable curry to balance the high calorie load.
Ginger flavors the creamed lentil soup and spiced carmelized onions make a fabulous garnish for this rich soup from India.
From Moosewood Restaurant Celebtrates!
I ended up with 24 small pancakes from the recipe.
From Mollie Katzen's Vegetable Heaven. One of my favorite staples. Add some interesting indian flavored side dishes like the GREENS WITH CASHEWS (also posted on this site).
Adapted from Suvir Saran's "Indian Home Cooking", this is a yogurt condiment to help cool the palate with spicy foods
NOTE: Substitute Black Beans or Great Northern beans for chickpeas or garbanzo beans.
Zahtar AKA za'atar, predominately ground sumac, roasted sesame seeds, and green herbs, Zahtar is used to flavor meats and vegetables, or mixed with olive oil and used as a marinade for olives or as a spread for pita or flatbread- a tangy, slightly sour Middle Eastern replacement for a PBJ! The taste of a za'atar mixture can be herbal, or nutty, or toasty.
This is one of my favourite Mughalai Dishes and cooked mostly in the holy month of Ramzan/Ramadan by my Muslim friends.During this month they fast from Sunrise to Sunset----and are forbidden to swallow even their own Saliva during the fasting period----but once the night falls,they celebrate with Prayers and sumptous Meals----sometimes till early Dawn!!!My very dear friend----late Zubeida Jacob was a very pious Soul---and a fantabulous Cook!!!This was one of the dishes she'd cook during that month---- it would cook slowly throughout the day----and by Dinnertime would be simmered to delicious perfection------I write the Recipe in your memory---Dear Aunty!!!